Swap a 302 into an Escort?

[Gearbanger 101]

I wanna put a crate Lightning engine in my Stang, how hard would that be?

You need to pick up the last year or so's worth of back issues from MM&FF. They've got a mid 80's GT that they shoehorned one into. The car is crazy quick...runs in the 10's I believe, but it's got a 5-inch cowl hood and it still sticking out a little. So don't get your hopes up of it being a sleeper.

 

[85GTlover]

When I was about 16 I could have bought a Dodge Colt that had a 350 in it. My dad was worried I would end up dead. So here I am obviously I never got it. It was only $400 too. That would have been quite the machine.

 

[Michael Yount]

tjm - just saw a ford/mustang publication on the mag stand yesterday (wish I could remember which one) that was chock full of the dimensional data on all Ford V-8's; it confirmed what I'd heard all along, that it's indeed heavier as well. Remember, it's a cast iron block now. The plain mod motor is a good 100 lbs. heavier than a 5.0L with aluminum heads. Go figure.

 

[RydeOn]

I'd suspect that the blown Lighting engine might be lighter than a 460.

Sorry but Mike is never wrong.

 

[Michael Yount]

"Sorry but Mike is never wrong". Yeah, right. Now you are. Oh - tell my wife.

 

[Gearbanger 101]

Don't worry Mike......at times I think you're wrong in so many ways....just in a different context.

 

[Michael Yount]

Ouch!

 

[tjm73]

Hmmmm....What do the various Mod motors weigh anyways?


Ford 289/302 V8 460lbs (late 5.0s are a bit lighter)
Ford BOSS 302 500 lbs
Ford 351 Cleveland 550 lbs (includes BOSS)
Ford 351 Windsor 510 lbs
Ford Y block V8 625 lbs (272-312 CID)
Ford FE big block 650 lbs (332-428 CID)
Ford FE big block 670 lbs ('59 352 CID)
Ford 429/460 V8 640 lbs

 

[Michael Yount]

I'm operating from memory which is increasingly unreliable - but I believe they had similar data to yours in the article I saw - and if I'm remembering it correctly they had the cast iron 5.4L mod blown motor at 673 lbs., and the 4.6L aluminum mod motor in the 550-570 range. I'll head back to the magazine rack and see if I can put my hands on the issue. Someone else's data - can't say I've weighed them myself - but they also had ht/wt/length in inches for each engine too. It does make sense though - it's part of the reason that the new Stang's/Cobra's weights have ballooned into the 3500-3700 lb range, with no improvement in front to rear balance - still VERY nose heavy.

 

[afast93stang]

Spet 2004 Issue of Mustang and Fords has the guide to engine fitment and weight...

 

[Michael Yount]

You da man! Thanks - now, there's the little issue of whether I was remembering things correctly. I'll take all the verbal lashings deemed appropriate if I didn't. afast - you don't have the issue with you do you?