Foxbody Engine Swap Ideas?

Explorer motor, TW 11r heads, Ed Curtis cam. Vortech VS3 supercharger, TCI streetfighter trans and converter

Just order a 331-347 crate motor and call it good. You can get good crate motors WITH warranties in the hp range you want for the price you want. Save some money and clean up your accesories and bolt them on. The only way I would do a 460 is to do it right. In a 1/4 mile only car, punched out to about 520 cid, huge heads, blow through carb and, go nuts with a huge turbo.

10k? Coyote swap.

Or...... The other popular swap.







Just go coyote.

hoopty5.0 said:

10k? Coyote swap.

Or...... The other popular swap.







Just go coyote.

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If you can do a coyote swap for 10k let us know how. More like 15k when all is said and done.

worn out late 70's vintage I-6.

Sleeve the block.
Scour the internet for an Australian alum crossflow head.
Modify block accordingly to allow head to fit.
Source billet roller cam for engine.
Cut open holes in side of block to allow access to roller lifters.
Modify camshaft to accomodate SBF timing chain,
Modify crank to accommodate SBF harmonic balancer.
Modify oil pan to fix Fox body.
Build custom exhaust manifold.
Build custom intake manifold.

Turbo charge it.
Port Fuel Inject it.
Run megasquirt II as ECU.
Eliminate distributor.
Run external belt driven oil pump.

Spend countless hours obsessing over stuff that was never intended to work in this above combination.

Make 450 WHP/ 600 RWTQ

Spend way less than 10k. to get that done.

Make sure that you're me, before you do that.

Call it a day.

mikestang63 said:

If you can do a coyote swap for 10k let us know how. More like 15k when all is said and done.

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Wrecked f150?

I think the coyote swap can be done for 10k, it may be a truck motor though.

Engine $2k
Control pack $1.5 k
Headers $800
K member $350
Misc fuel $500
Trans w/ bell used $2k

That's a little over $7k, with some left over for other misc parts and expenses.

Joe

If you are replacing the heads, why go with an explorer motor? He will need a different cam, and the block is probably the standard 302 roller block. That just leaves the intake, which I got ported anyway.
The roller/EFI 351 swap thread sounds easy enough, but a 347 stroker is easier to bolt in and leaves more money for a better tranny and driveline upgrades.
If that is too boring, how about the 300 six cyl, a tall hood and a big turbo? Less work than Mike's motor, but still different.

RangerJoe said:

I think the coyote swap can be done for 10k, it may be a truck motor though.

Engine $2k
Control pack $1.5 k
Headers $800
K member $350
Misc fuel $500
Trans w/ bell used $2k

That's a little over $7k, with some left over for other misc parts and expenses.

Joe

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Understood noew. Thought he was talking about the Mustang motor. That's going for almost 10k alone with the computer and harness pack.

7991LXnSHO said:

If you are replacing the heads, why go with an explorer motor? He will need a different cam, and the block is probably the standard 302 roller block. That just leaves the intake, which I got ported anyway.
The roller/EFI 351 swap thread sounds easy enough, but a 347 stroker is easier to bolt in and leaves more money for a better tranny and driveline upgrades.
If that is too boring, how about the 300 six cyl, a tall hood and a big turbo? Less work than Mike's motor, but still different.

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Thought he said his motor was shot, so why not an explorer motor. They are normally cheap, not abused. You are going to swap out the cam anyway. He can sell the heads. Add a decent cam, heads, cam and a blower and he's set. Worst case if he blows the motor is get another one for cheap. A good 347 short block is going to set you back 5- grand. I don;t believe in building up stock block motors with high dollar cranks, pistions , etc.

TOOLOW91 said:

And then it doesn't stop or turn . Would be a real fun car to drive not ...... Guys are making it seem like a fast small block is out of the question . it's easily doable


This is the second time I have heard a 460 mentioned I feel that swap should he left in the 80s where it belongs we have enough technology to make a 302 or 351 go plenty fast and still have the car drive and stop normal . just my opinion

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Im going to do a 460 swap this winter just to spite you.