My F100 NASCAR Conversion Is FINISHED!

[@Thecraig909]

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[@Rylanhere]

Yo

[@jesse-ll3dh]

What engineering dose the truck have? 358.

[@dmncanter]

You did a nascar conversion, and you dont know why it pulls left? Hahaha. Sweet truck bro 👌

[@erneststanley4854]

I've always preferred wider,fatter wheels & tires compared to those tall 18's & 20's.

[@gopherchucksgamingnstuff2263]

Me too. it looks more intentional or purposeful. The tall wheels just say look at me!! I have a functioning bank account I NEED ATTENTION!!!!

[@clittle1559]

Hell yeah just like my women ...

[@Cuhh346]

my dad tought me this way. 15x10 all day

[@originalosanchez5549]

I like both 15" wide and 20s 22s 24s 26s 28s 30s 👍

[@Venturemaster_Nate]

Being first all the time ain’t much, but it’s honest work.

[@Carl_wheezer222]

Jealous much

[@Carl_wheezer222]

John Doe lmao meant to call the guy who made the other comment jealous, not you

[@wyliecoyoteson3385]

I found this video after i saw the truck this morning while cleaning his neighbors pool.

[@alexflosho]

It ain't honest work, but its much

[@calebpattillo6732]

Hey guys I think the wheels are painted BK08 Semi Gloss

[@Thecraig909]

Yes that's right.

[@blazintrails3023]

🤣 I thought it was just me🤣

[@micahvelli_236]

he definitely said it way too much lol but still a good video.

[@blazintrails3023]

@@micahvelli_236 Absolutely!

[@969mxracer]

Take a drink every time he says the wheels are bko8 semi gloss

[@sylvesterstokesjr8194]

That truck is sick....those pipes really blow...

[@gabrielsommerville1183]

I remember seeing your vids of the f100 when you were still in high school. You've both come such a long way truck looks absolutely beautiful keep up the hard work and progress

[@CA.papaBear]

20:49 - it could be pulling to one side due to: -bad alignment -uneven brake pressure distribution (I.e., 20% left, 40% right.)

[@RM_Garage]

I love it. My grandpa just gave me a 1970 F100 but it's completely frankensteined, converted into 4x4, and turned in a crawler. I usually build Toyota trucks so I was curious what one of these would look like if it wasn't a crawler. Looks great, love it!

[@demetriortiz3607]

I have a truck exactly like this one just rotting in my field this video makes me want to restore it

[@milo8091]

DO IT!

[@Recovery-Dawg]

Or sell it to me. Lol.

[@freshram192]

@Meme Man you need to post pictures of that ranger

[@jscmoto46]

Ummm? DO IT!

[@100Aces]

@@freshram192 my 71 F100 Ranger is a carbon copy of this except I have a Mojave tan roof!

[@yamahaxs6501]

That is the most badass look! You win KZbin today.

[@510CurtDawg]

I seen you was doin 5000 rpm with about 30 oil psi..... start runnin thick oil, rebuild time is commin up! Lol..... rule of thumb is 10 oil psi for every 1000 rpm

[@ksavage681]

Yeah it should be 60 psi or so.

[@jaredkish8716]

I had a 67 f250 when I was in high school and it wouldn’t ever pump more than maybe 15 psi no matter the rpm... well I did a big ol brake stand and needless to say stripped the cam and send it through the motor lol 😂

[@ksavage681]

Jared Kish LoL ouch. We always ran 20w-50 in our old 69 that had a 360 in it.

[@jarrodel-khouri3133]

LUCAS

[@fire1937]

Rebuilding my 302 now. You are right about the oil pressure, it started dropping and it was only a few days later I had to put her in the shop.

[@RoostertheMazda]

I would raise the rear end a little bit and put spacers on in the rear wheels so they all look even

[@wildone1312]

Nah then it would look goofy

[@nathanielbass6108]

I thing just spacers would be perfect to make the truck even around all sides but the height of the truck is perfect

[@RoostertheMazda]

@@nathanielbass6108 I was thinking raise the back a little more so it won't rub with the spacers

[@nathanielbass6108]

Oh I see lol makes sense lol

[@No-vm7go]

@@wildone1312 It looks goofy NOW.

