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Is it possible to put a 3.8l supercharged motor and 5spd tranny out of a 1990 thinderbird into a 87 notch? also my car is a 4banger 5spd. what am i going to need if it is possible for me to do it.
 

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19Stangnotch87 said:
Is it possible to put a 3.8l supercharged motor and 5spd tranny out of a 1990 thinderbird into a 87 notch? also my car is a 4banger 5spd. what am i going to need if it is possible for me to do it.
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v6power.net has your answers.

its almost a bolt-in affair with the sn95 v6 cars. It can be done with the foxbody cars as well but you'll probably want to get the motor mounts and transmission mount from an 84-86 tbi V6 mustang.
 

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I think the hardest part of that swap would be the wiring. I saw this one a few years back, it's a fox with a supercharged 3.8 in it:


The wiring was an absolute rat's nest though. Looked totally hacked. You can see some of it in the pic.
 

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