i have a 1991 ford f-150 and ive been wanting to give it a power boost so i want to put a v-8 in and i was wondering if ne1 knew if i could do it if so what might it cost me?

 

Doing it yourself or having it professionally done by a shop?

 

well im thinking of having it done in a shop because i really dont have the time to do it myself

 

What do you have in it now? And what do you want to put in it?

 

a bit of news for you on a v-8 conversion. it takes a totally different emmision system, computer and wire harness. so if you need this truck to pass deq it's going to start at about $5000.00 to have this done. everything has to be changed. two ways to do this are # 1 buy a totaled truck from auction or wreaking yard, or #2 install a carburated v-8 and send all your emmision crap down the road. not trying to be mr. know it all but i have been there and done that, will be happy to give you info on my conversion if you want. good luck.

 

yea that would be great if u could send me that information im tryin to find out all i can on the problems im going to have to face with this and any help i can get is very much appreciated
thank you

Cody

 

hey cody, sorry for the delay but were all iced in in portland. as soon as i am able to get to my shop i'll put the info together and get it to you. what year do you have? 4x4 or 2x4? and do you have an automatic trans? and do want to go with the carb engine or the efi emission engine?

 

a its fine thanks for the help i got a 2x4 manual trans and i want to go with the efi emission engine

Cody

 

o and its a 1991

 

hey cody. i'm sorry for the long delay, i've had to deal with some family things that took up all my time. anyway if you want to go with the EFI engine your in for more work than you want, the best way is to buy a wrecked truck because everything has to match, the computer the sensors and any thing that plugs into them needs to be from the same truck, for some reason ford made many different versions of parts and to try to piece them together would make the pope swear. sorry but i think if you look at the emission section of a chilton you can see that the systems are not even close to each other, i have a 88 f-250 2x4 and it's one of the best trucks in portland, i replace anything that starts to show wear, i have a strong eye for detail so to me money is no object to have a clean truck but on it's best day it's only worth $4000.00
and i feel that the work you have in front of you is at least $5000.00
i have a guy here in portland that i deal with that has the parts you need. it's called burnside used truck parts. speak to dale if you call, his # is 503-252-0268 all he does is trucks and can pretty much tell you what will and won't work.
the project i had done was made an EFI engine into a carburated engine, even to do that the corect way so it works and looks good was about $2000.00.
anyway i'm sorry for the delay, i don't spend much time on here anymore but i feel the best thing for you to do is to go look at some v-8 trucks and look close at every thing.

 

well thanks for all your help on the matter i really appreciate it but lately ive been thinking of goin for something a little older due to the fact of all the trouble that modern day engines are shaping up to be

Cody

 

Was reading this post,,,have a question for Eliminator...I have a 1992 F150, 5.0L, E4OD tranny , 2 wheel drive....the motor is shot....I can get a 1995 inline six complete with 60,000 miles on it for $600.00....I am also able to get in 5.0 liter from a 1989 with good comp. for $450.00.....would really like the inline six,,,but if it will be to difficult I will do the exact drop in from the "89.. any help would be great ...thanks
Larry M.

 

P.S. Eliminator,,,,there is no emissions test here in Minnesota...if that is a concern,,,thanks again