[@HammerPowered]

The slicks aren't something I'd choose to run personally, but I gotta admit it looks really cool. And that Marti report is super cool. I ordered my own for my two trucks but to have your friends gift it to you was awesome. Look forward to the more detailed video on what's in it.

[@davidjessee7701]

I learned how to drive on my dad's 68 ford pickup 3 on the tree.. back in 78.. I love these ol trucks

[@missingremote4388]

Memories like that aren't easy to forget. I was 10 in '77 when I first drove. 1971 VW bus. Manual everything... Hard to steer

[@mlieser1230]

Measure the circumference of all 4 tires with the same air pressure in all 4. On a Nascar race car the right side tires are a larger diameter than the left. This is called stagger. It helps the car to turn left. You might have to switch the tires around so that the front and rear axles have matching tire diameters. That could be why the truck is pulling to one side. The truck looks mean with those tires. I once drew up a picture of a 71 f-100 with Wide 5 wheels with slicks. On paper it looked mean!

[@tanner882]

I think those tires are super flat and make the mounting points verticals instead of riding on a curve or cushion of a tire they are planted flat. Really bad ass man! 👍

[@jackwatters9502]

Don’t worry about the oil pressure too much. You only need 5 psi for every 500 rpms. That thing sounds healthy enough and should last quite some time. Truck looks sick!

[@vintagespeed]

well, the "old school way" is to use a baseball bat (skinny end) wedge it in there and drive forward... you could flip the shackle hangers, but that'll take a little fab work so they clear the bottom of the bed. i did that on my F100 as well as raising the front spring hangers.

[@randydavis9324]

@Captain MufDyven I've been a mechanic for 42 years, and thats what I have always done.

[@materials1000]

@@randydavis9324 Smart idea！

[@JasonNealisWC]

I just got a 71 f100 sport custom 3 speed on the tree, cant wait to do alot of upgrading

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Looking fantastic, I think it just needs a black spoiler on the tailgate to complete the look!

[@rogue-analyst]

Are the tires making it pull?

[@youtuber13119]

No

[@rctopfueler2841]

definately dig those amber headlights looks like radio shacks dash 27 ford rc truck with same lamps well a bit more yellow

[@paulgraham8181]

Man seeing you work on & enjoy your 70 f100 makes me want to work on my 77 f100 so bad. Can't wait to get my 351c built up & dropped in & get that thing on the road

[@dougbrown9861]

Looks good. Surprised you were able to get the tires to fit. Might want to have your alignment check as to why its pulling to the left. Anytime a change to a wider rim/tire combo with a different offset will magnify any misalignment you may have had but didn't notice with the narrower wheels and tires.

[@TheACanning]

Front end \----/ I I I |----| Rear end That front alignment is more crooked than my teeth.

[@lkjh3336]

Those old twin I beams do that. Mine looked like a frog that got punched in the forehead but it still drive straight as an arrow.

[@DewingItASAP]

Damn! Those tires make it look mean!

[@gregfoster4541]

Looks great, love the '71 thanks for sharing and as always "Howdy from Texas "

[@Rhino70Duce]

Bro your truck looks amazing! Giving me motivation to finish my 81 F100 single cab short bed!

[@allenshearer]

Those wheels and tires are so big I'm not sure it can even be done. After you got the tires seated on the wheels and aired up shouldn't you have taken them back to the tire shop and see if they can be balanced.

[@btpearce]

I had a 1968 ford ranger XLT , It had a 71 grill in it. Seeing your truck brings back a lot of memories. You need a set of Half Moon Headlight covers for it. :-)

[@LtHawk77]

My small block 302 does the same thing on oil pressure when the temperatures are high. Truck looks slick with wheels and tires.

[@codyharland8542]

I think it looks awesome. An adjustable spoiler would top it off perfect.

