hi im a 16 year old boy who is lookin at a 84 f250 4x4 w/ a 302 i am able to get this truck for 1000 and i have the money but there r some things i dont like frist it has a 302 not a 351 like a F250 should have i think and it is IFS and all i hear about the twin traction beam and other forms of IFS is its weak expencine and all around crap i would love to get the truck and swap out the front end for a d44 or better but how hard would it be and how mouch would it cost im working 2 jobs and gooing to school but only bring in aboud 150 a week and thats for 30 hours after school tell me is this truck even worth my time or should i just buck up and save 4 grand in 7 year and get a diffrent truck or what? any info i would love to hear thanks  

what do you want the truck to be. do you want a mild lift and 33's or are you thinking of going #### crazy with 44's? realisticly what will you be wheeling in? all these things affect what you should do. if ya just want something small that truck should work fine. but if you want something big forget it. and look for a 73-86 chevy with a big block just because parts are cheap easy to find  

I had a '90 F-250 with a 7.3 diesel and 35's and i did have to replace the pumpkin once during the 2 years I had it.  Although the truck you're looking at isn't a diesel so the front end is a lot lighter.  I beat my truck pretty bad which probably helped lead to the breakage, but personally i think that that front end is crap.  I'd definately do a solid axle swap, and if you're going bigger than 35's, do a dana 60 and not 44 swap.  

ya i would be useing it to get to school and both jobs but i al so want something that i can have fun with now i live in florida so ill pritty much just be muddin and im not sure if ide want to go bigger then 35 cuse the cost does any 1 know the cost of a solid swap i know its expensive but if i swap is it going to lead to problems for what im going to be using? my friends brother had a 79 chevy with 35 and i big lift and we had the best time in it lol it was our boat  

You need to buy a lot of parts and do some fabrication to do a solid axle swap, since it usually requires a totally different steering system. Likely a solid axle swap will be over $5000. You probably would prefer to stick with the twin I beams...

At least the Ford IFS pre-1997 lift kits are cheaper than the lifts for all the new trucks... If I was in your situation, I'd go for 33" or 35" mud tires of some kind and a 4-6 inch lift. Maybe an auto-locker in the rear...

Will you be doing much highway driving? Will you need to be able to go over 70 mph? Will you be putting a lot of onroad mileage on it, like 10,000 plus miles a year?

ya i geuss ill stay away from a swap and yes it would be drivin every day to school both jobs and out to play im i could  hit 10,000 miles a year if i go to a concert or to the forest and not i know all the back roads in flordia and i can get from miami to geogia with out being on a highway and be just as fast now on the 70 mph thing i dont think ill ever need to go that fast in "this" truck why?