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Saab b234 in a stang!?

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saabguy

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Hey guys,

New member here, thinking about getting a cheap 2001 v6 mustang. I’ve got experience working on and tuning Saab I4 turbocharged engines and I think it would be a fun, if ambitious, project to put one of those in a mustang. There’s a bell housing adapter to the T5 transmission (which is in a 2001 v6 right?). I figure the major things to do would be make motor mounts and custom plumbing. Anyone have any thoughts on the feasibility of this? Any videos/threads of similar engine swaps into this vehicle?

Thanks!
 

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I doubt you'll find much on swapping a foreign I4 into these cars; given that the V6 uses a small block mount, the common upgrade path is to go small block, or to swap K members and go modular. But, as my dad always said, you can put any motor in anything as long as your wallet supports it.

The V6 should be a T5 transmission. Depending on your power output, that may suffice.

The other things that come to mind are the gauges and fuel pump, both computer controlled in a 2001. You can swap in an older set of gauges (common in Coyote swaps too), which would just need to be fed the correct inputs for each gauge, or go full custom. Fuel pump I can't say (I've not looked at it that much myself), but I know people have swapped to a return style system (using a constant pressure pump), so you may want to look there.
 
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2Blue2

will be trying this sex one when I can find it
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saabguy said:
I’ve got experience working on and tuning Saab I4 turbocharged engines
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saabguy said:
to put one of those in a mustang.
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This sounds like a Saab story.

Well someone had to say it.
How much horsepower does a turbo I4 Saab make?
 

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F*** it. I'm prius swapping my mustang.
 
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