Another crazy project: Turbocharged 7.5L V8 F-250

"American Locomotive" (AmericanLocomotive) 02/02/2016 at 13:37 • Filed to: None

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Here’s a project I did quite a long time ago (~5 years ish) with a friend. We slapped a turbocharger on his 1996 F-250 with a 7.5L V8 (460) v8. It’s a remote turbo located just aft of the cab. It was quite a project, with lots of welding and piping running all over the place.

Breakdown of what we did and parts we used:

MassAir EFI conversion w/computer from a California F-150 - Moates QuarterHorse tuner - remote turbo from a 7.3L PowerStroke - Siemens 80 lb/hr injectors - intercooled - cheapo wastegate - Ford Lightning MAF - OEM porsche/saab blow off valve - TransGo E4OD shiftkit. It ran approximately 7 PSI in these videos.

My buddy later took the truck with him to New Mexico, so I haven’t seen it in quite a few years, but it’s now running a lot better than it did here in these videos. He re-did all the plumbing, installed high volume fuel pump modules, upgraded to a PMAS HPX slot-MAF, turned the boost up to 12 PSI and had it dyno-tuned. Last I heard it’d melt the 33" tires right off through 1st and 2nd.

Burn-Spaz1966-Burn > American Locomotive 02/02/2016 at 13:41

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nice work

A slushbox can be fun, too! > American Locomotive 02/02/2016 at 13:42

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This is beautiful, just the right amount of work to separate it from the pretentious bro trucks.

American Locomotive > A slushbox can be fun, too! 02/02/2016 at 13:46

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I’m personally not a fan of the stacks, but the rest of the truck is pretty much bro-free, thankfully. Just looks like a clean OBS Ford f-250.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > American Locomotive 02/02/2016 at 14:12

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Damn. That thing moves out.

WiscoProud > American Locomotive 02/02/2016 at 14:49

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That’s really cool. Good job. I love how it looks like it should be rolling coal, yet is so much better.