need help on a 2.3L to 5.0L engine swap

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1fastfox

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Hi. My name is Patrick and I live in Goose Creek, SC. I was wondering if anyone can help me with a 2.3L to 5.0L engine swap. If u live close and could come and help me that would be great or if you could just give me some helpful tips. Anything is greatly appreciated.

heres a pic of it at our (Lowcountry Mustang Club) last car show.

My '93 LX

 

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MUSTHAVE302

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• Feb 16, 2004

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there should be a lot of posts on 4 cyl swaps. There are a lot of details you should pay attention to if you are trying to go fuel injected. If you are going carb'ed, pretty much what you see is what you get, and you should be able to work your way thru. Once you get working, you should post specific questinos, and you are likely to get more response. If you do a search, you should find answers to a lot of your questions.

good luck - nice looking car btw.

 

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thanks. yea i try to keep the car looking like it came off the 93 showroom. obviously this is a feat in itself.

 

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if anyone has any sites that would help me with information that would be helpful too. i know there are a million out there but i am having trouble finding them.

 

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Just curious, but I'm assuming you know that you'll want the 8.8 inch rear out of a 5.0, and that the tranny is different? Other than that, it's not really very complicated unless you want to keep fuel injection.

 

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yea i know that i will need some essentials like tranny, rear end, engine, wiring harness, computer etc. I am actually lookin for the whole parts car round the area. dude nobody is responding to help me cept for yall. thanks

 

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i am doing a fuel injection swap and i know there are some things that i need to be ESPECIALLY careful of.