I am currently looking at a 74 F250 with a FT360 and 3 spd automatic. The motor has 45K miles on it. It is all original with the two barrel. If this comes to pass, I want to leave the engine pretty well stock but would like to get better gas mileage. I would consider changing to FiTech two barrel EFI. Has anyone any experience with any of this, the 360, EFI and improving the mileage on these engines?
Warren I understand your concern. Several years ago my dad had a '74'ish F250 with a 360 and a bull low standard trans. It had to be the worst vehicle on fuel I have ever driven.
I strongly doubt that it is a FT. They came with a FE. As for getting any kind of fuel mileage, good luck. Last FE 360 I had was swapped out for a '69 Thunderbird FE 390. That swap doubled my fuel mileage to 13 mpg. Them '73-'74 FE motors were choked up with emissions and cam timing.
The FT is an FE except that when Ford brought out the 360 exclusively for trucks, they called it the FT (Ford truck) as opposed to FE (Ford Edsel). The truck is already at the top of my budget and then to have to install a 390, which I would like to do, may throw the whole deal out the window. Everything I have heard or read about the 360 says gas...gas...gas=$$$$$$$.
You'll never get decent mileage from a 360 Warren and as for the Fi-Tech. Ask Fred Bottcher why his tri-power setup is screwed upside down to the ceiling in his garage and carbs are back on his 58 Caddy!
