351 swap
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351 swap
I planned on purchasing a porsche cayman or lotus elise here within the next few months. Upon having a lady blow through a yield sign and hit the side of my truck last week and tearing up her front end vs the few scratches I recieved I have had some second thoughts about this.
If I were to keep my truck which is a 99 f150 w/ 4.2l, 6.5" lift and 37" superswamper iroks the first thing that would be done is getting rid of the 4.2l and going with more lift. Minus the obvious what more would need to be done to drop a 351 into this truck. As far as I know the 4.6 basicly bolts right in but I was curious if anyone knew weather the motor mounts and all just might line up with a 351.
If I were to keep my truck which is a 99 f150 w/ 4.2l, 6.5" lift and 37" superswamper iroks the first thing that would be done is getting rid of the 4.2l and going with more lift. Minus the obvious what more would need to be done to drop a 351 into this truck. As far as I know the 4.6 basicly bolts right in but I was curious if anyone knew weather the motor mounts and all just might line up with a 351.
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That would be an extremely hard project. Much worse than just swaping a bigger triton motor. As much as i love the 351windsor, the 5.4 triton is every bit as much of a motor, and would be a easyer swap i would say... hard still... thats my 2 cents on it. Your best bet would be to pull all your upgrades off of your truck and buy another with the 5.4 in it and put the lift and tires on it...
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now thats not to easy either, you will need at least a new pcm, possibly wiring harness, and motor mounts that fit, and exaust manifolds for the new motor. Theres alot more to it than just droping it in. But i belive it would be easier than a 351w
