New 5.0 in a Old Fox??

[MustangMobster]

I know they are still new and this may or may not have been done yet, but does anyone know if and how much work it would take to put the 2011 5.0 engines into a Fox?

 

[Ozz]

I have no info, but Kurgan Motorsports has done it already. Maybe you could talk to them; they frequent various Mustang boards and seem to be helpful enough to approach.

It's in this:

 

[FordRacing302]

Damn, he beat me to it

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[Shaolin Crane]

Mr. Raburn is doing this as well, you can see the build in tech

 

[MustangMobster]

O man I was asking to know, but looking at that engine in that car makes me wanna try that with my four eye one day.

 

[Coyote5.0]

That would be an awesome power:weight. About what does a Fox Mustang weigh?

 

[MustangMobster]

My title says 3200 not sure how accurate that is though, I wonder how much torque that thing produces

 

[Coyote5.0]

390 ft-lbs is the stock 2011 GT rating. Probably more out of a tuned crate engine.

 

[FastDriver]

On how much Fox-bodies weigh, I'm going off of memory, but a non A/C 87 coupe could be as light as 3080 lbs. Hatches added 70-80 lbs, and verts were something like 100 lbs heavier than that. Fully loaded verts were somewhat fat but certainly still less than 3400 lbs.

You can drop an easy 100lbs simply by draining the gas to 1/8 of a tank, and pulling out the spare tire.

I have no idea what the weight difference between the ol' 5.0 and the new one is, though. I can't imagine that the new one is lighter even despite the fact that it's made of aluminum.

 

[MustangMobster]

390 stock? O man..how much hp?

 

[MustangMobster]

Did they use the AOD transmission or did they find a way to get the '11 tranny in there too?

 

[Shaolin Crane]

my car weighs 3100 with driver

 

[stangboy13]

Oh man, makes me want to do that!

 

[MustangMobster]

Yea man your 85 would be badass with that under the hood

 

[Shaolin Crane]

I would also be a costly swap, upwards of 10k i'd rather build a sbf or an ls1

 

[MustangMobster]

Yea that's very true, but now that u mention it I saw a guy total his '11 last nite and well if the engine's fine and I can find it I'd love to strip that thing outta there n get it for a good deal

 

[Shaolin Crane]

Ha, you still would be in it for 10k at least.

 

[MustangMobster]

Guess I'll have to wait on that den lol

 

[Notchbck93]

My friends '87 coupe 5L without driver tipped in at 2860 lbs. Full interior car. No AC, but it did have power steering.

 

[fiveohwblow]

Yea that's very true, but now that u mention it I saw a guy total his '11 last nite and well if the engine's fine and I can find it I'd love to strip that thing outta there n get it for a good deal

As terrible as this sounds, I am excited to see this happen through the natural process.... rubhands

I want one