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Old Oct 19, 2014 | 08:58 PM
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i was in the wrecking yard the other day just looking and saw a 69 f-250 witha 390 and a four barrel carb and was told it must have been an add on because truck engines didn't come with 4 barrels only cars. is that true or is he just blowing smoke out his tukus. and is it easy to swap a 4 barrel carb and intake onto an engine that has a 2 barrel intake and carb on a 390 because the four barrel will get better milage until you step on it.
 
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Old Oct 19, 2014 | 09:40 PM
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i was in the wrecking yard the other day just looking and saw a 69 f-250 witha 390 and a four barrel carb and was told it must have been an add on because truck engines didn't come with 4 barrels only cars. is that true or is he just blowing smoke out his tukus. and is it easy to swap a 4 barrel carb and intake onto an engine that has a 2 barrel intake and carb on a 390 because the four barrel will get better milage until you step on it.
No trucks to my knowledge had four barrels. A four barrel swap can simply be a carburetor with an adapter plate, but done properly you'd swap the intake too. There's sometimes a four barrel/two barrel head to swap as well.
 
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1974 was the 1st year Ford had a 4V 390 in a truck. It was a Holley 4V. 1973 Ford 2V only. 1974/76 390 truck engines could have had either.
 
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