A 98 ford F150 XLT I came across, it had a very tired 136k mile 4.2 V6 that blew a head gasket shortly after I got it, and after a 2 and a half month engine swap I installed a 'tuned' 5.0 V8 from a 98 explorer, the GT40p head engine bone stock from throttle body to oil pan, with a nice custom cold air intake and a fully tuned set of try-Y headers feeding into stock catalytic converters, with a shift kit in the transmission it makes for one very stout pickup truck, and with a planned 9.75" rearend on a 4link with discs and wider rubber, and possibly a stiffer spring in the front, it should be quite the beast. Its a very fun daily driver, and gets decent milage too, better than the underpowered 6 ever did =P

And I am fully aware that this year truck never had a 5.0 small block, my question to the engineers is "why not?" The modulars are too heavy for this wheelbase for anything other than towing and the 6 was terrible no matter how ya looked at it... I dunno just ranting =P

And if anyone wonders, that is the clip to the grandpa of this truck, a 1948 F1