4 Cylinder to 5.0L Engine Swap

quarter pounder · 02-18-2008

AODs were purely mechanical up until 93 or so. After that the AOD became the AODE and is electronic and requires a matching computer.

I have an "old school" AOD from the junkyard and it's tired, but works fine.

How's Fort Worth? I went to seminary for three years there.

T3X@$ · 02-18-2008

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Originally Posted by quarter pounder

AODs were purely mechanical up until 93 or so. After that the AOD became the AODE and is electronic and requires a matching computer.

I have an "old school" AOD from the junkyard and it's tired, but works fine.

How's Fort Worth? I went to seminary for three years there.

Its good still pretty much the same.

svtjoe · 02-26-2008

ok well im doing the swap also and i wanted to ask if you can use the altanator, power steering, and starter from the 2.3?..... also im going to be using a c-4 with the 302. can i use the 7.5 for now? will it all hook up??? thanks

T3X@$ · 02-27-2008

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Originally Posted by svtjoe

ok well im doing the swap also and i wanted to ask if you can use the altanator, power steering, and starter from the 2.3?..... also im going to be using a c-4 with the 302. can i use the 7.5 for now? will it all hook up??? thanks

Yes you can use the power steering and the C4 with the 7.5. I don't know about the alternator,starter?

svtjoe · 02-27-2008

thanks for the reply

quarter pounder · 03-01-2008

Well like thses other posts have indicated, you are best off with a donor car. If you can get the FEAD (front end accessory drive) complete from a TBird or something that will work better than trying to piece it together with the 2.3 stuff.

I took my 2.3 and everything attached to it to a junkyard.

93stangfutr5.0 · 03-20-2008

hi i was planing on doing the swap to i just got my car two weeks ago for 950 and i doesnt look bad but my brother seems to think that i wouldnt need a new wiring harness to go from a 4cyl to a 5.0 i know i need tranny 8.8 rear end and 11' brakes but what about the wiring harness?

throwback_king · 03-24-2008

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Originally Posted by 93stangfutr5.0

hi i was planing on doing the swap to i just got my car two weeks ago for 950 and i doesnt look bad but my brother seems to think that i wouldnt need a new wiring harness to go from a 4cyl to a 5.0 i know i need tranny 8.8 rear end and 11' brakes but what about the wiring harness?

If youre doing the EFI swap you will need the main harness and engine harness from a 5.0. You should be fine with the dash harness you have now. I just got done with the swap and got it fired up 2 days ago. are you running a manual(A9L ECU) or auto(A9P ECU) tranny? Mass air or speed density?

Mbuehler86 · 04-12-2008

The easiest way to convert a 4-cyl. to a 5.0 is make it carb'd, other wise u'd be stuck ripping out the dash and replacing the whole harness, i just did a 4 cyl. to 351w swap and it dropped right in, no k-member mods are needed, plus if u make it carb'd you lose all the weight from the harness, mine weighed like 30lbs., it just simplifies the whole project.

dave1170 · 04-13-2008

Like Mbuehler86 said, you'll probably have to change the dash harness. I just did the swap and was told I didn't need to swap the dash harness, needless to say half my gauges wouldn't work! I had a donor car so I swapped out the dash harness and it works fine now. Also, if your going EFI try to get the main harness out a 93, it has the fuel pump relay under the hood. If not you'll have to jump a wire to your fuse box to get the fuel pump to kick on!

svtjoe · 04-17-2008

i just did the swap and i advise everybody to take that 4 cylinder out.

04blkgt · 04-17-2008

well i am planing on doing a swap in a 91 and i have a carb 302 that was in my dads old truck and was wondering if it would work? I was planning on doing a complet rebuild on the engine and was wondering what kinda hp i could make?

svtjoe · 04-25-2008

i just did the same and it depends on what aftermarket components you have carb, intake manifold, headers, rockers.....etc. i got a 302 out of a 89 cron vic and converted it to solid lifters......(i did most of this) rebore your block if it even clears .20 which is 302 or .30 which is 306, wash it, put all new bearings get a big cam, you can use the stock crank or which ever, get some good 351w heads with new springs and retainers, port and polish.....you can make an easy 350 if you fine tune it. i have that with a c4 bolted on, quarter stick shifter, 8.8 with 3.73 gears of a mark 7 with disk's in the back. its easy but it takes time.

flash · 05-07-2008

Hi I have a 87 2.3 rag top 5 speed
My friend just wrecked a 88 5.0 non HO auto bronco [it was getting 17 MPG around town .
I think I can break 20 MPG around town .
With this motor in the rag top .What will I need to rewire ,and what will I need as far as the wiring harness .
Also will the in put shaft fit .Do I need a special pilot bushing? Thanks David

bblackbblade · 05-29-2008

hi all can any advise i have a chance to buy an 82 notchback which was a 3.3 liter but its a rhd can i swap in a k member from a lhd 87 lx to put v8 in also makes easier to get headers etc any help appreciated