Yet another Mark VIII swap thread
#1
Yet another Mark VIII swap thread
Thanks to those who have already made a Mark VIII 4V DOHC engine swap thread. The information that you have provided has been very helpful in my quest. I recently bought a '96 GT with a bad engine. So today I went and picked up a 64K-mile '98 Mark VIII 4V DOHC engine. Here is the beginning of the story:
First the car:
Now the engine:
Another:
Yet another:
Getting tired of seeing it yet?
I thought that these parts might come in handy:
The exhaust manifolds that will have to go. They look like they flow decently:
So that's it for now. I have to pick up some Cobra exhaust manifolds and I'm not sure about the oil pan/oil pickup issue yet.
I'll post more as I make progress.
Monty
First the car:
Now the engine:
Another:
Yet another:
Getting tired of seeing it yet?
I thought that these parts might come in handy:
The exhaust manifolds that will have to go. They look like they flow decently:
So that's it for now. I have to pick up some Cobra exhaust manifolds and I'm not sure about the oil pan/oil pickup issue yet.
I'll post more as I make progress.
Monty
#6
Last night I won a pair of '98 Cobra exhaust manifolds on eBay. Today, I found a '98 Mark VIII throttle cable on another forum for $20. Today I am going to buy a used engine hoist Things are beginning to come together. Maybe I will start the pulling this week.
#9
Two reasons; (1) money, and (2) it's eventually going to my son as a first car. I don't want to give him a 300+ horsepower car to learn to drive with. Plus the heat and trying to work on anything underhood always seems to get blocked by headers. I've had them on numerous cars.
#10
i got my headers and my midpipe for about $300 shipped from summit, same as ctgreddy IIRC...
just a though with the 4V motor, upgrade to the better 97/98 radiator fan, the 96's had an issue with overheating, i got one from a junkyard for $15 and it drops right in
just a though with the 4V motor, upgrade to the better 97/98 radiator fan, the 96's had an issue with overheating, i got one from a junkyard for $15 and it drops right in