1974 engine?
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300 six
302 V8
351w, not sure
360 & 390 V8
460s.
IIRC, others know for sure, but these were floating around in '74, along with the 400, but I don't think the 400s hit the F series until '77.
Nothing in '74 was much beyond a gutless gashog due to low compression and the feeble smog controls of the day. However, any of these can be made into an acceptable performer with just a small roll of $100s.
302 V8
351w, not sure
360 & 390 V8
460s.
IIRC, others know for sure, but these were floating around in '74, along with the 400, but I don't think the 400s hit the F series until '77.
Nothing in '74 was much beyond a gutless gashog due to low compression and the feeble smog controls of the day. However, any of these can be made into an acceptable performer with just a small roll of $100s.
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Can't track it down other than Wikipedia, they show the 460 in the mix for '74. There was quite a mix of engines back then, the close out of the FE, the 335s gone, W's back--
It don't matter. If he buys a '74, other than the 300 which never got much worse in the smog years and only got a little better later on, all the '74 engines are, by almost any standard and particularly today's standard, poor performers which can be rescued with a few simple parts and rolls of $$$$$....
It don't matter. If he buys a '74, other than the 300 which never got much worse in the smog years and only got a little better later on, all the '74 engines are, by almost any standard and particularly today's standard, poor performers which can be rescued with a few simple parts and rolls of $$$$$....
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1973/79 engine choices
460 engine first offered in 1973 on F100/350's / Econolines: 1975.
1973/79 F100/350 engine choices.
1973/74: 240 & 300 I-6 / 302 / 360 / 390 / 460
1975/76: 300 I-6 / 302 / 360 / 390 / 460
1977/79: 300 I-6 / 302 / 351M / 400 / 460
No 351W's in F100/350's till 1981. Econolines got the 351W in 1975.
1973/79 F100/250 4WD engine choices.
1973/74: 240 & 300 I-6 / 360
1975/76: 300 I-6 / 360
1977/79: 300 I-6 / 351M / 400
No 4WD 460's till 1983.
Wikipedia?
Scheiss on a stick...Wiki-Wiki is full of errors. 
I wouldn't trust ANYTHING Wiki Wiki sez, especially when it comes to Ford engines.
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Sorry, I meant to put the cow-pie disclaimer on the Wiki stuff, but they was right about the 460.... Hey, it was almost 1AM and and and...
I thought I'd seen a couple of factory brochures on the web--I know I found one for Rancheros, but I couldn't find one for F series. As usual, ND to the rescue.
I thought I'd seen a couple of factory brochures on the web--I know I found one for Rancheros, but I couldn't find one for F series. As usual, ND to the rescue.
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