Ragu Demo Trucks - Modification

At aboriginal glance, you ability anticipate the redesigned 1980 F-Series looks a lot like trucks from the antecedent generation, but appraise the pickups added carefully and you'll see that they are beneath and narrower, with a lower stance.
As gas prices connected to escalate, manufacturers put added anticipation into ammunition abridgement improvements. Wind adit testing helped Ford actuate breadth angled curve and adapted console fit would abate wind drag. To cut down on weight, plastics, aluminum and lighter barometer animate were acclimated to alter accepted animate in areas breadth backbone was not needed.
Using artificial for the trucks' foreground close fender panels added to the all-embracing weight reduction, and aswell alone an breadth decumbent to rust. Ford tackled addition rust-prone breadth by redesigning cab and bed areas to abbreviate spots breadth clay and mud could accumulate.
Ford confused the F-Series agitation about-face to the council cavalcade and congenital a council lock into the assembly. The awning absolution was confused central the barter for security. New complete insulation and a bifold console roof helped abate autogenous babble levels.
In 1980, adorable tires became accepted on 2-wheel drive F-Series trucks. The 400 and 460 cu.in. engines were removed from the line-up, abrogation the 300 cu.in. 6-cylinder and 302 and 351 cu.in. V-8s.
1981 Ford F-Series Barter Updates
In 1981, Ford fabricated changes that focused on bigger ammunition breadth by offering:
* A 4-speed overdrive chiral chiral on F-150 4X4s
* A 4-speed automated overdrive chiral on 2-wheel drive models able with the 5.0L V-8
* A 4.2 liter V-8 for 2-wheel drive F-100s (only offered in 1981 and 1982)
Other updates to 1981 F-Series trucks included halogen headlamps as accepted accessories on all models, and accepted adorable tires on 4-wheel drive pickups. Buyers could aswell accouterments their barter with alternative ability aperture locks and ability windows.
1982 Ford F-Series Barter Updates
The alone above change to 1982 F-Series was the addition of a 3.8L V-6 engine. It came accepted with a 3-speed chiral transmission, but a 3-speed automated and 4-speed automated overdrive were accessible options.
Ford chock-full application the name Ranger to call an F-Series trim level, reserving it for a new band of baby trucks.
1983 Ford F-Series Barter Updates
Only one cogent change was fabricated to F-Series trucks in 1983 -- Ford alone the 4.2L V-8.
Minor changes were fabricated to trim, acrylic colors and advantage packages.
1984 Ford F-Series Barter Updates
After thirty years, Ford alone the F-100 appellation from its band of F-Series trucks, replacing it with F-150.
The 5.8L V-8 was upgraded to a "High Output" engine with a 4 butt carburetor, new camshaft, beyond air cleaner and low brake bifold bankrupt system. The aftereffect was an jump from 163 hp and 267 lb.ft. torque to 210 hp and 304 lb.ft. of torque.
Other engine changes:
* Ford able the 4.9L 6-cylinder, 5.0L V-8 and the abject 5.8L V-8 engines with EEC-IV cyberbanking engine control.
* The 3.8L V-6 engine was alone from the F-Series lineup.
This year, Ford began to use pre-coated animate and added galvanized panels to advice action blight and corrosion.
A new clamp assurance about-face kept the engine from cranking unless the clamp pedal was absolutely depressed. The F-Series key-in-ignition admonishing buzzer became accepted equipment.
1985 Ford F-Series Barter Updates
Fuel bang was added to the 5.0L V-8 engine this year. Other changes were minor, and focused on cosmetics.
1986 Ford F-Series Barter Updates
Ford fabricated just a few changes in the final year of the seventh bearing F-Series. Newly advised foreground disc brakes became standard, and a new bond sealer and electrocoat album aided in bane protection.
Several above options became accepted accessories in 1986.