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Old Apr 25, 2010 | 11:35 PM
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'78 460 Specs?

Hey all, just picked up my first F150. She'll be a winter beater for my '96 Cobra. It's a '78 F150 Ranger Shortbed 4x4 with the 460/C6. 4" suspension lift and 35's are the only real mods (except for fresh krylon 1613!). I was curious as to the kind of hp/tq these old big blocks put out?

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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 06:08 PM
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You need to give up a little more information...do you know the year model of the engine and is it 2 or 4 bbl?
 
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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 08:22 PM
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It's a 4bbl, I assume it was the original motor.
 
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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 08:29 PM
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Its not original, it may be a 78, and from a ford truck, but the half ton shortboxes did not come with them. Someone swapped it in probably using mostly stock parts so it probably appears to be stock.
 
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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 08:32 PM
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I believe stock 1978 460's were about 239hp @4000rpm, and 375fp @ 2400?
 
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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 08:47 PM
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I'm sure this forum is more knowledgeable than the previous owner, but he told me "less than 1% of shortbeds had the 460" lol. Thanks for the info guys!!
 
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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 10:01 PM
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Well................. 0 is defintely less than 1%. I could be wrong but I have never seen or heard of them coming that way and I have owned 4 shortbeds with 460's but I had to put all the 460's in there myself. I currently still have one.....
 
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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 10:31 PM
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If it was 4WD, it did not come with a 460. There were only 3 motors offered in '78 with 4WD. a 300 six, 351M and a 400.
 
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