I recently bought a 35 Mercedes 540K Kit car. It was bought in 1988, and has never been unpacked. The original purchaser died a few months ago. He paid a lot of extra to have the frame and other parts set up to accept a "Ford V6", motor mounts and transmission mounts.
My problem is, I have not kept up with the Ford V6 over the years. I am assuming that it is set up for a 3.8 and automatic from what was around back then, but I really want to modernize as much as possible, am looking for a late model engine/transmission unit I can pull from a more modern rear wheel drive vehicle.
My question is, are the 3.0 mounts the same as a 3.8? Would a 3.0 drop right in on the mounts? What is a good late model V6 vehicle that would yield me a good engine/tranny unit for this application? Any guidance appreciated. I don't want to change all the mounts.
OK, I got a bit smarter today. The V6 this car was engineered for was a 2.8 V6, because they are a 60 degree V, I think the 3.8 is a 90 degree angle.
I then have a question, since the 2.8 grew many variations up to a 4.0, are all the 60 degree V6 Fords using the same motor mount system?
It seems Ranger pickups used the 60 degree engines with rear wheel drive automatics mostly.
I have found that in the 60 degree v6 Ford engines, they range from small to large, apparently the same block.
If one had a 2.8 engined vehicle, and wanted to modernize with another 60 degree engine, which ones would bold in as a direct replacement (disregard the fuel injection and other minor modifications, I am talking only motor mounts here)
I would look into the bronco II/Ranger swap forums, as these were all put into those trucks. I'm sure that a 2.8 is not a 2.9 (efi), not even close, and the 4.0 bolts into a bronco II where the 2.9 was. Now if the 2.8 shares the same motor mount location as a 2.3 I4, I'd be looking for a 2.3T from an 80's turbo-coupe. My 2 cents. Anyhow, I'd snoop around in those forums....they probably know more.
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