Thanks for all the interest guys...
I am not a Ford Guy myself, but I couldn't pass up this chassis. The car was too clean, and it really reminds me of a baby 2-door Caprice. I just have an odd knack for these types of cars.
I put a lot of time and thought into the drive-line. I wanted something more modern with injection, and I wanted to stay Ford...(you can buy a damn sail boat with an lsx in it. Regardless of how good those motors are, i'm just getting tired of seeing them)...but most of all, it needed to be relatively cheap! I want to be able to use as many OE parts as possible.
With the 5.4, I will be building a swap harness and using SCT as a tuning solution. As mentioned above at 300hp, these motors are pretty stout right out of the box, and respond very well to intake & exhaust changes from what I have seen. Forged crank, common 4.6 sized bore, long rod and 4 valves per cylinder...they have quite a bit going for them.
A solid 80% of this swap will be compiled from the salvage yards (Complete 4.6 front k-frame, control arms, spindles and brakes; Navigator drive-line; E-Series aluminum drive shaft chopped down; Mustang 8.8 ....you get the idea!). The big question at this point is how the transmission is going to fit! The 2wd 4R100 has been successfully swapped into the newer generation Mustangs without tunnel modification...I am hoping for similar results! While this transmission is all sorts of overkill and fairly heavy...it should go hand in hand with a bullet-proof daily driver.
I am not a Ford Guy myself, but I couldn't pass up this chassis. The car was too clean, and it really reminds me of a baby 2-door Caprice. I just have an odd knack for these types of cars.
I put a lot of time and thought into the drive-line. I wanted something more modern with injection, and I wanted to stay Ford...(you can buy a damn sail boat with an lsx in it. Regardless of how good those motors are, i'm just getting tired of seeing them)...but most of all, it needed to be relatively cheap! I want to be able to use as many OE parts as possible.
With the 5.4, I will be building a swap harness and using SCT as a tuning solution. As mentioned above at 300hp, these motors are pretty stout right out of the box, and respond very well to intake & exhaust changes from what I have seen. Forged crank, common 4.6 sized bore, long rod and 4 valves per cylinder...they have quite a bit going for them.
A solid 80% of this swap will be compiled from the salvage yards (Complete 4.6 front k-frame, control arms, spindles and brakes; Navigator drive-line; E-Series aluminum drive shaft chopped down; Mustang 8.8 ....you get the idea!). The big question at this point is how the transmission is going to fit! The 2wd 4R100 has been successfully swapped into the newer generation Mustangs without tunnel modification...I am hoping for similar results! While this transmission is all sorts of overkill and fairly heavy...it should go hand in hand with a bullet-proof daily driver.
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