Hey, if you're going dig up something this is the one to grave rob

The thing about this is how much time and money does it cost to do all of this? Bo was in a unique position were he had the experience, time and equipment available. But most of us don't. Yeah, I could port my own heads and build my own intake (fab or modified stock) but I don't have the time or equipment. I could pay someone to do it (I contacted Bo about this. He said he could and would do it but with his schedule it wouldn't be fast or cheap) but I'm on a budget and can't have my truck down that long. Or I could just get a set of aftermarket heads and use a readily available aftermarket EFI setup. The work is already done and it would perform better than any modified stock parts and it's just a matter of bolting it all together and going. It would still be expensive but that extra cash would pay for the support system built into these products and the time it would save me trying to get it right.

I'm glad Bo showed us what stock parts are capable of. And I fully support anybody that wants to build upon his effort. But for most of us this will just be the stuff of day dreams and bench races.

 

Ok, I have a 96 F350 w/460,4X4,C-6 and GearVendors O/D unit,88,000 miles. If I switch to a carb and do away with the efi,etc., what all is involved? Will the computer have to stay,etc.? The efi sucks on these.

 

Um, what? You WANT to go back to 19th century technology (trickling liquid gasoline down a venturi)? When I ditched the carb on my 1971 429 and installed a Holley ProJection 2V, it was the single best thing that I ever did for that motor - vastly better performance, lower emissions, and better fuel economy as well.

Now if you want utter simplicity and no electronics or computers to mess with, that's fine and it makes sense for some (primarily if you need on-the-trail repairability with simple hand tools and on-hand spare parts).

 

From my research not too much Eagle. You have to swap the heads and intake of course. Most of the wiring and emissions can be eliminated and the truck will still run. The EFI fuels pumps can be retained. You have to bypass the switch to make them run constantly and use a return style regulator. With a C6 you don't have to worry about a trans controler (something that makes me hesitant to do this myself with a E4OD). I haven't done this but there are a couple of writes ups on here and down in the 385 series forums. Use the search feature and see what you find. And if you try it, please, take a bunch of pictures and open a project thread here.

 

Anyone know what happened to "BO" the guy that ported some EFI 7.5 heads? I just found this thread and it was starting to get interesting! Thanks! Dale

 

He's posted a few times in the past few months. He's currently working a few projects for the EFI 460 trucks. He's been updating his thread under the 385 series engine forum rather than this one.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...ts-are-in.html

 

Thanks for letting me know, sure sounded like he had made some nice air flow numbers on a head design that not known as a performance cylinder head. Thanks again! Dale

 

Yep, still here and still playing with this thing Put 24# injectors in it for fun (had them around) and and still completely out of fuel so next step is the fuel pump trick the lightening guys do. Anyone got a helpful link on how to do so? Going to try that first to keep it cheap otherwise going to put a Bosch 044 inline which I have here from another project. The new standalone/piggyback ECU is getting close, just trying to play with it a bit - and not melt pistons down in the process. Thanks for the interest,


Bo

 

W my supercharged 460 truck, vortech gives you a Fuel Management Unit and a hobs switch which in turn turns on the secondary fuel pump when the preset about of boost is hit

 

I decided to stick with the efi setup. Just need a list of all mods to do.

 

found your f 250 on craigslist . i work on a ship interested buying be back in sf b4 dec1 like sc if you still have all the parts 218-839 3651 steve

 

 

Boport not on site since 2015.

 

 

I have been in contact with him. And I parted truck out just for a set of heads to send him. But that project is on the back burner currently while I am putting up a garage