Quick 460 question
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Quick 460 question
This is kind of a question for this part of the board, I think - I'm wanting to know about compatibility with 87-96 parts 
As soon as I get my shop built I'm wanting to build a dentside project with a newer FI motor.
Looking under the hood of my buddie's F250 with a 460 got me kind of jonesing to put a big block in my future project.
I found a basket case 79 truck on Craigslist for what I'm thinking would be about what it would cost me to haul it away. The body is junk, but it does have a 460 and C6 in it.
Would that block be compatible with the SD FI system out of an 80s/90s truck?
Not sure if I'm better off buying this truck for the block/trans and any other useful bits and pieces for my project and then trying to score the FI intake/harness/'puter at a later date or if I should just wait for a later model donor vehicle where I could get the motor AND FI stuff all at once.
What do you guys think?
As soon as I get my shop built I'm wanting to build a dentside project with a newer FI motor.
Looking under the hood of my buddie's F250 with a 460 got me kind of jonesing to put a big block in my future project.
I found a basket case 79 truck on Craigslist for what I'm thinking would be about what it would cost me to haul it away. The body is junk, but it does have a 460 and C6 in it.
Would that block be compatible with the SD FI system out of an 80s/90s truck?
Not sure if I'm better off buying this truck for the block/trans and any other useful bits and pieces for my project and then trying to score the FI intake/harness/'puter at a later date or if I should just wait for a later model donor vehicle where I could get the motor AND FI stuff all at once.
What do you guys think?
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You can simply and inexpensively put an adapter plate on an EFI motor and install a Holley 4 barrel pattern carb.
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Dang cash for clunkers
BUT I think this might be a good start. Found a '94 460 that's been "glassed" so the motor is shot, but I can get the intake, harness, sensors, and 'puter for around $125 if I pull it myself.
Would it be worth pulling the heads as well and see if I could have them fixed or does that sodium silicate or whatever they kill them with completely ruin the heads? Price sounds fair for all the other stuff and I'd bet he'd about give the heads away, but I have enough scrap laying around the yard without collecting more
BUT I think this might be a good start. Found a '94 460 that's been "glassed" so the motor is shot, but I can get the intake, harness, sensors, and 'puter for around $125 if I pull it myself.
Would it be worth pulling the heads as well and see if I could have them fixed or does that sodium silicate or whatever they kill them with completely ruin the heads? Price sounds fair for all the other stuff and I'd bet he'd about give the heads away, but I have enough scrap laying around the yard without collecting more
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Don't forget to get the exhaust manifolds...
It's new to me, I've never seen a valvetrain after being subjected to water glass.
If you do get it, can you pull a valve cover and take some pictures showing the internals for those of us who have never seen the carnage?
It's new to me, I've never seen a valvetrain after being subjected to water glass.
If you do get it, can you pull a valve cover and take some pictures showing the internals for those of us who have never seen the carnage?
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Will do. I just realized I've got tomorrow off, so I plan on being there bright and early and seeing what they've got. I've got a list of odds and ends I need for the truck I just did the engine swap in so it wouldn't be a wasted trip.
If it does solidify then I guess the heads would be toast - glass filled oil galleries are probably a bad thing
If it does solidify then I guess the heads would be toast - glass filled oil galleries are probably a bad thing
