12v into a 97 f-250?

DHR Darren · Mar 28, 2015

Has anyone here done it?
I just bought a really nice 97 f-250 ccsb with a 460 that I want to swap out for a 12v.
Just curious what all I needed and what tricks to watch for.
Thanks.

hlb3 · Mar 28, 2015

http://www.destroked.com

DHR Darren · Mar 28, 2015

They are 99 up guys.

hlb3 · Mar 28, 2015

I thought they use to have OBS stuff too. These guys do OBS stuff.

http://www.dieselconversion.com

leadfoot067 · Mar 31, 2015

http://www.fordcummins.com/

Lucky Jeff · Mar 31, 2015

You can save a LOT of money doing most of the kit yourself. Only a few things are really needed that most people just can't manufacture themselves. The kits are just convenient for most. But a 12 valve in an OBS is about as common as you can get.

DHR Darren · Mar 31, 2015

Lucky Jeff said:
You can save a LOT of money doing most of the kit yourself. Only a few things are really needed that most people just can't manufacture themselves. The kits are just convenient for most. But a 12 valve in an OBS is about as common as you can get.

Good to know, thanks Jeff!

I have never even looked at a swapped pickup so I don't know what all is involved but I do know that I want all stock gauges, cruise, ect to work.

crapyota · Mar 31, 2015

There was a sweet one in Oregon awhile back for sale...
we looked at doing this same swap...my son had a super sweet ford,and his buddy had a wrecked dodge...didn't seem that hard and a lot of info on it....

son sold his ford for a killer deal,enough to buy a dodge with money from sale..lol..so swap wasn't needed

WHITE TRASH1 · Mar 31, 2015

A friend has an 85 f350 he swapped a 12 valve and nv4500 into. Off the top of my head he bought the motor mount adapters, used a common rail exhaust manifold so the turbo cleared the heater box and used a 6.0 ford intercooler. Its a sweet truck and truly a best of both worlds conversion.

zukkev · Mar 31, 2015

WHITE TRASH said:
A friend has an 85 f350 he swapped a 12 valve and nv4500 into. Off the top of my head he bought the motor mount adapters, used a common rail exhaust manifold so the turbo cleared the heater box and used a 6.0 ford intercooler. Its a sweet truck and truly a best of both worlds conversion.

:awesomework:

DHR Darren · Mar 31, 2015

I really love the OBS 7.3's but nice ones are hard to find and I love the Cummins 5.9 but hate the dodge surrounding the long block.
My biggest pet peeve is the gauges & dash not working correctly. I don't like a bunch of aftermarket crap piled in the interiors. A simple single glowshift boost/pyro is plenty for me.

I am going to have to check this swap out.

WHITE TRASH1 · Mar 31, 2015

I'm 99% sure my friends truck still has all functioning factory gauges except maybe the tach. I know he swapped a tach IDI cluster in and used the IDI temp and oil pressure senders. I think he worked out converting the signal for the tach, I know he was close last we talked about it.

DHR Darren · Mar 31, 2015

Very cool.
Any photos of the setup by chance?

zukkev · Mar 31, 2015

Buddy of mine that's got a '94 F250 Supercab, converted to 12V, And I believe all the gauges work...I do not recall seeing any gauges hanging below the dash or anything...

DHR Darren · Mar 31, 2015

zukkev said:
Buddy of mine that's got a '94 F250 Supercab, converted to 12V, And I believe all the gauges work...I do not recall seeing any gauges hanging below the dash or anything...

Awesome:awesomework:
You guys are really good for the peer pressure.

leadfoot067 · Apr 1, 2015

JUST DO IT! we all know in general the dodge truck itself is a pile of ****,but it has a killer engine,trans(if its a stick) and axles...but the rest is junk...put the good stuff into a much better body and suspension package and youll have a awsome truck...

DHR Darren · Apr 1, 2015

leadfoot067 said:
JUST DO IT! we all know in general the dodge truck itself is a pile of ****,but it has a killer engine,trans(if its a stick) and axles...but the rest is junk...put the good stuff into a much better body and suspension package and youll have a awsome truck...

You are a man of truth. :awesomework:
Here is the pickup that may receive the swap.

WHITE TRASH1 · Apr 1, 2015

It's an f250 so you may as well do a solid axle swap while you're in the neighborhood. :redneck:

DHR Darren · Apr 1, 2015

WHITE TRASH said:
It's an f250 so you may as well do a solid axle swap while you're in the neighborhood. :redneck:

Once the TTB dies a 60 is a must. :redneck:

Maverick26 · Apr 1, 2015

To bad you are not up north, Diesel Outfitters has 2 12v swap trucks in the shop right now. Both are newer rigs but Mike knows what kinda work goes into it. Mike did say that the kits are kinda worthless and he ends up building half the stuff himself. He does all his own harnesses also. One truck is a F-550 and the other is an F-350 pickup. Both have a few turbos. :cheer: