thinking of swaping!!!
i have been haveing problems with 4.2 v6 and this friend of mine mentioned to me about putting a carbed 302 v8 in my 2000 f-150 and i was woundering if this is possible with the computer system and what it will take to do it i already have a 302 just needs rebuilt. will it bolt to the tranny and what will i need to do this???
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u could do it... but y?
to do it u will need to get the engine, a tranny for the engine and probably a new drive shaft... new engine mounts, throttle linkage, take the old fuel pump out, all the engine computer crap and most of the harness.... best bet is to find a wrecked 2000 F150 with a 4.6L or 5.4L and use it as a donor truck...... just my opinion.... or get aanother 4.2L |
what would i need to put the 4.6 or 5.4 in my truck?
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Originally Posted by 2000F-150\OWNER
what would i need to put the 4.6 or 5.4 in my truck?
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Originally Posted by 2000F-150\OWNER
what would i need to put the 4.6 or 5.4 in my truck?
It would be a monumental task with way more invested than it would be worth. I've been here at FTE for 6 years and have not read of a single person ever doing it. |
Originally Posted by BrianA
A trip to the car lot to trade for a truck with a V8.
It would be a monumental task with way more invested than it would be worth. I've been here at FTE for 6 years and have not read of a single person ever doing it. |
Originally Posted by BrianA
A trip to the car lot to trade for a truck with a V8.
It would be a monumental task with way more invested than it would be worth. I've been here at FTE for 6 years and have not read of a single person ever doing it. There is a guy on some lightning site, or maybe just another site (?) with a rcab styleside, who put a lightning drivetrain in his truck (but 8.8 rear-end). He said if he had to do it again he'd just start with the Lightning, or at least have a donor truck. He's blown the 8.8 3 times, the 5.4 and the Lightning use a 9.75" rear-end You'd need the motor/tranny, ecu, harness, tranny ecu, and all the little things (radiator, front accessories[maybe], blah blah blah). If it were my truck (4.2 w/ M5OD) I'd need an AT steering column, shift linkage, etc. One thought i ponder from time to time (every other hour or so) is dropping in a built navi 5.4 or 3v 5.4 and tranny (or maybe another tranny) and slapping a Kenne Bell Twin Screw blower on there.......... i still browse around and voice my opinion when i feel i can be helpful 8D -rman |
Thanks rman. Glad to see you poke your head in from time-to-time.
Always good to hear from you! Oh, I'm sure anything can be done given enough time and $$$. If the object is to build something of a "hot rod" the why limit it to a 4.6 or 5.4? At that point I'd open the door and start looking into a built, big diaplacement, old school push rod motor. If you're going to go through all that, you are basically looking at a complete drive train build. Otherwise, the smart money is on trading for a truck with a V8. But, smart money and cars/trucks don't always go together. Let me know when you get your blown 5.4 in and working! :-X22 |
Originally Posted by BrianA
A trip to the car lot to trade for a truck with a V8.
It would be a monumental task with way more invested than it would be worth. I've been here at FTE for 6 years and have not read of a single person ever doing it. 1. Get a KN air filter, oops, not good enough, I need an mega hundred air intake system. 2. Of course I want to burn High octane fuel, Ill get a 499 dollar programmer and a new chip. 3. Darn, My truck has the digital tach that I have to push 18 times to get to, so I need a gauge mount package and gages.....hundreds of dollars. 4. Well, I put the new air intake (cold) system, so now I must get a better flowing exhaust system in----broken knuckes and 800 dollars 5. Well, that edelbrock had a great name when I was young, so I better get one $$$$ 6. Why not turbo this 4.2, pretty much a major rebuild..... 7. Oh, with all this increase in power, I need a new tranny that can hold all this power but oops, the new one has to be custom fit. 8. Darn, now the drive shaft is to long. $$$ 9. Drive shaft broke because the truck is to powerful, got to get a new custom made one. 10. Brakes, rear end, frame. LOLOLOLO its just dreams and $$$$$$$ I will just dream about it and keep driving my good old (new) ford for many years. |
Originally Posted by BrianA
Oh, I'm sure anything can be done given enough time and $$$.
If the object is to build something of a "hot rod" the why limit it to a 4.6 or 5.4? At that point I'd open the door and start looking into a built, big diaplacement, old school push rod motor........... Let me know when you get your blown 5.4 in and working! :-X22 The 4.2 is based off the small block ford motors, i.e. the 302 and 351w. Can you say "427w swap"? hell, anything 351 based, like a built 351w, maybe the 393stroker, or if you are really crazy (read: rich) then the 427 stroker on the ol' windsor. -rman |
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