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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 04:42 PM
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460 Transplant

Maybe I'm a dummy, but I've looked all over this site and haven't found exactly what I'm looking for.

I'm swapping a Lincoln 460/c6 into my 68 F-100 2wd and need to find some headers and motor mounts to fit. Any help would be much appreciated.
 
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Old Apr 2, 2007 | 05:54 PM
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If you get the 460 mounts/pedestals from a late 70's truck, you should be able to find headers to fit the 70's trucks, that will fit the '68. I think L&L makes a complete conversion kit, including their headers to put the 460 in your truck. I didn't know this when I did mine. I bolted the trans mount to the crossmember, then fabricated my own engine mounts. Then I frigged around with various fan/pulley combinations before I found one that would fit between the engine and the rad. Then I had to make up my own auto shift linkage, that ruined my kick-down lever. Needless to say, it wasn't easy, but it works. I wish I'd known about the later 70's trucks with 460's, or the L&L kits before. It's easier to get a whole late 70's truck that has the 460, that way all the parts you'll need are there. Hope this helps somewhat.
 
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Old Apr 2, 2007 | 06:14 PM
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This is the setup I have in my '66 F-100, 2WD:
I am getting 15 MPG at 70 MPH with a nearly stock 460 in my '66 F-100. And I have power to spare.
‘86 460 bored 60 over with stock '86 heads - no porting
'77 F-250 460 engine perches and mounts
'69 straight up cam gears, Cloyes double roller with RV type cam
Edelbrock Performer (not RPM) intake and 1470 750 CFM carb on a 1" phenolic spacer
'76 Duraspark II ignition
Stock aftermarket manifolds with a 2 1/2 inch dual exhaust (plain mufflers); copper gaskets
'93 serpentine belt brackets and pulleys
'78 power steering pump, hoses with ’93 PS pulley
'76 power steering box
’76 power steering pitman arm
’92 power steering cooler, mounted in the frame
'70 steering column
'66 radiator (re-cored)
'66 alternator with '93 serpentine pulley and fan
'86 water pump
'86 fan clutch with '77 7-blade fan
'83 C-6 from an '83 F-350 fifth wheeler, with '77 C-6 linkage (internal shift rod and kickdown)
2.75 rear end

'83 stock rear sump oil pan, with stock oil pump, pickup tube and dipstick (includes main bearing bolt with stud to hold pickup in place)
Includes '93 A/C compressor, but A/C is not installed. (Needed for the serpentine belts.)

’76 F-150 3-inch rear brakes

It as all a bolt-up conversion, except for the following:

Fabricate an accelerator cable bracket by combining an FE one with a 385 one.
Shorten the front driveshaft to adapt to the C-6 (with a conversion joint)
 
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