I have one of the last in an F350, 1997 crew cab. I worked on this truck a lot and put a wide band O2 sensor to monitor fuel/air. If you mess with the emissions or the computer is going out they will either run crazy rich or lean. If it goes lean, they get really hot. After I replaced computer and got the EGR sorted out, it run would run 14.7/14.8 except under load and it would richen up, then lean back out. There is just so much volume of air passing through it at all times that if the afr gets off, it makes a big difference. Speed density system works. I got 16/17 on interstate, 12 pulling.
78 or 79 they changed the pan rail from scalloped out on the Lincoln blocks to a stronger straighter surface. The Cylinder Bores came down a little further into the crankcase as well making the Truck blocks a little more desirable for strokes over 4.150. Stroker builds up to 557” can be had easily with little to no grinding required. Add a set of Motorsport CJ, Trick Flow or John Kasse heads and you will have a serious beast. The current engine in our 1970 F250 started life as a low compression 79 truck motor. We used a cast steel Eagle 4.300 crank with BBC 6.700” rods and Custom flat tops for 9.6:1 with the Edelbrock non CJ heads. We topped the engine off with a Weiand Stelth dual plane which is a very very underrated manifold with a huge plenum and a large bore 4150 carb. With a Comp 270S cam and their solid lifters with surface oiling. This engine idles down to a mild lope at 750-800 and has a split personality. Bottom end torque hits like a sledge hammer and the power extends out to around 5500 before flattening out. What I learned from my build so that you don’t have to research on your own is 1) Choose a cam a step longer duration than you normally would. 2) A quality head rebuild with new Valves and hardened seats done by a good shop can cost more than a set of Aluminum heads. Had I known them what I know now I would have opted for the TrickFlow 320s over the Edelbrock Performer RPMs but this particular engine was built to tow, not race. 3) Exhaust is super important, a good set of long tube headers and 2.5 - 3.0” minimum H pipe setup is the key to breathing. Over the stock exhaust manifolds, the gains feel like you added 4 more cylinders everywhere.
From personal experience, yes even in stock form, it is a powerhouse and torque monster, but the downfall of them is they are very thirsty. Not a very good choice for a daily driver. At the best you get between 7 and 8 miles to the gallon, and that's driving it easy. I had one in a 73 LTD and me and the gas station attendants we're on first name basis.
i bought my '88 F350 in October of 1987. 1 ton flat bed with 7.5 EFI and 5 speed manual transmission. years later, for some unknown reason, i was under the truck and saw the trans was a Mitzubishi with a label saying "do not repair this transmission. send it back for replacement". makes me wonder what kind of research they were doing because i would load over 2 tons of cement and sand on this truck every day to get my jobs done and never had an issue. it's still sitting here in my back yard. i'm waiting on my new plasma cutter to get here to chop it up. lol
Is the 330 and 361 Lima on the same block as the 370? I've seen them all in Ford F-500 and F-600 trucks.Also are all the internals heavy duty as well? I've got an 89 E-350 camper with a 460. Great video!!
What was the compression ratio for the F250's that were fuel injected in the late 80's-90's have? And were they roller? Did Ford up them just a bit like other manufacturers?
I have an 89 F 250 I bought 2years ago for short trip hauling for my construction company. I put a Banks intake and exhaust kit on it, really woke it up. Then a BBK throttle body and TSF injectors. Starts and runs much better with a slight power gain. Advancing the timing to 14 degrees made a very noticeabl difference too. This truck has a slide in dump bed and I pull a 15k dump trailer occasionally. Its been great. I'm planning on rebuilding it in a year or two and would appreciate any comments. To keep it emission compliant I have to stick with the stock efi set up, which means stock heads. I know there are shops out there that can port the stock heads. I can also put a mild towing hauling cam in it and increase compression. As far as I know that's all I can do with stock efi. If it can be stroked or anything else, I would appreciate comments.
