460 into f100
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You can hack up your frame mounts to fit the car mount. Bad idea this will weaken the mount you will also need to do some thing with the exhaust. I have seen way to many cut up hacked up frame rails due to not buying the correct headers or manafolds.
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What he said. If it's a 78/79 (maybe even earlier 70s) the frame is the same I think. You would then be able to use some 460 swap mounts right to the stock perches. If not, I have no clue.
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Yup the year on the F100 would really out, have you looked at these guys products? http://www.landlproducts.com/default.aspx
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Do NOT buy L&L motor mounts....
Edit: If it has a 400 in it already, buy these mounts and the 460 should bolt right in.
http://broncograveyard.com/bronco/i-20990-extreme-duty-460-motor-mounts.html
Edit: If it has a 400 in it already, buy these mounts and the 460 should bolt right in.
http://broncograveyard.com/bronco/i-20990-extreme-duty-460-motor-mounts.html
A search should turn up a ton of info since this has been covered pretty good a bunch of times.
In short you will need moor mounts, rear sump oil pan, exhaust manifolds that work or headers(the car manifolds I've seen always dump right on the pass. side frame), if you have a stick trans you will need a flywheel. Remember that there is an internally balanced 460 and an external, is been a while but I'm pretty sure that 78 was the last year of internal balance motors.
Front accessory brackets need some work as well I think.
In short you will need moor mounts, rear sump oil pan, exhaust manifolds that work or headers(the car manifolds I've seen always dump right on the pass. side frame), if you have a stick trans you will need a flywheel. Remember that there is an internally balanced 460 and an external, is been a while but I'm pretty sure that 78 was the last year of internal balance motors.
Front accessory brackets need some work as well I think.
Everything he said ^^
I also found this to be quite helpful in getting started with the swap.
All that you will need to know is pretty easy to find on the net once you start searching and reading. If you have some money to toss around and don't want to hassle with junkyard diving L&L does sell kits to drop the motor right in. However they are a lil pricey and as was mentioned their motor mounts aren't the greatest. http://landlproducts.com/list.aspx?cID=1
I also found this to be quite helpful in getting started with the swap.
All that you will need to know is pretty easy to find on the net once you start searching and reading. If you have some money to toss around and don't want to hassle with junkyard diving L&L does sell kits to drop the motor right in. However they are a lil pricey and as was mentioned their motor mounts aren't the greatest. http://landlproducts.com/list.aspx?cID=1
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Yup. If your engine has a hatchet weight behind the harmonic balancer, it's externally balanced. If you're not sure, the block will be marked D9TE.
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I have no fucking idea what you are trying to say. From what I can correlate from your run-on sentence is this. Yes, bolt the broncograveyard engine mounts onto your 460 and bolt the fucking thing in the engine bay.
You need to figure out for sure exactly what you have, your cost will climb fast if you have to swap the trans because you didn't know what motor was in there to start with.
A 75 would not have had a 351m/400 stock as far as I know unless they showed up in the f100 way earlier then the other trucks.
What are you talking about car or truck block?
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I used a 460 from a 73 Lincoln in my 79 Bronco with a 351m, used the same trans, swapped truck 460 mounts into my frame and use a newer 460 truck oil pan, no big deal. The Hooker headers were a bit pissy and also used a mini starter. Not much compression on a 74 and up 460, what like 8.3 but at least you get more torque and get rid of the modified motor, they are lame.
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