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Has anyone ever put a 454 bbc throttle body on a Ford 460?
« on: April 01, 2016, 11:22:59 PM »
I am considering a cheap tbi setup to try to get more efficiency out of my 460. Has anyone tried this yet?



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Re: Has anyone ever put a 454 bbc throttle body on a Ford 460?
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2016, 11:14:55 AM »
Why not MPI from a Ford truck?
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Re: Has anyone ever put a 454 bbc throttle body on a Ford 460?
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2016, 11:17:40 AM »
You can install injector bungs in any aluminum manifold.
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Re: Has anyone ever put a 454 bbc throttle body on a Ford 460?
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2016, 01:49:03 PM »
They make a plate to adapt a Rochester TBI on a carburetor manifold. I have one if you are silly curious.

Look up Howell efi. I have one of their kits and it's based off of the TBI from the 90's.

I agree with Joe.  EECIV system is pretty easy and really available.

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If i get some free time tonight at work, ill play with it and post it for everyone to see.

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Re: Has anyone ever put a 454 bbc throttle body on a Ford 460?
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2016, 05:44:27 PM »
I was only considering the tbi from a 454 because it is more readily available, and cheap, very cheap up here. I am in the middle of the prairies, and all of the Ford parts I have found are pricey. Most of the Ford truck intakes are plastic, and have O2 sensors in the system. I'm not sure how I would get them to work with my water cooled logs.


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Re: Has anyone ever put a 454 bbc throttle body on a Ford 460?
« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2016, 05:45:13 PM »

Quote from: GT Jets on April 02, 2016, 01:49:03 PM
They make a plate to adapt a Rochester TBI on a carburetor manifold. I have one if you are silly curious.

Look up Howell efi. I have one of their kits and it's based off of the TBI from the 90's.

I agree with Joe.  EECIV system is pretty easy and really available.

GT

I am very curious, how much are you wanting for it?


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Re: Has anyone ever put a 454 bbc throttle body on a Ford 460?
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2016, 05:53:00 PM »
Eventually, this is the intake that I want.


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Re: Has anyone ever put a 454 bbc throttle body on a Ford 460?
« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2016, 07:17:58 PM »
Quote from: shadow3621 on April 02, 2016, 05:53:00 PM
Eventually, this is the intake that I want.


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That is milti-port injection, nothing crosses over from TBI.  Better to stick with a carb until you have all the parts rather than going the wrong way down the wrong road.

Pick-a-part in San Bernardino is plentiful with BBF trucks.

Hilborn made a simple programmable MPI ECU that you can run in open-loop (not self-monitoring) without O2 sensors.  Not sure if they still do.

I'm sure there are more programmable ECUs available now.
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Re: Has anyone ever put a 454 bbc throttle body on a Ford 460?
« Reply #8 on: April 03, 2016, 02:52:54 PM »
I do want a mpi, some day when I can afford it, lol. Was just curious about the tbi to see if I could get better economy out of it. I will be running with the carb this season to see how hard it is on fuel.


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Re: Has anyone ever put a 454 bbc throttle body on a Ford 460?
« Reply #9 on: April 03, 2016, 03:03:14 PM »
Quote from: shadow3621 on April 03, 2016, 02:52:54 PM
I do want a mpi, some day when I can afford it, lol. Was just curious about the tbi to see if I could get better economy out of it. I will be running with the carb this season to see how hard it is on fuel.


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Just going to say it out loud.

EFI is never more efficient than a properly tuned carburetor.

Flame away.

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Quote from: Brad @ SoCalJetBoats.com on December 22, 2009, 07:40:31 PM
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Quote from: IRRebel on June 11, 2011, 07:30:45 PM
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Re: Has anyone ever put a 454 bbc throttle body on a Ford 460?
« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2016, 02:29:53 PM »
I love my Predator carburetor easy to adjust good fuel mileage about two and a half gallons an hour
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Has anyone ever put a 454 bbc throttle body on a Ford 460?
« Reply #11 on: April 09, 2016, 09:43:55 PM »
Quote from: ron.h on April 07, 2016, 02:29:53 PM
I love my Predator carburetor easy to adjust good fuel mileage about two and a half gallons an hour

How big is your engine? What revolutions are you turning?


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Re: Has anyone ever put a 454 bbc throttle body on a Ford 460?
« Reply #12 on: April 10, 2016, 07:10:19 AM »
It's a Ford 460 bored 30 over with extreme marine cam in it 9 - 1 flat top pistons
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Re: Has anyone ever put a 454 bbc throttle body on a Ford 460?
« Reply #13 on: April 10, 2016, 07:18:19 AM »
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Re: Has anyone ever put a 454 bbc throttle body on a Ford 460?
« Reply #14 on: April 10, 2016, 07:54:41 AM »
Thanks! I'll post some pics of mine here today. Just about done getting everything back together.


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