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hey, just have a question for you II guys here. a friend of mine is wanting to put a 5.0 out of an 89 in his 78 but can't seem to find motor mounts that will work the 89 block. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance.

He'll have to find II motor mounts for a 302. They are II specific.

do you know who carries them? he said the 70's 302's motor mounts are different the the 89's are.

94opalgt said:

hey, just have a question for you II guys here. a friend of mine is wanting to put a 5.0 out of an 89 in his 78 but can't seem to find motor mounts that will work the 89 block. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance.

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that wont be his only problem.. lol...
was it originally a v8 ?? im assuming not....if not he will also need the frame plates that the motor mount bolts to.. what did he have for a motor before?

car was originally a 6 cylinder car

car was originally a 6 cylinder car

best thing you could do is buy a donor car out of the j-yard if you can find one.
he is going to need a lot more parts than just mounts to make it work.
theres only a few things the 6 and 8 share.
and theres only a few things the 78 block and the 89 block share.
off the top of my head...he will need to change
obvious mounts and frame plates
oil pan is Mustang II specific , oil pump pick up tube,
the II uses a short water pump
the 75-78 timing cover is also needed because of the oil dipstick
transmission is MII specific. thats a big problem
the tunnel in these cars is very tight limiting what will fit without mods..
you will need MII manifolds or headers specific to the II.

i could go on and on but i dont know exactly what he has done or has collected for parts so far,
this is a job only for the well experienced, if he has everything he needs except for the mounts, then they can be found... do a search on the internet
for mustangII parts,
if you go into the parts section in this forum you will see a thread for
mustang II mounts, but no one here has tried em as far as i know
and you still need the mount frame plates which you wont find unless used.
nobody makes those.
if he is serious about this swap and has no parts for the II
the best bet is a donor v8 75-78 mustang II
other wise you could be collecting parts for quite a while..
this would have to be a project car and not a daily driver,
what does he have for a trans in the car and which rear end ?
is this a project car , and what happened to the v6?
does the car run and drive now??

btw i have a 77 cobra II which has a 95 mustang gt 5.0. and a tremec t5 with
the fox bell housing .. so nothing is impossible...

tranny will be a t-5 w/fox bell housing. don't know about the rear end. no motor in the car now and i dont know what happened to it.

yep those mounts are a pain in the ass to find without paying an arm and a leg.
i would look in ebay,search 75-78 mustang, cobraII, and king cobra. or j-yard.
if you have any other q+a about the build PM me and i will go into more detail what you will need good luck.

New motor mounts can be obtained @ your local Advance auto parts. I had heard this, and it is true. Problem is the only part availible is half the mount. You need the part that bolts to the engine, it mates with the rubber isolater to frame part of the mount. So if you found a set of mounts (cheap) that were shot you could go this route. I would check it out first. They (advance) had to order them,believe the were about $ 24.00 each. In the first part of your thread you say the dash lights are toast-always have been. When I was young and less experienced I installed a new radio in my II. Sounds were good ,but no dashlights. popped fuses one after the other( and some burnt wiring) I took it to the local shop. I came to find out that a factory ford radio light comes on with the dash lights regardless of the radio being on or not. Guess what color this wire is? BLACK So assuming it was a ground, I grounded it thus dead shorting my dash lights. Check it out and maybe you can get the dash harness for a song out of a doner. Good luck and happy motoring. P.S. do you still have the headmans? If so I will buy them.

itsamustangtoo, I'm unclear as to which part Advance actually carries, the part that bolts to the frame or the half that bolts to the engine?