302 Questions...
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Hello everyone,
I have a few questions about my 302. I have a 79' f100 stepside with a 4speed manual trans out of an 84 f150. im looking for a little more power than i have. I have a 'brock 600 cfm carb and h/o intake, dyna headders (i think thats the brand its a cheaper brand) reg plugs, wires, and coil. The truck has the original 9'' and gears(no clue what it came factory with.) but i recently came across a early 90' fox that was wrapped around a tree(looks like it hurt a lot) it has a strong 5.0 and 5 speed tranny. would it be benifical to do a total swap (my 302 is a jasper reman w/ 55k on it.) motor and tranny or just tranny? the mustang is fuel injected and my 302 is carb is F/I better than a carb? Anyone know what motor is stronger? I am not using this truck as a hauler its going to be mostly looks and sound! the entire wire harness is shot as well. The P/I "tried" installing Auto Meter gauges... I patched the wiring so it is driveable but plan on buying a complete from painless. that being said swap both or just tranny? anyone know what gears i should go with on the rear end with the t5? thanks for the info guys
I have a few questions about my 302. I have a 79' f100 stepside with a 4speed manual trans out of an 84 f150. im looking for a little more power than i have. I have a 'brock 600 cfm carb and h/o intake, dyna headders (i think thats the brand its a cheaper brand) reg plugs, wires, and coil. The truck has the original 9'' and gears(no clue what it came factory with.) but i recently came across a early 90' fox that was wrapped around a tree(looks like it hurt a lot) it has a strong 5.0 and 5 speed tranny. would it be benifical to do a total swap (my 302 is a jasper reman w/ 55k on it.) motor and tranny or just tranny? the mustang is fuel injected and my 302 is carb is F/I better than a carb? Anyone know what motor is stronger? I am not using this truck as a hauler its going to be mostly looks and sound! the entire wire harness is shot as well. The P/I "tried" installing Auto Meter gauges... I patched the wiring so it is driveable but plan on buying a complete from painless. that being said swap both or just tranny? anyone know what gears i should go with on the rear end with the t5? thanks for the info guys
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The shifter on mustang T5 is positioned towards the rear of the case while it's towards the front of the case on the M5 and ZF truck transmissions, so the T5 will require some floor editing to install.
The Stang 5.0 will have better heads and more cam than your truck motor if it was built to '79 specs, but if it wasn't then the only power producing difference is the cam and you could get more power from your existing motor just with a bigger cam. That said an EFI 5.0 would certainly look trick in that truck and perform well, Painless also makes a EFI retrofit harness to put that motor into older vehicles if you didn't want to tackle removing the harness from the mustang.
The Stang 5.0 will have better heads and more cam than your truck motor if it was built to '79 specs, but if it wasn't then the only power producing difference is the cam and you could get more power from your existing motor just with a bigger cam. That said an EFI 5.0 would certainly look trick in that truck and perform well, Painless also makes a EFI retrofit harness to put that motor into older vehicles if you didn't want to tackle removing the harness from the mustang.
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You can get a trans from a s-10 and use the rear of the houseing to move the shifter. We just put a t-5 in my dads 65 falcon useing the tail end of the s-10 trans. It turned out nice and gave him the room he needed to use the stock bench seat.
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Well in the end i will have a 2 seater f100 and a custom fiberglass middle consul with a shifter like a car not a truck. I want to have as short of a shift as possible and with the stang' tranny i feel that it would be best. I have another dumb question about the mustang tranny, when was the year break with cable and hyd cluch systems? would that be in like 87 and older had cable and 88+ hyd?
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Sorry I didn't get right back with you my computer crashed. I belive you are right I well check and let you know. I just got done with my dads 1979 F-100 real nice truck. Hi is a c-4 with a 302 with air.
