My F100 NASCAR Conversion Is FINISHED!

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WHEEL SPECS:
15" X 10" with 4" Backspacing
TIRE SPECS:
Goodyear Eagle "Stock Car Special" 27" X 11"
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[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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!

[@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

[@TheBonsaiZone]

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

[@Metoopanda01]

Are the tires making it pull?

[@youtuber13119]

No

[@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! 👍

[@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！

[@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.

[@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!

[@jakearmstrong4375]

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

[@owayne1312]

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

[@jakearmstrong4375]

@@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]

@@owayne1312 It looks goofy NOW.

[@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!

[@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.)

[@rctopfueler2841]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@gregfoster4541]

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

[@JasonNealisWC]

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

[@mcwillies2737]

Wasn't sure how it was gonna look when I first saw the tires, but it looks great! I'm with you on the front's offset, makes it look kinda like a fwd drag civic 😂 Proportions otherwise are spot on. Can't wait until a motor goes into this thing.

[@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)

[@DewingItASAP]

Damn! Those tires make it look mean!

[@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.

[@Rhino70Duce]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@codyharland8542]

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

[@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.

[@LtHawk77]

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

[@sylvesterstokesjr8194]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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. :-)

[@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 😂

[@Jarritos440]

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

[@ScoobyDigites]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@richterknives]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@Ricky-manic]

Way better look man it has a old school look

[@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.

[@CA.papaBear]

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

[@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.

[@bobhope2867]

Looks pretty good

[@davidnolte3193]

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

[@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.

[@Mbelk32]

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

[@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..

[@kevinarmstrong7469]

Love the front amber lites!

[@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.

[@akribela]

Needs a black NASCAR spoiler under that front bumper now.

[@brandonbarnwell7992]

Truck looks so epic now

[@Viktorrhansen]

it looks so badass!

[@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

[@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👍🏻

[@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.

[@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,

[@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.

[@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 !

[@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.

[@evanbouley4169]

hey craig wow the f100 looks so cool now

[@welcometomyjourney3982]

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

[@codywatson95]

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

[@the_luke_7272]

Awesome looking set up!

[@PabloHernandez-wu3df]

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

[@kingfox2673]

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

[@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

[@scottmerillat6765]

Your truck is so awsome

[@ericargo9157]

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

[@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

[@zacharysmith7491]

Aluminum baseball bat work good for rolling fenders

[@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.

[@tobeurichard8969]

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

[@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.

[@theronjeffrey257]

Love the look

[@mustangguy8622]

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

[@jeremiahsalhay795]

KZbin car algorithm is absolutely beautiful holy shit!!!

[@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

[@codymallernee5258]

i hope and pray you dont get pulled over with those.

[@deansammons7203]

I’m guessing their not street legal.

[@codymallernee5258]

@@deansammons7203 not even close.

[@young11984]

Nothing but a ticket, majority of hot rodders have something on or in their car thats deemed illegal....ive driven around on drag slicks for over a year and never had an issue BUT i did take the M/T paint off the side wall

[@codymallernee5258]

in ohio thats your ass. stateys are real picky.

[@young11984]

cody mallernee i know people in Ohio that ride around with slicks on all the time, its based off the officer and what they want to pick and choose to enforce and also what they hate or have pet peeves over too.

[@benharper1682]

my dad had a white 72 bumpside Ford F100 when i was in high school. I want to find another but i have a 51 Ford F1, 65 Stepside F100 and a 91 F150 i am playing with. So i guess i need to focus on on of these lol

[@MrGreyZ]

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

[@coryfowler804]

happy 4 u b safe

[@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

[@JT-il3fe]

The reason your truck is sitting off kilter is the body mounts the rubber bushings are probably completely gone on the drivers side it’s the reason all them old Ford F series trucks lean to one side

[@calebvines3966]

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

[@chevylandt.v]

Nice tires for the f100 but I would put skinnies because the fronts are harder to turn. I have had the same problem with my 73 explorer custom so I put skinnies on front a fatties on the rear. It looks like a dragster but so cool looking would be nice to find real drag slicks.

[@estebannasukowicz3903]

stack of magazines in the fender wells is the easiest way to roll and stretch your fenders

[@PauloLima-bm3eo]

Awesome Awesome Awesome mate just Awesome 👍