Hey guys can you tell me what was the last year that ford fuel injected the 351 and what was the easiest or best one to swap to. I am thinking of putting one in my truck. Ed

 

I think it was 96.

 

One of the earlier years will probably be the easiest swap. The engine/computer wiring harness is separate from the rest of the underhood wiring. Later years got the E4OD (roughly '90 and up) and also new computer, EEC-V in '96.

 

Ok EPN. Now I am showing my ignorance. Which earlier years. Ed

 

late 80's

 

For harness, either an '88 or '89. I think the engine harness got integrated into the entire underhood harness in '90. Any EEC-IV computer for a 351 truck motor with the transmission that you have will work. It may have to come from an F250 if you have a stick shift. F150's with the 351 only had a stick shift in '88, which was also the very first year for EFI 351's.

 

No I will be going with a AOD transmission. Thanks. Ed

 

That's cool, just make sure you have a computer for a 351 and an AOD or a C6. As long as it is for a non-electronic automatic, it'll be fine.

 

Sounds good. In your opinion which would be the most desirable EFI 351 setup. Year/heads/motor block. Also which EFI factory setup. I have time to think about it. Ed

 

What? No opinions in this group? Ed

 

I suspect that all the 351 computer programs are very very similar, so one year probably isn't any better than another. I don't know about the physical engine either, although I think all EFI 351's were the same, or very similar.

 

I am hearing a bunch about this GT40 head and other blocks

 

The Lightning was the only 351 that came stock with GT40 heads as far as I know. I know you can get them aftermarket, but I don't know much about heads to tell you anything about what to do with them.

 

Yep I saw one on ebay and the price for the engine has gone over $2000. Thats plain stupid. Ed

 

You can get just the GT40 heads for probably well under $1000. They can be bolted on to pretty much any small block Ford. There are several different versions of the GT40 heads - cast iron, aluminum, GT40P, etc. You don't have to buy a Lightning engine to get GT40 heads...