Ok, So lets get into what I was thinking I was at the ford dealer which I have been going back and forth for about 1.5 years now and I really like the Rapter and I can finance it but I wanted something a little more personal to me. So now getting into what I will be using it for first off I run a jeep/truck club we are a off road club but I am trying to branch off and start truck shows and maybe doing some cool events we did back when I lived in kentucky truck pulls tug a war and different things, obviously I am buying a truck to have a truck not a car so in no way am I gonna slam the truck, I do plan on hauling typical stuff lumber, gravel and things of that nature as well as my dirt bikes, quads and snowmobiles as well as a pop up trailer a boat jet ski "ECT". Now the truck I am looking at is the 1997-2001 f-150 flare side I'd like a crew cab but crew,extended or regular cab is fine I want a short bed it will be 4x4(Obviously) and it must have 5.4 triton and be an automatic(so the wife can drive it if necesarry) ok so now lets look at my build plan.

lets start off with cosmetic

my good friend and club member Marcelis will be making me a custom from and rear bumpers
putting in the t-rex urban assault grill
spec-d smoked led/dual halo headlights
spec-d recon smoked led tails(w/ tail light guards)
cervini functional ram air
bed armor bed liner
custom welded in light bar
dual top black diamond plate too box
full length rock sliders
rhino spring loaded single steps
rocket bed lock rails
custom led running lights in grill and led markers on roof
led kc day lighters(4x on light bar, 2x on grill guard)
spec d smoked led third brake light
warn powerplant 12000lbs winch

custom onyx black paint

now lets get into the suspension

first off 6inch lift BDS suspension[/LIST]

• BDS Custom flow leafs
• front coil over fox shocks
• bds high flow rate steering stabilizers

full energy suspension polyurethane bushing kit
custom upper and lower control arm kit
rear axleJK Rock Jock Dana 60 Big Bearing Rear axle assmbly 4.56 ratio w/ detroit locker
front axle:JK Jock Dana 60 Axle assembly 4.56 ratio w/ e locker
brakes: SSBC Extreme off road braking system w/ 14 rotors quad piston calipers
wheels:XD Rock star wheels(Black) 20.00x10
Tires: 37x13.50R-20LT Nitto Mudgrppler Tires

Engine:5.4 triton bored 0.40
pistons: forged eagle dome top pistons
Piston rings: Keith black racing rings
crank: Scat 4340 forged
Connecting rods: Scat 43040 forged h-beam
Cams: Lunati VooDoo .500 lift
Cam Gear: Comp Cams Fully Adjustable Timing Gears
Lifters:Lunati Solid State lifter
push rods: Comp Cams heat treated
Valves: Manley Extreme duty
Heads; Still deciding(Opinions)
Intake plenum:....
Forced Induction: Ford racing supercharger(Same as the lighting and harley davison)
headers: Gibson shorty headers
Exhaust: custom gibson super truck w/custom flame etched gibson super truck square tips
transmission: stage 3 b&m shift kit kevlar friction disks and heavy duty bands.
drive shaft: custom chromemoly drive shaft
transfer care: still researching(thoughts please)
Fuel system: custom aeromotive billet fuel system(with pre filter and inline fuel filter and intake 550cfm pump)
skid plates: again my friend macelis is welding and cnc machining custom plates
Programmer: SCT vivid programmer
intake: volant pro core 5 intake system
throttle body: bbk dual plane dual 65mm
throttle body spacer: trans adapt wide open dual plane
alternator: tuff stuff black 200 amp
batteries: dual optima deep cycle yellow top batteries with cold terminal connectors
starter: msd high torque starter
Iginition box: msd6al off road edition
coil: MSD blaster coil (coil on plag)
Wires: msd 8.8mm helicore
Plugs: NGK IX iridium plugs
o2: NGK/NTK custom 02 sensor
mass air sensor: SCT big air



so thats where I am at for my system build I don't have a budget really because it will be a 8-12 year project I hope my 8 year old girl and my two boys can help me with as we go so please give me your thoughts and suggestions this will be a rolling project meaning it will be my daily driver I due have a pack up vehicle for the times during my big project pieces that can be done in a night or over a long weekend I will be taking it to events, off roading, as well as driving it to school and work and on my family camping trips and tail gating at the sport events so keeping all this in mind I can't wait to hear opinions and I will do photo's over the course of the project thank you.

 

Sounds like you would have a pretty sick rig! Well I plan on converting my truck to a wannabe Raptor. Repainting the truck Ingot silver mettalic next month, Raptor graphics on the bed, Raptor grille insert, Nfab light bar, and eventually prerunner fenders. If you like the Raptor's you could do something like that.

 

Wow your engine build is completely off for a modular engine especially 5.4. Do some more research and you will find the parts you are wanting to use will not help it make hardly anymore power than stock.

 

I've had a modular engine before my 04 marauder and my 03cobra I did the sane build on the 4.6 that they had at pushed 826whp in the cobra and 755whp in the marauder