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Old Mar 9, 2008 | 10:56 AM
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302 swap

I have a 1994 f150 4x4 with a 302.

What year 302 will fit in this truck.
Just need to get it back on the road.
 
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Old Mar 9, 2008 | 11:23 AM
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any !. Well the 87 up will have efi friendly cam. But the 93 down 302 had old order where your 302 has same as 351. So you would have swap cam or repin or rewire injector harness. If its a MAF there be few more. I have a 93 in a 94 .
So if want plug and play find a 94 and newer.
 
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Old Mar 9, 2008 | 11:25 AM
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Welcome to FTE by the way
 
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Old Mar 9, 2008 | 12:24 PM
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guess what i need to know is if i find a 87 or new engine (basic long block) it should bolt up the the overdrive trans and the stock accessarys should fit.
any help is good
 
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Old Mar 9, 2008 | 12:57 PM
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Yes.. any 302/5.0 block will bolt up, and any '87 or later block will be compatable with the stock Ford roller cam assembly in your '94 block. If you don't get a late model block it's not the end of the world though, there are lots of better-than-stock cams in both flat tappet and roller versions that are also compatable with the stock EFI system, and if your truck is mass air you have even more cam choices.
 
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Old May 14, 2008 | 09:16 PM
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help

i just put a engine in my truck and i have two dead cly. number 6 and 8
i check the compression its around 120, checked the injector wire and one side flashes with a test light hooked to the pos side of batt. the othe side of injector is on all the time with the testlight grounded. i put air preasure in all the left bank cly. and no leaks in the intake or the exhuast. i have good spark at the cly. i swicthed the injectors from the good cly 5 and 7 and put them in the 6 and 8 spot and still no luck
this thing should run but it dont
HELP
 
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Old May 14, 2008 | 09:52 PM
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Did you use the engine wiring harness from your truck or did you use a different harness?
 
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Old May 15, 2008 | 06:38 AM
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i used the stock harness that came on it
 
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Old May 15, 2008 | 07:30 AM
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The cylinders won't fire because of no fuel or no spark. If the injector is OK, (check by swapping them with another cylinder) then it must be spark. Check proper wiring, wire routing, plugs, everything. Hopefully the block came from a truck and not a car. If it came from a car, you have the wrong firing order.
 
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Old May 15, 2008 | 08:35 AM
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Ok, so what did this 302 come from(vehicle and year)?
 
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Yes i think it did.
So im thinking the firing order would have to be the 15426378 and i would have to make the injectors fire in the same sequence.
Am i thinking in the right direction.
If not then what
 
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Old May 15, 2008 | 09:45 PM
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What??? Did your engine come from a car or truck? If from a car, just change the cam BUT, the year engine is important anyway because of of other things like pistons and heads.
 
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Old May 16, 2008 | 02:37 PM
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OK the engine came out of 1989 ford crown vic

The deeper i look the more i find cly numbers 1/2/6/8 dont run

I thought at first just 6/8 but now i find all four dont hit

Would the cam make the differance

I am stumped
 
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Old May 16, 2008 | 03:06 PM
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Is your '94 truck mass air by any chance? If your truck is speed density it fires the injectors in batches of 4 and the cam firing order won't matter. If it is MAF it fires the injectors sequentially in the 13726548 sequence, but the cam in the CV motor has the 15426378 order, so you need to change one or the other. I'd suggest changing the cam as the stock CV cam is pretty sad anyway.

You are using the truck computer with this too aren't you?
 
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Old May 16, 2008 | 03:23 PM
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i think so it has a big sensor bolted on the airfilter box
thiis would make sence why only 4 cly are firing
ill give it a try
 
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