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Of course I was half-joking about the 'blasphemy' remark. I feel that the owner has every right to do whatever they want to their own car, and no one else has the right to criticize his/her choices. However, my personal feeling is that a Ford car should have a Ford engine, a Chevy a Chevy engine and so on. I once bought a '54 Ford Customline that had a Chevy small block in it, only because it was a heck of a deal. I immediately pulled the Chevy engine & tranny out, sold them and plugged in a 351w with a C6. 
I agree that it would be a whole lot easier to stay with the original 352 engine. Perhaps there is an adapter plate that would enable a simple throttle body EFI that might improve mileage a bit. Also I know some folks have swapped AOD trannies in for the overdrive.
Installing any modern computer-controlled fuel injected engine is opening a big ol' can-'o-worms, as Dan 6776 can tell you. But what he will also tell you is that if you have the time, patience, and money to see it through, it can be very rewarding. The choices are yours. 
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That intake is rated from like 3500-7000rpm. Wouldn't have much low end torque
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I fully agree with you all on the ls swap but every route I look at is more expensive. Anyone running any kind of tbi on a fe or even a Windsor?
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dan73 wrote:
That intake is rated from like 3500-7000rpm. Wouldn't have much low end torque
When looking at pictures I do not see much difference in design between the Edelbrock intake and OEM 4.6 intake. (long runners going to a single opening) The reality of it is that a 4.6L engine is not that big and to get the kind of HP and TQ # that these engines can produce you have to run at higher RPMs. I am sure the big open plenum of the Edelbrock raises the RPM range a little but I would be willing to bet the stock RPM range is not that far off.
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I fully agree with you all on the ls swap but every route I look at is more expensive. Anyone running any kind of tbi on a fe or even a Windsor?
I saw this truck with a Fast EZ EFI 2 system on an FE recently at the Lakeland Ford grand opening. I didn't chat with the guy, but it looks like a nice install.
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Any thing I put in it will have efi. Either Fitech or the 4.6.
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