4bt in a 97 2wd f150

[big specht]

not much He is going to put a water/meth system on his truck and 14mm head and some differant injectors in it again and possible twins but you never know with him As for the housings you have are they all non wastgated????

[racinwayne58]

waste gated.

[big specht]

we need non wastegated one's cause clearance issues

[racinwayne58]

i'll look in the warehouse for some non gated housing's.

[baron]

i just recieved my engine today and i have a few questions about your swap since it is the same basic truck i will be doing. what did you use for a tach signal? and you said you had your throttle cable made..... what kind of shop should i look for that does that? or is there kit available for that?

[Ggg]

Originally Posted by big specht

That's a ATS tranny HAHAHA

I wish you good luck with the ATS and I really hope you don't need any after sale service. I have never owned an ATS but I have heard many a horror story about the lack of after sale service.
But then again all of the issues I am aware of were with automatics.

[big specht]

Originally Posted by baron

i just recieved my engine today and i have a few questions about your swap since it is the same basic truck i will be doing. what did you use for a tach signal? and you said you had your throttle cable made..... what kind of shop should i look for that does that? or is there kit available for that?

I made the cable it is the stock one cut down I just cut the end off and pulled the cable out and used a cut off wheel to cut the cable to the lenght I needed and put the stock end back on to help to seal it. And used a sheath like what is used on a winch cable and crip on clamp to hold it cause the cable is stanless steel and I couldn't solder it. I will try to post some more pic soon

[baron]

thank you for the help. glad i have someone who has already done the swap to learn from i am hoping to start in about a month on mine! cant wait to here more about yours as you progress

[countryboy116]

i was plannin on doing this swap with a ranger but i think ive decided to do it with my 97 F150 4x4, looks good cant wait till your done ill be basin my swap alot off yours it looks like haha

[big specht]

I will try to post some pics up this week it has been on the road for about 4 weeks now with no problems as of now the speedo is slow buy 10mph (differant tranny speedo gear) but we are figuring around the mpg in the high 20's to low 30's

[mxman]

Here goes the questions: What rear end ratio did you end up with? What engine RPM are you running at 60 and 70 mph (those are good mpg figures and I want to see if I can get my project close to RPM your running)? How is the power compared to your gas engine? Did you keep the stock radiator? Thank you for answering the questions.

[big specht]

3.55 gears stock radiator and I don't have a tach to know what rpm but it governs out at 85/90 mph as for the power We don't really know it was bought with a knocking 4.2 it was drove home and torn apart

[baron]

any new updates on your project? how is it running?

[Vito6]

Great String! I have a 01 F150 SC with the 4.2l V6 and manual 5spd M5R2. What trans adapter did you use to mate the 4BT to the trans? Stock clutch? Did you retain the stock hydraulic slave/TO bearing setup? This 4BT looks like it sets back just like the factory V6. Looking fwd to new pics! Thanks. Dean

[big specht]

Sorry fore the late responce but we used the cummins/sb ford adapter. stock clutch and slave set up

[baron]

how is the driveability of the truck and the fuel mileage any problems since the install

[big specht]

The truck rev's slow and seems gear bound in 1,2,3 4th and 5th are good we have never messed around with the pump yet it getting around 28 to 30ish mpg over all

[baron]

wow that is some increadable fuel mileage i am shooting for twenty and i will be really happy with anything more than that. is there anything you would change so far or have needed to modify?

[baron]

also what did you use for motor mounts

[big specht]

We used the p30 mounts and the liquid isolators . As for any thing we would change is making it rev quicker and change gearing for more topend (not for more speed just less rpm)it will top out at 80ish

[big specht]

Just a update. they only thing we did was to install the 3200rpm gov spring and change the gears to 3.27 . The gov spring is a must do mod . We haven't had any problem with. Mine is final in the shop to it's heart trasplant too.