Hello newbie here Have a 1972 ford maverick with a i6 with a250 and c4. Plan on swapping ford 5.0l and trans out of a 92 lincoln mk2.been reading a couple articles on the swap and to know if anyone has tried the swap recently and would like to share the info. Thanks in advance
Even if a posting concerning a 302 swap is dated it is still relevant. I believe the posting from 2003 using the following link does a fine job of listing parts and procedure: For those of you interested in doing the I-6 to V-8.... | Maverick/Comet Forums Check out the discussion section as well. BTW welcome back to the site.
Mark-VII AOD are slightly longer than Stang & T-Bird units, probably require shortening drive shaft. Also if considering fuel inj, the orig wiring harness incorporates ABS & air bag suspension. In total, harness is about 25-30ft long.. Routing is from ABS unit down driver side fender apron, across radiator support and back up right fender apron. At that point, a portion feeds across firewall to the salt & pepper shakers(engine harness connectors).. Remainder feeds EFI computer in right footwell, on to trunk area where ABS & suspension computers are located. No, even I'm not brave enough to tackle one of those. Luckily the Turbo Coupes have two mostly separate harnesses. I used a 5.0 Bird engine harness when I installed the MK-VII 5.0 into my Turbo Coupe.
Thanks for the info. I know of the extra wires and extra systems but not scared of a little wiring in to days age of cars. I work on them for living now for 18 years now master for 14 years now.im not saying I'm a experts by any means. Not planning on using the other systems just ran across a deal on the car I couldn't let go. Looking at pulling apart mkii this winter after I put fuel pump in it to figer out problems before i pull it apart Might I ask what turbo set up you used on your project.
I should have said ex Turbo Coupe, sold the half motor & turbo. No wait, the turbo went on another T-Coupe that had blown the turbo. The 5.0 made power via Trick Flow - Twisted Wedge heads, cam & 8-10 other Hi-Po goodies.