[@TrojanHorse1959]

Try some "Engine Restore." I used it on an old tractor engine and it helped it a lot. You also probably need to run some heavier oil (maybe some 20/50 wt.), just be sure not to rev the engine much with the heavier oil in it until it has warmed up good. Otherwise, you might twist the oil pump shaft off and/or wipe some bearings.

[@mplante7352]

The engine needs a rebuild.

[@TrojanHorse1959]

@@mplante7352, Yes it does, but that might get him by for a while if he's not ready to rebuild it yet. That's exactly why I tried it on my tractor.

[@jessethompson1545]

Are you gonna do a front disc update? I think you’d be real happy with it

[@toddchubb3464]

I did a front disc conversion on mine super simple just find a 78 with discs and swap I beams

[@ubercop2000]

in the early 80s, motor trend did a piece on underground cars. they described a nascar powered ford pickup, a killer scirocco, and a cadillac seville on a nascar frame (it can be seen in randy newman's I LOVE LA video)

[@CA.papaBear]

This is the second lowered f100 that I will happily give a thumbs up. Hoonitruck f100 and this nascar f100. Awesome! :)

[@shawnbeck2303]

The 70 Ford F-100 has a plastic egg crate grill. Would of loved to have put a 429 in mine. The color was light green over white. But it was the low horse power 302. Later had a 81 F-100 it had a big 300 6- cylinder 3 speed with over drive. On the floor in Black. No power there either. Put a rebuilt Jasper motor in it. The body went to Hell! Before the motor did. Wish I still had that one back. Shawn.

[@pepeiann]

20 psi oil pressure for a big engine like that is pretty normal but being nascar engine I would definitely check the fluid and thenpump

[@willparker3170]

engine size doesn’t matter when it comes to oil pressure. how tight your tolerances are and what weight oil you run determines it. 10 psi per 1,000 rpm is a good rule of thumb. I personally don’t like less than 20 pounds at hot idle.

[@pepeiann]

@@willparker3170 yes it does lol a small pump used on a inline 4 won't produce enough pressure

[@willparker3170]

Nathan Kirby well duh. oil pumps are made for specific engines you can’t just throw random pumps on.

[@davidnolte3193]

you should put decals on the side of the truck like the Nascar have looks great

[@ScoobyDigites]

They look good. You can easily redo the white lettering on the sidewall to make it pop more.

[@johnburns3052]

Cool F100, mine is not a 71 but a 93 swb F150. lots of fun work, and love doing it. keep it up. From Clearwater Florida

[@sijonda]

I'd be pushing the fenders out a lot more all around. You should account for tire deflection around turns at speed. I went though a bunch of measurements and testing with my 88 fox running 255/40R17 on all 4 corners.

[@pi1797]

Sick bad ass looking. A cheap little trick to make the tires pop. Go to Lowe’s or Home Depot to the paint desk. Ask them for a sample of white paint or if they won’t give you a sample. Buy a cheap quart of white paint. Paint over Goodyear and Eagle on the tires. Make em pop. Your fuel pump is making that noise because it is about to go out. If you run your tank to flat empty all the time. Puts way more stress on your fuel pump. When did you last do an oil change on your motor? Go thicker to try and get some compression back.

[@ppvfd121]

First time viewer here, and I’m no ford expert but, you may be able to adjust your track bar to make your front tires more even. Hope that makes sense.

[@dethangel88]

Looks cool, however I feel the truck needs to be leveled out, and I agree with Nigel Saunders, needs a spoiler. Id really hook this truck up with a sweet suspension too.

[@vernm6189]

To make your truck look totally right , I'd raise the rear end 1"to 1-1/4 just my 2 cents. the tire clearance should almost be the same front and back & wont have to worry about the rear rubbing

[@No-vm7go]

I've also got a '71 F100 (FE 360) and idling in traffic on a hot day, that oil pressure needle is *ON* the 'L'. Coincidentally, that's also about where it sits when the engine isn't running at all. At least you *have* oil pressure. Apparently, old Fords are notorious for low pressure. I'm running thicker oil now, but will also deal with the issue during the rebuild. I don't know anyone who's particularly comfortable with PSI being THAT low.

