1982 Ford F350

helo everyone im new here and i think this is where this goes but...

i have a 1982 Ford F350 400 2WD. i am getting it from my father and it is complete stock, except for the exhaust. and i would like to know what else i could do to it. i tired to google it but there was nothing, i dont know any online vender that offers performance parts. if you could help me that would be good.

Thanks in advance!

there isnt a lot of aftermarket support for the 400. Its really starting to grow. Somethings you could do would be Cleveland heads, and other cleveland parts. People more knowledgable than me will give the lowdown on exaclty what to do. None of your big online vendors are going to have much for the 400. There are smaller shops that have parts.

What are you looking to do? Complete rebuild? just a little more power, cam swap? intake? Heads?

Heads can be used from any Cleveland engine. Stock rods can be bushed for Cleveland pistons. Or a few smaller shops have pistons for the 400.

Any cam for a cleveland will work.

Edelbrock has a performer intake for the 400 which i think is only marginally better than stock. Any cleveland will work with spacers that can be bought from a few different vendors.

Im not sure of the contact info for the small vendors of the pistons or intake spacers, but somebody here will come in with more info, You have def come to the right place.

This may not be the answer that your looking for but I swapped a 429 into my 1982 F-100...It was a very easy swap using bolt in parts..My truck originally had a 302/C-6 which was very gutless and got 10mpg on a good day!...The 429 improved my gas mileage by an easy 4 miles per gallon but even more impressive was the power increase.

LMC Truck for stock stuff (not motor)

I saw a write up on HP build for the 351/400 motor somewhere... I'll see if I can find it... It might be on the tech page of this forum...
tim

Yes I found it In the tech pages but you have to be a subscriber to get the full artical but they ended up with 500Hp 534TQ Out of a 400 stroked to a 434...
tim