Drivetrain 94 V6 to 5.0 swap ignition / starter wiring

Noobz347 said:

How attached are you to the car?

What's the feasibility of picking up a V8 car that needs some work and using yours as a parts donor or vice versa?

I'm thinking about harnesses, and possible gauge cluster issues @Mustang5L5 , k-member, EEC, fuel system, accessory drive, etc...

Not sure what other driveline differences their might be.

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This seems like a more appropriate thread to get into this than the welcome thread....

I believe his K member wouldn't be an issue. I don't know about the gauges, but he said he's not concerned with them anyway. As for everything else I'll let his post speak for him.

Now, my 2 cents (if it's even worth that....) would be to find an Explorer 5.0 and use it as is as long as it ran well. I'd even see about keeping the stock fuel injection set up. The reason I say that is you'd most likely be into it for less money than if you swapped to a carb manifold and bought a TBI system. I'm not sure if the 3.8 shares the same fuel lines or not, but it's possible you wouldn't have to do much more than an engine swap - maybe an upgraded fuel pump too? But you'd need the engine harness and a 5.0 ECU for sure. There's a lot of info out there about cam swaps and stuff, so I won't get into that too much, but if you DID swap the cam for something like an 87-93 HO cam you'd want to be sure to grab the appropriate ECU. Beyond that, I think most of it would end up being plug-n-play.

Disclaimer: I have *0* experience with 94+ cars, so hopefully someone with more knowledge will be around to give more solid advice than I.