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my 99 gt started knocking and i found a cheap 2000 gt 4.6- will i be able to swap motors with out having to change alot - this is my first ever mustang and any help would be great
IF you needed a new wiring harness to make the swap work, it wouldn't be a "direct swap" or a "plug and play" swap.one more question -would the wiring hook up or would i need the 2000 wiring setup?
I wouldn't swap a complete 96 motor (wiring and all) into a 2000. I fairly sure that it wouldn't work without even comparing wiring diagrams. Why? Because the 96 has coil pack and the 2000 has coil on plug.Burns. Aside from the subtle romeo and windsor engines differences what other obstacles would one run into? To my knowledge it would be a direct swap if you swap in a complete engine oil pan to intake using the factory equipped transmission.
I wouldn't swap a complete 96 motor (wiring and all) into a 2000. I fairly sure that it wouldn't work without even comparing wiring diagrams. Why? Because the 96 has coil pack and the 2000 has coil on plug.
To answer your question one really needs to know the car's model year and the donor's model year. The greater the difference, the greater the risk.
The absolutely safest way is to re-use the wiring if the original motor.
OBTW, I own a 2000 GT that originally came with a Windsor motor. The motor currently between the rails came from a 2003 Grand Marquis. My Son and I did the swap in our drive way. That was 3 year ago and 50K miles. So I do have real world experience with the Windsor to Romeo swap.