I found a good (great condition )460 engine in a 1978 Lincoln with a good transmission and I was wondering if I could put this on my 1966 ford truck it has the 300 engine straight 6 on it what do you guys think?

would it be a lot of work to put it on my truck?

 

There's been a couple folks who recently done that swap; for starter's I know you will need engine perches & mounts for V-8, radiator swap for atleast 3 row and auto trans coolant lines. I not 100% on trans mount. But like I stated others have accomplish this to include the front clip as well. The 65- 66 chassis can accomendate alot of engine swap's and I suggest to check out previous post for the 460 swap.
Hope to of starter your conversion means by my comments.

Mitch

 

I have done this swap a few times and as far as bolting in the engine and trans it is a nut and bolt project. Use the frame stands, insulators and engine brackets from a 73-79 F-series 2 wheel drive that had a 460. The original trans mount and crossmember in your 66 should work just fine, though it may need to be relocated. Use pieces cataloged for a 73-79 F-series for the exhaust, cooling, etc.
Good luck,
Roger Carter

 

Are you able to buy the whole car or just the engine/tranny? If you can get the whole car you can sell the rest of the car for a donor front IFS system for the 61-64 and older crowd. I wasn't able to do that with my 76 Lincoln donor since I had to move across the country.

 

i did the same swap on my old 65 all i did was to install the engine trans combo mount the trans to the cross member (factory location) and weld up some solid engine mounts even had a 150hp shot of nos on it. a new 3-4 core rad should keep'er cool also

 

I'm already running a 4 core radiator on my truck and i also have a c-6 trans. can i use the same trans on this engine? and yes i can buy the hole car it also has the disk brakes on it you guys think i could use those? i have the auto trans coolant lines for my c-6 trans so what else do you guys think i'll need? thanks to all of you for such good input it is really helping me so thank you all

 

This swap is not hard to do, but it can get a little frustrating. Here are the things I ran into, and the solutions, when I swapped from a 352 3 speed to a 460/C-6. All mine are Ford bolt-up solutions, except for the driveshaft modifications. Trust me, the extra money spent to make it a bolt-up solution will REALLY save you time and frustration, and some money to boot.

First of all check this: Are the head casting numbers anything other than D2? You should see a D0VEE or a D3VEE. D for '70s, 0 for 1970 and 3 for 1973, V for Lincoln division, and EE for engine parts. If they are D2 - PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR, AND STEP AWAY FROM THE CAR.
Seriously, unless you want to spend the money to do a head job, stay away from D2V heads. Ford tried a "better idea" for pollution control, and it made things worse, they ping and burn holes in pistons badly. Of course, if you can get the donor car for free or nearly so, so much the better. You may want to put on a different intake and all, which will make the head swap easy. Since it is a '78, it probably has D3V heads, but check to make sure.

Donor Car: You need to get EVERYTHING from the fan blade to the rear differential. If you can, get the rear punkin out of the rear end, you might be able to use it later when you upgrade the rear end from 28 to 31 splined axles. You may find the driveshaft usable (to be cut down), and you definitely need the slip yoke out of the back of the transmission. By the way, KEEP THE CAR until the job is done. You will find a LOT of little parts that will help you through the swap.

