New to the forum / New Fullsize Ford

[Poohbair]

Hi

My name is Poohbair (hope the attached pics work)

I am new to the forum (well, been lurking for a while). I have had multiple different vehicles over the years. Isold my built 4Runner last summer, so I didn't really have a huge use for my 91 K2500HD w/ a 454/4spd... so I recently sold that and was looking for something that I could tow my boat with, my trailer w/ stuff on it, haul my wife and 3 kids and a dog, get reasonable fuel mileage, be comfortable, and be a good camping / adventure vehicle. I was looking an several suburbans, but most of them were beat to ****.

A few days ago I found this 97 Expo w/ a 5.4. I picked it up CHEAP.. it has a miss, and needs tires.. pulling codes for missfire on cyl 3 and cyl 5. I figure it needs plugs, and maybe a few coil packs... no biggie... less than $400 to have the shop do it all (I am not doing plugs on a 5.4)

Anyways, I would like to find a winch mount, some more aggressive tires (maybe a touch bigger), loose the runningboards and add some sliders, and maybe a different rear bumper, and potentially a roof rack. Nothing hard core, I had that, and am more just looking for a nice family drive in the hills exploring some new areas.


This is me.... Yes, golfing barefoot in bibs...




Here is the Expo...




This is my injected 5.0 5spd Cougar




This was my last wheelin rig / play toy...









Anyways, that is my introduction to this forum

[Saiyan66]

Welcome. Looks like you are no stranger to wheeling, so I look forward to seeing what you do with the Expedition. How far did you guys end up going on that snow trip in the pictures?

[98dango]

Howdy

[Poohbair]

Welcome. Looks like you are no stranger to wheeling, so I look forward to seeing what you do with the Expedition. How far did you guys end up going on that snow trip in the pictures?

I cant remember EVER having to stop in the Runner because the snow was too deep... between the Pitbulls and the winch it pretty much went where I wanted it to... it was wayyyyy over the hood multiple times. On that trip, we didn't go much furhter than the pic because the Jeep with us kept breaking.

[Poohbair]

Hoping to not do TOOOOO much w/ the Expo so that it can still be a very street friendly rig... and my wife already asked "Honey, please don't fawk with it... "

We will see...

[Poohbair]

Here is a few other pics of the Runner in various stages of her life with me

Back when she was on 35's and VERY straight

















And I found one of the 5.0 in the Cougar






I figure other gear heads always like to look at pics of other peoples stuff... Hoping to get the Cougar out of storage soon if the weather gets better, then she is getting new rear suspension, and a disc break 8.8 w/ a factory trac-loc and 4.10s... should be a hell of an upgrade from the current 2.73 1 legger

[lllateralus]

Welcome to the forum. The Expedition is a good truck to take the family and all your crap to some very remote places. We had a 99 5.4 4X4, and it took my kids and I all over northern Arizona chasing freight trains. I took great care of it, and it took great care of us. It never broke, Never ever left us stranded, never got stuck with the 8.8 Limited slip working very well, and always got us home. Sold it with 120K miles and the original engine and tranny were in GREAT condition. (changed plugs, serpentine belt, fuel filter, tranny fluid every 20K miles, etc)
Ours was all leather, we put in a DVD/Nav system to keep the kids happy with movies traveling from CA to AZ and vise versa, and that thing worked its ***** off for us often. It was a GREAT truck.

[Poohbair]

I like yours w/ that little lift and bigger tires! Are those a 315/70R17?

[BCHauler]

I think that generation of Expedition is a very overlooked platform. I have one on my list for a family adventure truck.

[lllateralus]

It was an excellent platform for what we did with it. Those tires were 305-70/17's. Here (below) are a couple pictures from when I did run the 315's. They just robbed too much power.