302 vs 5.4L?
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302 vs 5.4L?
I currently have a donor 79 Mustang with 302 and Trans runs great. I plan on installing it in my 1960 F100. Here us my questions. How would this engine run in my truck being that it was set up for a car? Would I be better off getting a bigger engine for my truck? I'm leaning towards getting a bigger efI. I don't want anything big. Any I ideas?
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I'm sure your '79 302 runs great. What trans does it have, a C4?
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But remember, a '79 302 is only good for about what, 140 horse?
And it is not a bolt in, you know you have to get mounts, and adapt everything else, right? It isn't a hard swap, but it's not simply dropping it in place. You may need a different oil pan also--isn't the Mustang a dual sump?
As for a 5.4, it will outpower the 302 by quite a margin, but you need to bring the computer, trans and wiring harness over to your vehicle to make it work. LOTS of work imo....
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But remember, a '79 302 is only good for about what, 140 horse?
And it is not a bolt in, you know you have to get mounts, and adapt everything else, right? It isn't a hard swap, but it's not simply dropping it in place. You may need a different oil pan also--isn't the Mustang a dual sump?
As for a 5.4, it will outpower the 302 by quite a margin, but you need to bring the computer, trans and wiring harness over to your vehicle to make it work. LOTS of work imo....
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Well I'm going to swap out the crossmember so it doesn't matter if I have to fab mounts. I'm just not sure that the Mustang engine is a good match for my truck. If I do efi I plan on getting everything. If I can I would like to get a wreck truck to use the Trans and motor. It would be nice to find a combo out of a lightning. I
don't know what the Trans is to the Mustang. I'm going to use the crown Vic k member. I'm in the planning stages right now so I appreciate all the help I can get.
don't know what the Trans is to the Mustang. I'm going to use the crown Vic k member. I'm in the planning stages right now so I appreciate all the help I can get.
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I"ve got a 67 F100 and I'm leaning toward the 5.0 coyote motor with a 6 speed. Ford has a stand alone computer wiring kit for that combo for around $1800. The coyote motors are starting to show up in junkyards. I saw a 2012 mustang with 5.0/6 speed go for $5000 the other day. It had an interior fire, but the motor area was untouched. https://www.iaai.com/auctions/branch...branchcode=418 Depending on where you live, sometimes you can buy from here without having a license. Even if you don't have one, they're not hard to get.
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That '79 mustang engine is a complete turd as it stands but it has 300-400hp potential with a topend swap(heads,cam,intake,carb) which won't have any problem pushing your relatively small truck around with authority with appropriate axle gearing.
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