 Finally got my engine swap finished!!!
Here's a pic of the "newer" 2.3 in my '74 Mustang II. It was a lot of work to get the engine from an '88 Mustang to fit and make it all work together, and some bugs still have to be worked out, but it runs!
Some of the crazy stuff included cutting the dipstick, cutting off the power steering bracket so I could use all the other serpentine stuff, using a five-rib serpentine belt on six-rib pullies because apparently nobody makes a six-rib belt that short (won't hurt anything, there's no power steering or A/C to product the big drag that would make six ribs necessary). I had to install an electric fuel pump because the '88 block has no mechanical pump provision, and the original alternator was re-used with the serpentine pulley and brackets so as to avoid having to re-wire the charging system.
The engine has NGK V-power plugs, Accel Superstock 8mm wires and Superstock coil, a Motorcraft 2100 carburetor rebuilt by ACDelco, a high efficiency cam from Sealed Power, an electric fuel pump from Purolator, and, of course, that awesome chrome valve cover (I found it on Ebay, it's one of two I've ever seen!) and the big Edelbrock air cleaner. I went back to a stock exhaust manifold and I'm using a Thrush Turbo Muffler on a 2" single-exit exhaust system.
I hope to have all the details finished (mainly finishing the exhaust system (going to exit in front of the passenger rear tire through a mid-90s Camaro Z/28 exhaust tip) and carb tuning, which isn't easy with the alternator that close, but it's doable!)
__________________ 1976 Ford Mustang II Ghia: 302 with a 600cfm Edelbrock carb, Edelbrock Performer 289 intake, Dynomax Blackjack headers, 2.5" exhaust with Flowmaster Super 44s. RJS 11-gallon fuel cell, C4 tranny, chrome 16" pony wheels, fuzzy dice, brown vinyl half-top, and painted in the tackiest color ever (harvest gold, that's why I call it "The Goldenrod").
Also have a 2003 Dodge Ram (lightly modded daily driver/tow rig/office/dining room/home away from home/workshop... I call it "The Big Blue Dawg".) | 
