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Old Feb 23, 2020 | 08:25 PM
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2009 5.4 swap help

I have a 2009 F150 with a bad 5.4 in it. Does anyone know if I would be able to swap in a 5.4 from a 2007 E350 van? That motor only had 20000 miles before it got rear ended and totaled. I figured I would need to swap intakes and exhaust manifolds at the very least.
 
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Old Feb 25, 2020 | 04:42 PM
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I have a 2009 F150 with a bad 5.4 in it. Does anyone know if I would be able to swap in a 5.4 from a 2007 E350 van? That motor only had 20000 miles before it got rear ended and totaled. I figured I would need to swap intakes and exhaust manifolds at the very least.
Not easily. Your truck has the 3v variant, while the E-van has the 2v motor. You'd need to swap the heads as well as all the accessories, sensors, and other sundry items. It would also likely need a tune to run correctly due to different parts used on the bottom end resulting in slightly different compression ratio.

You're better off finding another 3v.
 
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X2 not sure about 09-11 but older vintage vans often had different engine dimensions and configuration due to different space available under the hood. Heads, intake, where your dipsticks are, etc.
 
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Thanks for the replies guys. I appreciate it. Im kind of old school when it comes to the 4.6/5.4 stuff. All my stuff is old! Are there any vans that shared the 3V motor? My father in law has a few vans laying around in various states of being....
 
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Thanks for the replies guys. I appreciate it. Im kind of old school when it comes to the 4.6/5.4 stuff. All my stuff is old! Are there any vans that shared the 3V motor? My father in law has a few vans laying around in various states of being....
Unfortunately not. To my knowledge the heads are too large on the 3v engines to fit in the chassis.
 
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