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Old 02-10-2013, 10:19 AM
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i have a 99 f150 with the 4.6 and i was wondering what would be my best bet is to get more performance for towing and fuel economy? i can do all the work my self.
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Pi head swap hands down, what mods do you already have??
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Put a chip in it, you'll get your pick of fuel economy or power

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cams or pi swap
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Unless the 4.6s are different, 99 and up had pi heads.
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4.6's didn't get them till 02-03
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Originally Posted by ghostrider
4.6's didn't get them till 02-03
I though it was in 99 when the switch happened
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Hm that's interesting.
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I though it was in 99 when the switch happened
It was for the 5.4 but not for the 4.6. Too bad they didn't do the PI upgrade on the 4.6 sooner.
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Full exhaust headers a nice edge programmer intake all of stuff
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