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Is a 460 out of another f series truck good? I have seen a few early 80s ones where the motor is for sale. I have heard it is illegal to put a newer motor in an older vehicle but I don't particularly care. I think The real early 80's or 70's 460 would be best. The later model ones were lower on power.
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Is a 460 out of another f series truck good? I have seen a few early 80s ones where the motor is for sale. I have heard it is illegal to put a newer motor in an older vehicle but I don't particularly care. I think The real early 80's or 70's 460 would be best. The later model ones were lower on power.
The late 60's-early 70's 460's would be the best since they don't have any smog equipment nor ever game with it. The late 70's-90's 460's were the ones lower on power.
Just looked up the legal issue thing, apparently it's technically illegal to put an older engine in a newer car. But it only has to do with emissions. Don't worry about it with yours since it's emissions exempt lol.
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Oh i thought it was the other way around. I couldn't remember, it was back in high school auto shop class that I heard about it. It didn't really concern me cause my truck right now is breaking all sorts of "laws" what with the exhaust and the tires and such. I thought it was around 78+ that had the lower power band but i could be wrong.
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Oh i thought it was the other way around. I couldn't remember, it was back in high school auto shop class that I heard about it. It didn't really concern me cause my truck right now is breaking all sorts of "laws" what with the exhaust and the tires and such. I thought it was around 78+ that had the lower power band but i could be wrong.
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Is a 460 out of another f series truck good? I have seen a few early 80s ones where the motor is for sale. I have heard it is illegal to put a newer motor in an older vehicle but I don't particularly care. I think The real early 80's or 70's 460 would be best. The later model ones were lower on power.
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Eh I think the work load of a conversion like that would be bad. I would personally stick with a 460 where a lot of people have done it and have a lot of information they could share.
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That's the cool thing about not being in a hurry - When you're not actually looking, something will fall in your lap. Happens to me every time. Drives my buddies nuts though. I have one friend that has to have it NOW, and always pays top dollar. I wait patiently, and score a brand new 4" turbo back exhaust for my SD for $200.
You'll get your 460 - and it will be cool!
You'll get your 460 - and it will be cool!
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I have had similar happen. Such was with this bronco, Instead of being impulsive like my older brother, I waited and after looking at one other Mustang (I wanted a 5.0 Fox at the time) This 78 came online and me and my mother went to look at it. Everything checked out and even though $2k is a bit much, i wouldn't have found one like this for any better. I have a while to wait too, i don't have a good enough job right now to pay for a motor rebuild so once i get one, then i can be a little more active.
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It's all good my friend. I love my SuperDuty, but I have never, EVER found a truck with the soul of a Bronco. And I've had a few. I swear they hear you when you talk to them. And they fight back - trust me - so be respectful! I know you think I'm joking, but I'm not. I say hi to Buster (68 Bronco) every time I walk by him just so he knows that I'm thinking about him, even though I'm not working on him. He knows.
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Before I bought my F-250 I looked at truck for a year and a half on craigslist every day. I think I turned down about 5 trucks due to rust and them being beat to hell that I had looked at lol. Some guy replied to my truck wanted ad March 12th and I wound up with something 10 years newer than I was looking for lol.
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It's all good my friend. I love my SuperDuty, but I have never, EVER found a truck with the soul of a Bronco. And I've had a few. I swear they hear you when you talk to them. And they fight back - trust me - so be respectful! I know you think I'm joking, but I'm not. I say hi to Buster (68 Bronco) every time I walk by him just so he knows that I'm thinking about him, even though I'm not working on him. He knows.
but either way, I respect my Bronco and will always fix whatever is broken. In fact sitting on my front bench is all the stuff i need to get my thermostat changed and put my new temp sensor in. I just have to wait for a good day to do it. And i have brand new lugnuts to replace the old crappy rusted ones on the rear wheels, AND on top of everything I priced up a full kit for the rear brakes minus the drums. Comes out to about $45 or so. Per drum it was about $50 so I figured i would just re-use mine and have them turned or something. That will also have to wait till i get a day where the gravel I am working in, isn't wet.