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1998 LD F250. Tired of the 5.4L and 5.4l problems. The cheapest fix for my issues is finding 2003 or newer PI heads or pi heads from a panther platform at $300 a pair or timesert the PI heads that I have. Either way I’m not doing that in the engine bay. I will be pulling the engine for it for reasons that I physically cannot work around. Plus with the engine out it will be easier to find all the vacuum leaks and rodent wiring modifications.
With the engine out. Almost the same amount of time to swap in a V10…. Or what I really want to do is go old school 460 for pushrod reliability. I can swap my 4r100 internals into a late E4OD case. Would require redoing the engine harness with any direction. I can make the same power and torque with a 460 as with a V10 with aftermarket heads an a mild cam. V10 will be simpler, both V10 and 460 require moving the radiator to the outside of the core support to use a mechanical fan… also considering built turbo 300 I6…. But that’s out of the budget to get 415 pound feet torque…
V10 and 460 will cost roughly the same. All my options require a new engine harness….
The V10 has more torque available above 2200 rpms and they will both use approximately the same amount of gas. Not even considering a diesel swap. I don’t even really want to swap but I also don’t want to deal with this boat anchor engine with weak valve guides, weak cylinder heads, and needing 4 hours on my knees on the core support trying to get number 4 out….
With the engine out. Almost the same amount of time to swap in a V10…. Or what I really want to do is go old school 460 for pushrod reliability. I can swap my 4r100 internals into a late E4OD case. Would require redoing the engine harness with any direction. I can make the same power and torque with a 460 as with a V10 with aftermarket heads an a mild cam. V10 will be simpler, both V10 and 460 require moving the radiator to the outside of the core support to use a mechanical fan… also considering built turbo 300 I6…. But that’s out of the budget to get 415 pound feet torque…
V10 and 460 will cost roughly the same. All my options require a new engine harness….
The V10 has more torque available above 2200 rpms and they will both use approximately the same amount of gas. Not even considering a diesel swap. I don’t even really want to swap but I also don’t want to deal with this boat anchor engine with weak valve guides, weak cylinder heads, and needing 4 hours on my knees on the core support trying to get number 4 out….
