Just got a "new" '97' f350 w/460
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Just got a "new" '97' f350 w/460
I am looking to keep a great truck that I just picked up the other day great. After having a 06 ranger for about 7.5 years I just traded it for a perfect (I can not stress perfect enough) f350 cc 4x4 460. I know that I will lose some gas milage. And it will ride a little rougher… But it was one of those once in a lifetime things. Plus the Wife said I could! Is there anything I need to watch out for with this engine? So far all I can tell about it is that it has grande power. And that if I press really hard on the skinny pedal I grin alot.
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Biggest issue with 1990-97 460s is the engine oil cooler. There is a thread in this forum regarding these. Other than that they are real tough engines.
There are 2 different control systems in 1997, actually 3. 49 state (most) are still EEC-IV bank fired speed density (SD/BF) as they are over 8500 GVW. California and allegedly Massachusetts sold trucks up to 14000 GVW have a sequential mass air flow EEC-V system SEFI/MAF, CA trucks over 14000 use an EEC-V system set up like the 49 state, SD/BF. The easiest way to tell if you have an EEC-V is look for the OBD-II test connector (called a port) under the passenger side of the dash, if you have the port to determine if you have SD or MAF, look at the air intake system, if there are 2 hoses from the air cleaner it is SD, if there is an aluminum body with an electrical connector and one large hose to a wye, then a pair you have an MAF system.
There are 2 different control systems in 1997, actually 3. 49 state (most) are still EEC-IV bank fired speed density (SD/BF) as they are over 8500 GVW. California and allegedly Massachusetts sold trucks up to 14000 GVW have a sequential mass air flow EEC-V system SEFI/MAF, CA trucks over 14000 use an EEC-V system set up like the 49 state, SD/BF. The easiest way to tell if you have an EEC-V is look for the OBD-II test connector (called a port) under the passenger side of the dash, if you have the port to determine if you have SD or MAF, look at the air intake system, if there are 2 hoses from the air cleaner it is SD, if there is an aluminum body with an electrical connector and one large hose to a wye, then a pair you have an MAF system.
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