Oil Leak - Ideas? Reply #45 – January 20, 2018, 04:35:47 PM You'll need fox accessories and a fox timing cover, and a few other things, but again, I stayed EFI. Quote Selected
Oil Leak - Ideas? Reply #46 – January 20, 2018, 05:38:42 PM Quote from: TheFoeYouKnow;464337You'll need fox accessories and a fox timing cover, and a few other things, but again, I stayed EFI.Are these parts easy to come by?? Quote Selected
Oil Leak - Ideas? Reply #47 – January 20, 2018, 06:46:08 PM Atengnr, check out CoolCats.net. Good info on the site for swaps, upgrades etc., on our cars. Quote Selected
Oil Leak - Ideas? Reply #48 – January 20, 2018, 08:28:07 PM Quote from: ISTLCRUZ;464339Atengnr, check out CoolCats.net. Good info on the site for swaps, upgrades etc., on our cars.Does it make sense to swap to a carbed 302? Or not enough of a gain? Quote Selected
Oil Leak - Ideas? Reply #49 – January 21, 2018, 12:37:51 AM Quote from: atengnr;464340Does it make sense to swap to a carbed 302? Or not enough of a gain?Even a lame 302 is better than a 3.8..But here's my take... If you aren't versed in engine swapping, my bet is you'll get apart and maybe the 302 set in place... At some point after that you'll get discouraged, fed up, whatever... Next you'll be selling it or maybe calling the s guy... Without a parts car(I had two) swapping to a totally different engine requires chasing down all sorts of little things... Exhaust, front accessories/pulleys/brackets/linkages, motor mounts, modifying fuel system for carb etc are a killer... Fifteen years ago parts cars could be had for next to nothing, now can be expensive, plus are few and far between...Still in looks, a nicely detailed carbed engine is hard to beat... Quote Selected
Oil Leak - Ideas? Reply #50 – January 24, 2018, 11:37:49 PM Is there anything simple that can be dobe to get a syronger running 3.8? A cam? Better intake? Etc Quote Selected
Oil Leak - Ideas? Reply #51 – January 25, 2018, 12:22:36 AM Quote from: atengnr;464374Is there anything simple that can be dobe to get a syronger running 3.8? A cam? Better intake? Etc5.0 V83.8 is a turd. Don't bother sinking any money into it. Quote Selected
Oil Leak - Ideas? Reply #52 – January 25, 2018, 01:16:14 AM 3.8 is not a turd.....it's a slow turd. Quote Selected
Oil Leak - Ideas? Reply #53 – January 25, 2018, 09:31:11 PM What would be the ideal car to get a motor from, if Im going to make a carbed motor?? Would accessory brackets and setup from other cars 302 setups work in this car?? Quote Selected
Oil Leak - Ideas? Reply #54 – January 26, 2018, 09:40:46 PM A 5.0 H.) from a Fox Stang or perhaps an Explorer 5.0. Quote Selected
Oil Leak - Ideas? Reply #55 – January 27, 2018, 10:23:28 AM Quote from: TheFoeYouKnow;464384 Don't start unless you've got the grit to finish.This exactly... These "reality" shows that totally rebuild a car in a week are a farce... They have 8-10 guys working and a unlimited budget... I spent three months of a two or three evenings a week getting my TC ready for the 5.0(I disassembled three cars)... In addition to the parts cars, I bought a low milage AOD from a 3.8 Super Coupe to use as those were as good as it got from factory(car had burned due to ign switch fire)...The Fox chassis 5.0 pulleys and accessories readily fit but are getting to difficult to find, at least cheaply... For a good one the Explorer engines are best bet, BUT the accessories may not fit our chassis plus are spoogebersome(I just sped some of that stuff)... Exhaust and oil pan is unique to Explorer, plus they don't even have a distributor... Also require a specific water pump that's not like Fox or most other applications used, there are no provisions for a mechanical fuel pump(but neither do most Fox EFI engines)... So for carbed you'll have to use a low pressure electric pump or find a timing cover for a mechanical pump... This just scratches the surface of things to consider... Quote Selected
Oil Leak - Ideas? Reply #56 – January 27, 2018, 12:07:04 PM THanks alot! What about a pre-83 fox chassis 5.0 (I forget the ugly vehicles that were made in late 70s early 80s that fall in this category) as a source?? These would be carbbed, and I presume the accessories would fit?Thanks. Quote Selected
Oil Leak - Ideas? Reply #57 – January 28, 2018, 09:54:03 AM Quote from: atengnr;464385THanks alot! What about a pre-83 fox chassis 5.0 (I forget the ugly vehicles that were made in late 70s early 80s that fall in this category) as a source?? These would be carbbed, and I presume the accessories would fit?Thanks.UGLY??? You're no doubt talking 'bout the '80-'82 Cougar & T-Bird... The Fairmonts & to some degree small LTD(no doubt for LX models) have already achieved cult status... A Fox body Granada is rare enough to be cool(but yes is ugly)...Bluntly, if it's a fox chassis it gonna fit... Sure some are different from others but when swapping a totally different engine, nothing is going to be direct... Excepting for the carbed '83-'84 Stang, '84-'85 HO CFI LSC Lincoln, automatic Mustang, and LX LTD, just about every 5.0 before '85 was in the turd class... A 5.0 didn't really grow hair till the 4bbl carbed Stangs and the SEFI models that followed... Quote Selected
Oil Leak - Ideas? Reply #58 – January 28, 2018, 10:58:27 AM Haha, sorry to those that I may have offended, but I know lots of folks who don't appreciate my dear 84 (and tell me so). To each their own, but dam*, those fox cars before 83 were.....unique looking :). Quote Selected
Oil Leak - Ideas? Reply #59 – January 31, 2018, 07:20:46 PM Hey theres an 84 mustang for sale locally which has heavy rear end damage but is a 5.0 manual. Wants $2000 for it. Would this be a reasonable pick up for $1000-1500?? Quote Selected
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