[@Ricky-manic]

Way better look man it has a old school look

[@jasonrose3620]

I'm I the only one that thinks it's a bad idea to run track slicks on the street? Craig, you should at least run a treaded drag radial for safety's sake. It looks great with the tires and wheels though.

[@xltranger98]

Depending on where you live it can be illegal

[@jasonrichards9330]

It still being four wheel drum would bother me a lot more than running slicks on a street car.

[@rusty_gold_garage7138]

I ran a set of those on my 72 f100 back in high school. You won't like driving it in the rain 😂

[@deaneads3098]

Back in the day to roll the wheel wells you put a metal base ball bat in and pull forward and it dose great.

[@joeluns74]

Bro I love this truck. I grew up on trucks like this and a friend had one that was sick in 91. Can you show more under hood shots . Thanks for the vids !

[@Jarritos440]

Absolutely just love it man gets me excited to work on my f100 for my daily!

[@jordansipes7103]

The nascar tires are fun to drive on, the downside of having nascar tires on your truck is that if you leave your truck sitting for about a week they will go flat. But other then that they are fun to have, I had a set of them on my 66 c10 but they had the big yellow lettering in them

[@deaneads3098]

You can get a small bat at the truck stop tire knockers. (Steal one) they work too.

[@brandonbarnwell7992]

Truck looks so epic now

[@welcometomyjourney3982]

Hey man looks like the drivers side front tire is slightly out of line might have to get an alignment

[@navycop0270]

I would've mini-tubbed the rear first and put a slightly narrower tire on the fronts. I would also switch over to power disc brakes. Nice project truck, keep it up.

[@richterknives]

Maybe the coolest truck I’ve ever seen. It’s just the perfect amount of patina and muscle. Straight fire 🔥

[@flywayhome8903]

Good luck in the rain.

[@colinstanley4676]

hippie john my father drove road race slicks on a nova for years. Worked fine.

[@PteBloggins]

So much rubber should be fine

[@justinwest9429]

Don't need luck so long as you look cool

[@SVTJD]

It’s California, what rain?

[@chadidfwu3465]

@@SVTJD yeah I was about to say 🤣🤣 I didn’t know what state he was in but I know here in Vegas we haven’t had a drop since March.

[@bigoofboi4916]

Are those wheels from an old challenger? 5:30

[@fireplaceninja]

my guess is they’re from a mercury zephyr. not for any reason, just since he said we wouldn’t be able to guess

[@AaronCates]

Just a suggestion, if you can’t find a fender roller for your lug pattern, order one lug adapter and just use that adapter to mount the roller.

[@kevinarmstrong7469]

Love the front amber lites!

[@philgaddis5289]

Your Frame is Dimond shaped needs to be pulled on a frame machine I had thus problem with my 72 your truck looks bad ass would love to get mine to this look one day awesome work..

[@Mbelk32]

Love seeing these trucks!! My brother had like 7 of them!! Nice looking unit!!

[@kingfox2673]

Dude your truck looks super sick now with those tires it doesn’t look old old in mysterious

[@rodrigodavila5476]

Did you notice that the off set on the wheels it's different, you need to switch your passenger front tire on the driver side back,

[@michaeldixon3445]

The old school trick to rolling the lips of your wheel well is to use a baseball bat (the fat end). Also you can push the bed side out with a porta-power or a bottle jack, just put a block of wood against the sheet metal though. Keep having fun

[@codywatson95]

Sick build brother ! I am building my el camino like this right now! (1982 el camimo 350 swap on 15x10 barts)

[@PauloLima-bm3eo]

Put an x on the lights with electric tape like the racing cars have in the old times it will be cool as fk

[@evanbouley4169]

hey craig wow the f100 looks so cool now

[@MrGreyZ]

Looks sick - I might put a rake on it - drop the front or list the rear just a touch

[@the_luke_7272]

Awesome looking set up!