Donor truck: You are going to need some truck parts, there is no other good way to say it.
1. You absolutely need the 3-piece engine mounts. They are necessary for 2 reasons. Primarily, they will set the engine just exactly right so that the transmission with the linkage, and many other things line up the way Ford intended them to line up. Secondly, the 460 will literally rip the motor mounts in half when you goose it, but the truck mounts are cross bolted to prevent your engine from lunching the hood and the rest of the front of the truck.
2. You will need a good radiator. I have a nearly new one for the 352 in my truck, and it cools just fine. I bought the one with the internal transmission cooler, and everything bolted right up.
3. You need a shifter - I recommend you get a '68 - '72 truck steering column for power steering and C-6 and use it. You can add the PS while you are at it easily enough, with just the PS box (with pitman arm) needing to be bolted up to your truck. The Lincoln PS pump will work fine, but you will need to get the correct hoses made, of course. I don't like floor shifters, they mess things up too much, but that is my opinion. You will need to add a PS cooler, of course, but that is easily done as an aftermarket transmission cooler. I used a PS cooler from a '98 F-150, and put it inside the framerail, and it looks very good.
4. You need a truck oil pan. I suggest, as I did, that you get an '80 - 88 (or about that year, maybe to '93) oil pan, with integral dipstick housing and dipstick. You MUST also get the oil pump pickup tube, and the main bearing cap bolt that has a threaded stud for the pickup tube. An oil pump for the year truck you take the pan out of will fit any of the 460 blocks just fine, but you have to use the right pump for the right oil pan. A '79 or earlier truck oil pump or a car oil pump will NOT fit an '80 or later oil pan.
5. You will need to replace the internal shift linkage inside the transmission with one from any truck C-6, from '68 - 79. Although you can shift the truck C-6 from Park to Drive OK, you won't be able to go into Low without this modification. It has to do with the shift angle being different between the car and the truck linkage. If you look closely at the car one in Park before you pull it out, and look at the truck one in Park before you pull it out, you will see what I mean. This is a very easy fix, by the way. No transmission experience necessary.
6. You will need a passenger side truck exhaust manifold. Because the exhaust manifolds are prone to warping, I recommend you replace both of them, as new aftermarket new ones on E-bay. The originals are so hard that they are hard and expensive to machine. Use new copper gaskets rather than composition ones, by the way.
7. You will need the truck transmission shift linkage from the steering column to the transmission, if you use a truck steering column shifter. Easy to find, though.

Engine modifications:
1. You will really wake up the 460 if you use a '70 429/460 timing gear and chain set. In '72, Ford retarded the camshaft by about 4 degrees, robbing the 460 of a lot of power. A new camshaft will also improve things, and an aluminum intake and a new carb will be better than the old spread bore setup Ford had back then.
2. If at all possible, get the truck 460 bracketry and pulleys for the alternator, PS pump, A/C compresssor, and water pump. You can do the change over later, but it will make it easier to service. I got the aluminum brackets and all the goodies for the serpentine system off an early '90s truck. Yep, the '92 PS pump is good for my '76 PS pump - using '78 PS hoses.
3. You should be able to use your existing alternator.

Driveshaft issues: Since you will be putting in a transmission with a slipjoint, you can go to a 1 piece if needed. It will need to be fabricated. If you have the 2 piece driveshaft, you might be able to use the one from the Lincoln to make a single piece. Be sure to use the services of a driveshaft or good machine shop, though. Even if you cannot use the Lincoln driveshaft, you can re-use the yokes from it, especially the one for the slipjoint.

Springs - shouldn't be an issue with weight. The part numbers are the same for all F-100 springs in '66 (I think). I had a V-8, and it made no difference in stance or anything else when I put the 460 in.

If I think of anything else, I'll repost. Otherwise, ask any questions, and I will try to help.

Good luck!

 

By the way, the disc brake system on the Lincoln has nothing in common with your truck.
Except the brake fluid and the Ford name.

 

On C-6 transmissions, the bellhousing is cast as part of the case. You must have the matching bellhousing for the family of engine you are using.
Here are the follwing types of Ford engine block designs, which share the same bell housing pattern:

352, 360, 390, 406, 410, 427, 428 FE - also called round bell.
300 six and Windsor series: 289/302/351W
335 series motors: 351Cleveland, 351Modified and 400
385 series: 429 and 460 (but share the same bellhousing pattern with the 335 series.)

 

if you look at my gallery you can see the radiator i got do you think that one is good enough?

 

Radiator: It looks OK, but how many rows does it have? That will be the key.
Take closeup pictures of it from the rear, and from the front, as close to the bottom of it as you can.

 

By the way, that is the exact pump and PS pressure hose you will need if you get the serpentine belt system.

 

i think!! it's a 4 row

 

I cannot tell what your radiator has for intake/outlet hoses, but the 460 will require an upper left (passenger) intake and a lower right (driver) outlet.

 

Take a peak at my radiator. It is in my gallery to look at if you need help getting a visual.