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tb9050lx

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• Sep 28, 2007

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has anyone here swapped an fe into the fox?

 

tb9050lx

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• Oct 2, 2007

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come on somebody must have done a 427 in a fox would be awsome !how bout a cammer nobodys swaped an fe yet?

 

RYC CUKR

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• Oct 5, 2007

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With the cost of peformance parts for the FE motors most guys stick with swapping the 385 into Mustangs and leave the FE stuff for the classic/muscle car guys. So due to basic economics you will probably not see very many FEs in foxbodies.

 

RFMustangGT

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• Oct 12, 2007

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yes it has been done. I thought one of the big mustang mags was going to do an article one but I have yet to see (or remember) it. shouldn't be that hard to do if you really want to. FE to me is starting to go through a rebirth with companies making new and lighter parts for them for people wanting to use the FE in their 60s muscle cars and get every bit out of them.

 

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nl mex

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Oct 14, 2007

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• Oct 14, 2007

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buddy of mine had a 429 in his fox.......car was damn impressive. but he replaced it with a SC 393W........eh.

 

tb9050lx

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• Oct 14, 2007

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nl mex said:

buddy of mine had a 429 in his fox.......car was damn impressive. but he replaced it with a SC 393W........eh.

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a 429 is not an fe engine ,a 429 is a 385 series engine.

 

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Mike85000

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• Oct 15, 2007

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A friend of a friend slapped a 390FE into a 4 banger hatch. It was a total hackjob though. Motor was up way high, and tolted so the C6 would fit in the tranny tunnel. It went pretty good, and the welded 7.5" held up for a long time. Although he had cooling issues with the 4 banger rad and electric fan (duh). It once got so hot that the casing melted right off the sparkplug wires, wouldn't shutoff untill he pinched off the fuel line

I have a clip of it after he put a cowl to clear the carb and painted it nice. It looked good on the outside, but a chain wrapped around the driver's exhaust manifold down to the chassis was not my idea of well built.

I have a video clip that im putting up on google video as we speak, but it will probably take a day or so to get approved.

My take, if you have the motor, it can work, but there are a lot better choices (stroked windsors or 385 series motors).

 

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Mike85000

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• Oct 15, 2007

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Vid is up.

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=5798323750235391215

If you want to check out my Fox look at the Thunder int eh Valley 2007 Video i also have hosted. Should show up on the side bar when you watch the FE Stang video. My Car is the grey GT with the Gay chrome flares on the back. She's all stock but i had fun, and went a few rounds into the eliminations till i missed 2nd >:

 

GSP393

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• Dec 23, 2007

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Differant for sure, for all the sence it makes, might as well put in a flathead.

 

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fe428scj

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• Jan 2, 2008

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cool idea, but what mounts/k-member was used? the 385 stuff to bolt into a fox is different than the FE also is he just running regular manifolds? still, again cool idea keep it going !! post more pics !!

 

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jacob_9249

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• Jun 15, 2008

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fe into fox

i have a 428 scj with a fmx trans going into a 88 lx havent started yet,but when i do i will keep yall updated.