In over my head

 That's a good looking truck, and deserves to be seen rather than just linked to, so I included it below.  

So, the first thing is how to post pics here, and that is explained on the Bullnose Forum/Forum FAQ's page in the menu, and then on the Posting Pics tab.  But your problem was that the pic was over 1Mb, so I chose Big Size in the resizing menu.

As for the EFI question, I think "it depends" is the best answer.  A well-tuned carb can do really well in power and MPG, but a good EFI system will always be properly tuned and it is sometimes hard to keep a carb there.  Then there's the question of multi-port EFI vs throttle-body.  Multi-port is the best as each cylinder gets the correct amount of fuel where a throttle-body system puts the correct amount of fuel into the intake, but it doesn't get spread to the cylinders evenly.

But what are you going to do with the truck?

Concerning the gearing, you have the worst of all worlds if you are looking for MPG.  The 460 is thirsty, the 4.10's are really only good for towing really heavy loads w/o an overdrive transmission, and the C6 has no OD and is thirsty itself.

Before his transformation, which isn't done yet, Big Blue had no OD and 3.55 gears and his 460 spun at 2500 RPM at 65 MPH.  That kills MPG, so I'm going with a ZF5 transmission which has overdrive, and keeping the 3.55's.

Hope that helps.

By the way, where's home?  We have a member's map (Bullnose Forum/Member's Map in the menu) and I'd be happy to add you if I had a town/city.

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
Blue: 2015 F150 Platinum 4x4 SuperCrew wearing Blue Jeans & sporting a 3.5L EB & Max Tow
Big Blue: 1985 F250HD 4x4: 460/ZF5/3.55's, D60 w/Ox locker in front & 10.25 Spicer/Trutrac in back, & EEC-V MAF/SEFI

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Wheelmaker wrote

So as a final question before moving over to the other forums:
By all indications, the truck is still all original. Is there any advantage to keeping it that way?  It not like it’s a 60’s Bronco with huge collector following. I feel like it just want to clean it up, get it running strong, and drive it as it was intended without regard to “numbers matching” constraints. Your thoughts?

ArdWrknTrk wrote

Agreed.
Make it roadworthy and make it yours.  😁
Shaun seems to throw every option from the period he likes ('80-'82) on his truck, even if it is a much later vehicle.
I've done many things with (mostly) Ford parts that I feel make my truck better for me.

That's the important thing!

If you're running with the 'numbers correct' crowd you're not in my wheelhouse anyway.

ArdWrknTrk wrote

Agreed.
Make it roadworthy and make it yours.  😁
Shaun seems to throw every option from the period he likes ('80-'82) on his truck, even if it is a much later vehicle.
I've done many things with (mostly) Ford parts that I feel make my truck better for me.

That's the important thing!

If you're running with the 'numbers correct' crowd you're not in my wheelhouse anyway.