ford 460 into hilux, am i crazy?

[shaunh]

cleaning up my grandfathers shed, found a couple ford 460s, i immediately though what if? its a huge motor, its gonna take a long time alot of money, but ive got the know how, just dont know if i can cram it all into a 1990 4runner?
any help ideas suggestion are more than welcome

[RAY185]

Let's say you find a way to cram it in the engine bay.

A: You have no hope of it being a legal conversion.

B: Would you be prepared to spend the kind of money needed to build a driveline that will survive behind it to make it worthwhile?

[Struth]

Its just a 460 Ray, an R150 and sixty series diffs would cope fine.

But I think you would have a lot of trouble finding the space to fit it under the hood.

[RAY185]

Do you reckon he'd be able to keep it registered too?

[DUDELUX]

Put on your fun hat Raymond.
I say go for it, whats the worst thing that could happen.

[stock 4runner]

I'm asumming it's a big block as I know you can just stroke and boar a small block to 460 but there not that common. Could never be registered though

[rockcrawler31]

I'd say that unless it's going to be a specific purpose car like a burnout car or something then it's kinda pointless. The sheer weight of that block is going to make the handling of the 4 skinner absolutely appalling. On road it's going to dive under braking like a mofo, under steer into corners untill you give it some boot and then it's going to oversteer like a cawk.

Off road the front is going to be so heavy that your front to rear weight bias is going to be spastically uneven.

There's a very good reason that there's no LEGALLY done big blocks in hilux's and 5 liters is the max that virtually any DOT will let you go to.

Without being "that guy" who killjoys it, i think you'll blow a lot of dough on something that will be a turd for any practical use.

[Struth]

Do you reckon he'd be able to keep it registered too?

Fark no, not a chance.

[SCANAS]

What do you want for one of the 460's condition?

[RAY185]

Do you reckon he'd be able to keep it registered too?

Fark no, not a chance.

Ok, just checking you hadn't gone completely mad on us....

[shaunh]

Okay so it's a no go hah

Theyve been through flood so no idea of condition they're still at the back of the shed so I can't really tell you anymore, also have a set of pistons, rings and rods for them 30 thou oversize

[Struth]

Do you reckon he'd be able to keep it registered too?

Fark no, not a chance.

Ok, just checking you hadn't gone completely mad on us....

I did, but then I came back, then I did again then......

[mkpatrol]

Okay so it's a no go hah

Theyve been through flood so no idea of condition they're still at the back of the shed so I can't really tell you anymore, also have a set of piston rings and rod for them 30 thou oversize

Sell your Hilux & go & buy one of these:




460 is nice on one of them. Even enough room under the hood for a blower

[rockcrawler31]

In a bronco or even in a IH scout would be cool too