[@whf3826]

A set of 3" Corvette stainless trim rings hit with 500 grit sandpaper to take the shine away would look great on that truck.

[@traxxasman93]

Your rear fitment issue is most likely from your panhard bar being off. If you lift the rear end and adjust in and then let it back down. It should help center them wheels.

[@tobeurichard8969]

Love how you beaded those tires, that was sweet sweet science.

[@450moto9]

I’m building the engine in my 70 f100 and can’t decide on the mufflers I want. Yours sounds great what are you running

[@AWSum-uf4ri]

Glasspack / cherrybombs is what you need

[@100cockroach]

I removed my tires and used a hammer to push the fender lip up in my truck. Be sure to pay attention when pressure washing, you will want to remove any trapped dirt in the lip so your fenders do not rust where you bent the lip up.

[@ericargo9157]

Very cool Craig. You are having a blast and it shows!

[@PabloHernandez-wu3df]

The pictures at the end of the video man they look killer!

[@chrissolo8472]

By chance where did you get those rims and tires ? Loving the nascar look , would like to do the same for my g-body Monte Carlo ss project. Also what motor ,exhaust and headers ?

[@PauloLima-bm3eo]

Awesome Awesome Awesome mate just Awesome 👍

[@mr.booshay]

Honistly your truck encorages me to work on my 89 dodge dakota when i turn 16, ima be swaping a 350,and a short shift in it, its gonna be a bad ass truck, love the vids👍🏻

[@tiffanynicole7260]

The truck is sick. See if you can put some patina on the passenger door. I got a truck I’ll never sell O2 lightning! Thought about doing some steel wheels and some tires like that on my truck what do you think? How wide are those wheels they look like about 14 inches lol what 10.5 or so? I have no idea?

[@paxton3412]

Was told all fords rear axle sat a little off to the passenger side to. My 65 Fairlane rubs on the passenger side but has good clearance on the driver

[@jimmyford271]

Just needs an inch more back space on the fronts

[@coreybarrick3146]

Id actually like to see a finished oem paint with the NASCAR look and head lights... Love the patina tho

[@76southernpride]

The Marti report is a hell of a gift, since that's a lot of pocket change to pay for one, but they really help you know a lot about your truck. Sounds like your oil pump is dying on you. I have one question though, are planning on giving that 302 a little beef? She looking sweet bro. Keep the vids rolling.

[@lowkeyred9467]

Unbolt the bed replace the rubbers between the bed and frame then line up the bed and tighten all the bolts hand tight check alignment then just go around tightening and few turns on each bolt at a time and you’ll get perfect bed alignment

[@ElectronicsForFun]

I bet those tires would be super fun in the rain. you could slip and slide all you want and not have to worry about chewing up your tires.

[@CadillacZachOffical]

That looks awesome. Truck sounds good, what motor? I just got done building a fresh 390 for my f-100, it's finally back on the road again.... Now I might have to find me some nascar inspired DOT radials.... 🤔🤔🤔😎👌

[@akribela]

Needs a black NASCAR spoiler under that front bumper now.

[@stevewesley8187]

First time you find water / rain , you'll wish you had those Coopers back !

[@calebvines3966]

You try using a wheel spacer with the tool. To get the correct bolt pattern for the tool.

[@RattleTrapGarage]

I ain't no ford guy but iv always liked those old ford trucks just as much as the old chevys and you have a really nice old Ford

[@mustangguy8622]

That is so awesome craig. Love the air freshener you got 😂. FOR SALE NOT!! Love that.

[@Viktorrhansen]

it looks so badass!

[@justinworkman9980]

Measure the tires they my be different circumference the stagger of the tires cause it to pull right or left

[@americanmade6480]

Beautiful truck bro! Nicely done I love the build

[@mattsgarage6670]

Hey man love the truck but I had a question, I just bought a 70 f100 short bed it’s my dream truck , but I’m wondering if you have disc breaks on the front as well as power steering and if so what is it that you did to get both of them . Thanks