4.2L 302 Swap
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You'll have to swap the transmission and fab your own mounts, etc. Basically none of your dash cluster will work anymore. You'll have to figure out how to get the brakes working correctly without ABS..... It's a big big job since everything is computer controlled on your truck. And if you have emissions testing, forget about it...
You'd be better off finding a wrecked donor truck from about the same year as yours with a 5.4 and swapping in the drive train and computer system. That's a bolt in deal.
You'd be better off finding a wrecked donor truck from about the same year as yours with a 5.4 and swapping in the drive train and computer system. That's a bolt in deal.
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Trans bell pattern is the same. But if it's an automatic, that will need the computer to shift it. Brakes work normally without ABS, ABS only regulates the line pressure when traction is lost. Otherwise the brakes work normally without the ABS.
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Originally Posted by baddad457
the 3.8/4.2 motors aren't mod motors, they're pushrod V6's based on the Windsor V8
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According to what I've read they were based on the Windsor, only loosely apparently. The Heads are somewhat based both on the Cleveland and Windsor designs. The valves are inline, but slightly canted fore and aft.
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Originally Posted by 91 F-150 Farm Truck
So the Windsors and the tritions can use the same trannys?
The 4.2 is not a Triton, its just a stroked 3.8... which has the same bellhousing pattern as a windsor.
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The 4.2 and the 4.6 have the same trans bolt pattern though...so wouldnt it work?
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