Found an engine donor, now what?

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Found an engine donor, now what?

Reply #15 – December 05, 2009, 10:04:39 AM

Quote from: amooset;300310

I'm am pretty sure I'm picking up a 91 stang w/ 302 HO and AOD to be swapped into my new '82 bird.

Did you actually pick the Mustang up? If so, Got any pics?

Found an engine donor, now what?

Reply #16 – December 06, 2009, 06:58:29 AM

I am really not sure I follow here...

I was under the ASSumption that the whole engine harness was seperate from the guages and interior harnesses?

I always figured you could just get a wiring harness out of virtially any 86 up EFI car and just plug the computer in and run a few wires to power it all with the keys and away you go.

The 5.0 harness's are all the same as a stang, as far as pins go, are they not?

Found an engine donor, now what?

Reply #17 – December 06, 2009, 11:52:56 AM

Quote from: Haystack;301340

I am really not sure I follow here...

I was under the ASSumption that the whole engine harness was seperate from the guages and interior harnesses?

I always figured you could just get a wiring harness out of virtially any 86 up EFI car and just plug the computer in and run a few wires to power it all with the keys and away you go.

The 5.0 harness's are all the same as a stang, as far as pins go, are they not?

You want no part of the '86 Stang 5.0 harness, It's totally different from the Birds or '87-'93s... EEC pin out is same on the Stang and Bird Speed Densety EECs, but under hood plug arrangement varies from year to year... The Stang Mass Air EECs use a slightly different pin out than the SD units... The '89 Stang harness is a bit simpler than the '90-'93 due to the inclusion of air bags on the later cars... Dunno the exact difference, but I'd expect plug connections to be different...

LSC harness are a no-no for any year... Those include the ABS system and air bag wiring in the same harness... Also it routes to the front of the car and across the radiator support... It's just plain nasty...

The panther chassis(CV, GM, etc), mount the EEC on the driver side by the steering column support and use a rotated intake, so those are out for a Fox chassis...

Found an engine donor, now what?

Reply #18 – December 06, 2009, 04:09:44 PM

Quote from: FLSTCI71;301241

Did you actually pick the Mustang up? If so, Got any pics?

Still working on it. The seller left for vacation so we will get things figured out when he gets back.

Found an engine donor, now what?

Reply #19 – January 07, 2011, 04:54:40 AM

I am resurrecting an old thread here, but I am getting an engine for sure tomorrow. The parts car fell through, as things seem to do. The engine I am getting now is out of a 1983 mustang. With only 1,000 miles on a rebuild, it seems to be a pretty solid investment. This information is coming from the seller, so I can only believe so much, but it seems to be in good shape. It has a 4 barrel intake and appears to be a stock piece. I will need to locate a carburetor and would prefer a stock carb that I can rebuild to save myself some cash. Horsepower is not a big issue, but the 255 is ridiculously slow, thus the impending engine swap. What carb should I look for? I searched car-part.com for a mustang specific carb and came up with nothing in the area. Another issue I will need to deal with is getting the TV rod for my AOD to function properly. Since the 83 stangs came equipped with manuals only, the stock carb wouldn't have the necessary stud to connect the rod to anyway. Could I maybe find a compatible carb on a truck w/ an AOD?