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Old Feb 28, 2012 | 01:19 AM
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I'm looking around at new engines but a lot of the nice set ups are carbed. But my truck is an EFI... What should I know before I decide on something? Like is it possible to go from EFI to carb. Ect!
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Old Feb 28, 2012 | 07:47 AM
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You can go from EFI to carbed engines. From what I know its easier to go from EFI to carbed than vise versa.
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Old Feb 28, 2012 | 10:39 AM
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what engine do you have first off???

whats wrong with your current engine???
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Old Feb 28, 2012 | 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by fordtrucknut
what engine do you have first off???

whats wrong with your current engine???
As of right now I have a 302 but its has 150,000 miles so it's on it's way I know the 302 was the engine never meant to die but I want something with a little more beef and better torque and horse power
I was looking at this ford 393 flat top http://www.coasthigh.com/product-p/10682-sf-f393w-v.htm
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Old Feb 28, 2012 | 12:21 PM
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OK so i see your here to waste our time. so yeah go ahead and put your $9k 11.80:1 comp motor in your street truck. and dont try to come back with a rebuttal about you know what your doing and you wanna drag race this truck, i've been a mechanic all my life blah blah blah,

IF you dont know how to swap a chassis over to carb from efi then your just dreaming about that engine.
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Old Feb 28, 2012 | 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by C_Mavilla93
As of right now I have a 302 but its has 150,000 miles so it's on it's way I know the 302 was the engine never meant to die but I want something with a little more beef and better torque and horse power
I was looking at this ford 393 flat top http://www.coasthigh.com/product-p/10682-sf-f393w-v.htm

Haha go big or go home huh? Let me know when you're coming I'll just save time and pull over and save you gas. Are you racing this thing? I would say thats a bit more than " a little more beef and horsepower" badass motor tho good luck with that
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Old Feb 28, 2012 | 10:20 PM
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Haha go big or go home huh? Let me know when you're coming I'll just save time and pull over and save you gas. Are you racing this thing? I would say thats a bit more than " a little more beef and horsepower" badass motor tho good luck with that
Noo I don't plan on racing my truck but I want power when I need it and I'm big in to off roading and thats a good amount of power and it's not a astronomical price for an engine still cheaper to buy that then spend 20 grand on up on a new truck. so I figured put 10 grand into a new motor into a truck I love a lot, and hell it would be nice to go down to the track in a big dumpy looking truck and smoke all the people in they're little rice burners.
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Old Feb 28, 2012 | 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by fordtrucknut
OK so i see your here to waste our time. so yeah go ahead and put your $9k 11.80:1 comp motor in your street truck. and dont try to come back with a rebuttal about you know what your doing and you wanna drag race this truck, i've been a mechanic all my life blah blah blah,

IF you dont know how to swap a chassis over to carb from efi then your just dreaming about that engine.
Well first I don't want to drag my truck...
Second I never claimed to be a mechanic all my life because if I was I wouldn't have asked this question..
Thirdly if I'm wasting you're time then why did you bother commenting on the thread.
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Old Feb 28, 2012 | 11:48 PM
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Originally Posted by C_Mavilla93
Well first I don't want to drag my truck...
Second I never claimed to be a mechanic all my life because if I was I wouldn't have asked this question..
Thirdly if I'm wasting you're time then why did you bother commenting on the thread.
I don't think you get where he's coming from... he raises a valid point that if you were legitimately considering putting in that 9000 dollar race motor, you should already have the experience / knowledge to do an EFI to carb swap... otherwise it's kind of a waste. I would call that 393 waayyyy overkill in your truck. Then again, personally, I'd like to put a mercedes 3 liter turbo diesel I5 in my truck... that's just me though
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Old Feb 28, 2012 | 11:59 PM
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why not just buy a 302 with less miles and put 5k into that thing to have a motor YOU built? but im with fordtrucknut on this one...
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