2001 Excursion Repower?
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2001 Excursion Repower?
sorry to awaken this thread. ive recently done some work on trade for an 01 Excursion LTD 2WD 5.4 with a tow package. mileage is at about 250k, uses .5qt of oil inside 5k miles. I got it thinking that i could at least use the shell (hell these things are only worth 2.2k now) and drop something else in. some of you are pointing out dropping in a Lightning 5.4. Im guessing that comes with needing new electronics (harness ECM etc) but what about the driveline? my goals are to get this dude lifted about 4 inches and do a front end conversion to the 2016 superduty. in order to get this thing to move as good as its going to look i know i want it to be somewhat beefy. I want to keep as much as i can stock (not interested in all of the swap headache if i dont need to endure it) engine looks like it has been taken care of pretty well although it feels like it may have a misfire at times. what are a good set of cams that i could swap into this dude? headers etc? i have the ability and tools to do most of what i want to do, but i dont have the patience to rebuild this old engine and i really dont think it would be beneficial. any and all help would be appreciated
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You are in Tennessee, correct? Any emission inspections to worry about?
It looks like you are trending towards some add-ons and changes, possibly along with a rebuild of your existing engine? Maybe different cams, shorty headers?
You are in Tennessee, correct? Any emission inspections to worry about?
It looks like you are trending towards some add-ons and changes, possibly along with a rebuild of your existing engine? Maybe different cams, shorty headers?
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only light that is showing is the ABS light, so we're good on that front. i would like to steer clear of a rebuild if i can. ideally i would like to get an engine/trans out of something else with lower miles and do some cam work to that/headers as well. naturally aspirate the engine as much as i can before forced induction, and its looking like a supercharger and a 4.3 differential gear swap will give me the most out of the 5.4, correct me if im wrong. i would like your opinion
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Thread moved. My opinion is you will get more help here on all things Excursion. There is a modular engine forum as well, but this is a much more active forum, and things like the gear change and other issues are routinely handled here, as well as the engine.
Good luck with it!
Good luck with it!
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HA! yeah the Coyote would be fun but id end up rebuilding it frequently. Cummins is out of the equation because of the sheer amount of labor involved and i might as well have bought one with a cummins. Lightning setup is what got me interested in forced induction versus the cummins swap to begin with. I think i really just need to find a 5.4 under 100k miles and rebuild tranny
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