HELP?? I just did a valve job on a 78 F350 460. It is running now and a friend looked at it and said I put the head gaskets in upside down. There are gasket tabs visible under exhaust manifolds. I saw a you tube and sure enough their install of gaskets show tabs on intake side. The question is do I have to take them back off?? It runs fine.
Had a sky blue 74 T-Bird with a white interior and power everything and this motor. Would bury the speedometer and wanted to keep running...more pedal left!
You're right, the 1978 and 1979 Ford Bronco did not come with a 460 engine from the factory. During those model years, the Bronco was only offered with the 351M (5.8L) V8 and the 400 (6.6L) V8.
My Lincoln didn’t do too bad with a 2.74:1. gear in it. You were rarely on the secondaries around town and it turned less than 2000 on the freeway at cruise.
460 didn’t go into any trucks until the mid 70s, it was pretty much Lincoln only until 73 or so when the FEs disappeared and the 400s started taking their places in cars.
The 460 is all right for towing, but the FE is a better engine and can handle a lot of abuse. They are as heavy as a diesel. I weighed my FE and it makes 510 hp and 488 ft lbs and weighs 518 lbs with iron heads and aluminum intake.
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I have one of the last in an F350, 1997 crew cab. I worked on this truck a lot and put a wide band O2 sensor to monitor fuel/air. If you mess with the emissions or the computer is going out they will either run crazy rich or lean. If it goes lean, they get really hot. After I replaced computer and got the EGR sorted out, it run would run 14.7/14.8 except under load and it would richen up, then lean back out. There is just so much volume of air passing through it at all times that if the afr gets off, it makes a big difference. Speed density system works. I got 16/17 on interstate, 12 pulling.
78 or 79 they changed the pan rail from scalloped out on the Lincoln blocks to a stronger straighter surface. The Cylinder Bores came down a little further into the crankcase as well making the Truck blocks a little more desirable for strokes over 4.150. Stroker builds up to 557” can be had easily with little to no grinding required. Add a set of Motorsport CJ, Trick Flow or John Kasse heads and you will have a serious beast.
The current engine in our 1970 F250 started life as a low compression 79 truck motor. We used a cast steel Eagle 4.300 crank with BBC 6.700” rods and Custom flat tops for 9.6:1 with the Edelbrock non CJ heads. We topped the engine off with a Weiand Stelth dual plane which is a very very underrated manifold with a huge plenum and a large bore 4150 carb. With a Comp 270S cam and their solid lifters with surface oiling. This engine idles down to a mild lope at 750-800 and has a split personality. Bottom end torque hits like a sledge hammer and the power extends out to around 5500 before flattening out.
What I learned from my build so that you don’t have to research on your own is 1) Choose a cam a step longer duration than you normally would.
2) A quality head rebuild with new Valves and hardened seats done by a good shop can cost more than a set of Aluminum heads. Had I known them what I know now I would have opted for the TrickFlow 320s over the Edelbrock Performer RPMs but this particular engine was built to tow, not race.
3) Exhaust is super important, a good set of long tube headers and 2.5 - 3.0” minimum H pipe setup is the key to breathing. Over the stock exhaust manifolds, the gains feel like you added 4 more cylinders everywhere.
Thanks for the great advice
I have twin 460s in my boat…scheduled upgrade from 340 hp to 750hp.38 ft boat
Back in the day, I put a 460PI in my 76 high boy. That truck would run.
Used to drive a 96 F250 w/ 460… reliable and smooth. Mpg averaged 12… great truck engine, if gas prices hurt your budget don’t drive a truck.
If I could get 12 mpg I would be happy.
From personal experience, yes even in stock form, it is a powerhouse and torque monster, but the downfall of them is they are very thirsty. Not a very good choice for a daily driver. At the best you get between 7 and 8 miles to the gallon, and that's driving it easy. I had one in a 73 LTD and me and the gas station attendants we're on first name basis.
