PROJECT OBSESSED

TECH PART TWELVE: MORE ELECTRICAL CURRENT

PART TWELVE: MORE ELECTRICAL CURRENT.

While some might think getting twelve separate articles out of one project might be a challenge, you’ve got to consider the starting point of that project and the final end goal. Take Project Obsessed for example here, when we took ownership of this 1996 Ford F350 last year, it was basically stock with nothing more than a 20-year old flash tuner, some outdated cosmetic upgrades and a terribly riding front leveling kit. The old 7.3L Power Stroke under the hood was still running strong with 224,000 miles on it, but like the rest of the truck needed quite a bit of attention if it had any aspirations of hanging with a new 400+ horsepower 6.7L Power Stroke. Now over a year into the build and upgrades we find ourselves well past our 450-horsepower goal thanks to some bigger injectors, a modified turbocharger, electric fuel system and a host of other bolt-ons. We’ve been able to keep the classic look with some newer front fascia pieces and we improved the ride quality with a Reverse Shackle and Super Duty leaf spring swap on the front axle. Really, with a whole lot of elbow grease, countless hours in