i have been thinkin bout doin a engine swap for some time now. i was plannin on just buying one from ssm but since im gonna do a swap y not just go wit a v8. so may my ? is what all do i have to change to complete the swap properly besides a 8.8 rearend and a good tune? any help is greatly appreciated!
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It cost more to make it a V8 than to just buy a GT, that's why. Nearly everything has to be changed. To put it simply, the only thing the V6 and the V8 has in common is the frame and the basic body, nearly everything else is either totally different, or modified for one application or the other.
jt is right you have to swap stuff like the k member, springs, sway bars, tranny, motor, ecu, wiring harness and the list goes on and on. your best bet to get mre power to beat a v8 is nos, supercharger, or like me do a custom turbo set up
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got the motor broke down, and a set of twin turbo on my shelf
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2573360
got my old stang back for free after the guy ****ed it up
and gave that pos maro back the the dealer
i might be mistakin but i think it would be cheaper and easyer just to stroke your 3.8 out to a 4.2 or even a 4.3. over swaping in te motor from a f150. now like your car sits you can use the upper intake from the 4.2 it will swap right on i cant remeber if you will need the throttle body or not
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got the motor broke down, and a set of twin turbo on my shelf
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2573360
got my old stang back for free after the guy ****ed it up
and gave that pos maro back the the dealer
take it from me, because i have personal expirence, just buy a GT. i got my car back last week from finally being done. in the end i think i spent like 5k ish...but i got it rebuilt and a sh!t ton of other goodies
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13.8 @ 100 N/A on street tires.
2004 v8 swap
