Ls1 Swap 1999 Mustang
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Mattstang04
15 Year Member
Im sure its been done but it's kinda heresy around these parts. Maybe someone will chime in but beware this could garner a lot of trash talk. Fair warning.
I know it will be expensive but they do make k members to put ls engines in these cars. I doubt know how the wiring will play. Probably better to just get a different car.
I know it will be expensive but they do make k members to put ls engines in these cars. I doubt know how the wiring will play. Probably better to just get a different car.
Always curious as to why people do this. Don't get me wrong, they are inexpensive, make good hp and hold up well, and there are a bunch of them in the bone yards.
But it's a ford with a gm engine.
But it's a ford with a gm engine.
A salvage yard near me does entire 4.8 and 5.3L LS truck engine pullouts from water pump pulley to transmission tailshaft, computer and harness included for $800. A few flex hoses from O'Reilly, fluids, a little freshening up on the junkyard motor and the stuff to make it fit a fox or SN95 chassis and you could pull this off for less than $2500 grand total (and lower the net costs by selling what you pull out of the Mustang).
It'd be hard to beat that with a supercharger setup, even using used parts, and with the LS engine, the aftermarket is booming, not so much for the 4.6 2v.
That, combined with a lack of readily available cheap GM cars to throw LS's into, is why you see so many LS-swapped Mustangs. I could buy a SN95 or New Edge 'stang with a blown engine for less than $1500 right now, and less than $2500 later have a 300+ HP, rock-solid daily driver that gets good fuel economy, has the aftermarket support to become even better, and actually handles better than it did with the heavy-ass 4.6 (which is a big engine for such a tiny displacement, look at a 4.6 next to an old 460 big-block sometime).
It's not hard to see why these are becoming so commonplace.
I don't fault people for do'n it but just because you can doesn't mean you should.
put that ls in a toyota. It is your car and I won't hate because you did it.
put that ls in a toyota. It is your car and I won't hate because you did it.
I'm going to start pushing these over to the "other" section.
I wouldn't say that I'm a purist but I definitely don't want a dozen different LS threads on our Mustang forum either.
Will have to think about this some.
I wouldn't say that I'm a purist but I definitely don't want a dozen different LS threads on our Mustang forum either.
Will have to think about this some.
robertsa
Well-Known Member
Team Z makes a k member for LS swaps. It may be worth looking into. I imagine the most difficult part being the integration of the electronics.
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