302-351w

The swap stuff isn't cheap. $500 and change for headers. $150 for the pan/pickup. Hood $400+. Distributor. Lower intake from the 5.0 doesn't fit so you'd need that too. Then fuel rails (if you go EFI). Injectors. Custom tune. Exhaust mods if needed. Pullies and brackets. Transmission (stock T5 won't last long). It's really not all that much work but the money part gets expensive.

I hashed this back & forth for a good while. I still may do it eventually if I decide to keep the car. But the price difference was in all honesty too large to justify it. Would have been another $3,000-$3,500 to do it the way I wanted to do mine. But it would have been 408" EFI, T5, and have power steering,brakes, A/C everything. I DRIVE my stuff..unless it's the 'other' two cars and they're dedicated race cars. A 5.0 with a few mods will suit me just fine and knock out better MPG. I don't always need 500+ HP. 350 will do the job just as well and typically with a lot less tire spin

I did a 351w conversion for about $1500.
Could have been a little less if I had not used the Canton 7qt pan.

Here is some info...
351w Fox Body Swap
351w Intake Manifold Heights


The ecu doesn't require a tune if the right MAF is used, but it does help...
I used the stock hood, and will use it again with the new vic jr efi setup I'm switching to...

vristang said:

I used the stock hood, and will use it again with the new vic jr efi setup I'm switching to...

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Could you elaborate on how you're going to make that work? I'm curious.

Aftermarket motormounts drop it enough to work