[Diy_efi] Ford 460 MPI and controllers

[Rick McLeod]

I had an EEC-IV controlled MPI 460 in a '93 F250-SuperDuty, very reliable, not terribly fuel efficient, not a lot of HP (IIRC- factory rated 260), but adaquate torque. I believe w/ a little cam work and exhaust and intake help this motor controlled on a GM FI setup would come arround to being a torque mongrel that's much better on fuel use. As I recall, it was MAF based, but that doesn't mean you can't adapt all the GM stuff to run MAP based, I'd say 

Get 'r done!


----- Original Message ----
From: Chris McKinnon <chrism at cnx.net>
To: diy_efi at diy-efi.org
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 1:06:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Diy_efi] Ford 460 MPI and controllers


I suspect (I'd have to find and check my manual) that Ford ran EEC IV
hardware with MAP. IIRC in 95-96 they ran MAF with EEC V.

Other that that I don't have much to add.

Chris

>Now that my EFI project is somewhat functional, my Dad is asking about what
>it would take to inject one of his 460's.  Now I'm not a Ford guy at all,
>not that I don't like them, I just never owned one so it's a matter of
>ignorance, not spite.  That said, It's my understanding that multi-point
>460's were an OEM option from the late 80's to mid-90's at least, so salvage
>parts should be easy to come by.  Since the plumbing/wiring parts should be
>pretty straight-forward, I'm mostly curious about the preferred ways of
>running one of these critters might be.
>
>I suspect that Ford probably used some sort of MAF, controlled by their
>EEC-whatever box.  My personal experience lies with GM ECM's, the 7730 in
>particular.  I do have a couple 7727's in the garage that could be used for
>this job.  From a pure practicality standpoint, I think I'd prefer to run
>this engine with a GM controller as well, as I have some capacity to tune
>the thing with the hardware/software I have on hand.
>
>With all that said, is there a "preferred" way to run a modified 460 using
>mostly factory injection parts?  To start, this engine will be basically
>recammed, perhaps with headers and a good exhaust.  I don't think this will
>be any sort of wild tune at all.  Any suggestions or time-saving measures
>would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Clair
>69 Valiant 340/7730
>Fort Worth, TX
>
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