The fastest vehicle I ever drove was Ford PU. And I had a couple cars was pretty fast, but that F100 !!
I dropped a 460 in my crown vice swapped 56 f100 shop truck. Had to do a little bit of modification to the fire wall. Great video on the 460.
276,000 mi in a 96 f250 and still running strong
i bought my '88 F350 in October of 1987. 1 ton flat bed with 7.5 EFI and 5 speed manual transmission. years later, for some unknown reason, i was under the truck and saw the trans was a Mitzubishi with a label saying "do not repair this transmission. send it back for replacement". makes me wonder what kind of research they were doing because i would load over 2 tons of cement and sand on this truck every day to get my jobs done and never had an issue. it's still sitting here in my back yard. i'm waiting on my new plasma cutter to get here to chop it up. lol
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Good shit brother,,subbed instantly! See you at 100k!!!
The Ford 385 big block is the best American big block ever built in my book. Most popular? No. Best to own and modify? You bet.
Is the 330 and 361 Lima on the same block as the 370? I've seen them all in Ford F-500 and F-600 trucks.Also are all the internals heavy duty as well? I've got an 89 E-350 camper with a 460. Great video!!
What was the compression ratio for the F250's that were fuel injected in the late 80's-90's have? And were they roller? Did Ford up them just a bit like other manufacturers?
Glad I found this video, about to tear it out of our old motorhome before its sold for scrap, comes with a C6 transmission
I have an 89 F 250 I bought 2years ago for short trip hauling for my construction company. I put a Banks intake and exhaust kit on it, really woke it up. Then a BBK throttle body and TSF injectors. Starts and runs much better with a slight power gain. Advancing the timing to 14 degrees made a very noticeabl difference too.
This truck has a slide in dump bed and I pull a 15k dump trailer occasionally. Its been great.
I'm planning on rebuilding it in a year or two and would appreciate any comments. To keep it emission compliant I have to stick with the stock efi set up, which means stock heads. I know there are shops out there that can port the stock heads. I can also put a mild towing hauling cam in it and increase compression.
As far as I know that's all I can do with stock efi. If it can be stroked or anything else, I would appreciate comments.
HELP?? I just did a valve job on a 78 F350 460. It is running now and a friend looked at it and said I put the head gaskets in upside down. There are gasket tabs visible under exhaust manifolds. I saw a you tube and sure enough their install of gaskets show tabs on intake side. The question is do I have to take them back off?? It runs fine.
Had a sky blue 74 T-Bird with a white interior and power everything and this motor. Would bury the speedometer and wanted to keep running...more pedal left!
Sir, Can you please confirm that the 78 or 79 bronco came with the 460? I believe these years they were limited to the 400M.
You're right, the 1978 and 1979 Ford Bronco did not come with a 460 engine from the factory. During those model years, the Bronco was only offered with the 351M (5.8L) V8 and the 400 (6.6L) V8.
back when gas was .70c to 1.00 a gallon. today youd go broke daily driving a 460
My Lincoln didn’t do too bad with a 2.74:1. gear in it. You were rarely on the secondaries around town and it turned less than 2000 on the freeway at cruise.
460 didn’t go into any trucks until the mid 70s, it was pretty much Lincoln only until 73 or so when the FEs disappeared and the 400s started taking their places in cars.
My F250 with a 460 EFI has a born on date of 1988.
I never realized how over square the 460 was.
The 460 is all right for towing, but the FE is a better engine and can handle a lot of abuse. They are as heavy as a diesel. I weighed my FE and it makes 510 hp and 488 ft lbs and weighs 518 lbs with iron heads and aluminum intake.
Outside job!!
If only i could get parts here in the netherlands😢
I have a Super Duty 534 Ford I am willing to sell .
@Mike: I remember those in the T-950’s back in the mid sixties, very powerful, very thirsty.
I must say the Block looks similar to a Big Block Chevy
Mine is gutless and gets 7 mpg.
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