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i did the 427 side oiler in a 87 fox. twisted the frame lol but i also didnt resuport the body either. can be done!!

the 1600hp was on a 11.5 to 1 800hp base and then a experimental paxton from paxton themselves, worked great for me but they didnt end up making it cause it started out needing too much oil pressure for most motors and mine just ended up be just right lol .

ih8chevy

the 390 is a tough motor to do this with, cause their are no real fe motor mounts or plates to adapt to a fox. that dont mean it cant be done. Also I hope that you have some money to spend on aftermarket for these motors, cause its expensive and it isnt as abundant as the 385 series motors.

hope this helps

JalapenoNotch0

The motor mounts and frame mounts would be the biggest problem. I've had the idea of making a block plate before, but that would create other problems. If you could tell me how that was done I'd appreciate it!

As far as building the engine and finding parts, I know 390's backwords and forwards. I probably wouldn't have to go much over stock to make enough power to make a coupe fast. Olny a little over 1hp per cubic inch would be an easy 400hp. Setting it up for nitrous would be evenmore fun. I've got 3 sets of heads including a set of 16 bolt exhaust pattern GT heads. Actually, almost everyting but a rebuild kit and some way to get it in a fox.

I know the 385 series is easier to work with here, but I want something different. How often do you see a Mustang with an FE? I think a lot of younger people these days wouldn't know what it was.

I have plenty of time to think though, this project is a ways off.

Gary H

D & D makes swap kits to put an FE in a fox stang, including headers.
http://www.ddautospec.com/products_engineswap.html

I've seen a few running in NHRA SS/GT classes..

JalapenoNotch0

Thanks for the link. That answers a lot of things I was wondering about. It would be pretty expensive using all of their swap parts. I wonder how much of it I could make.

ih8chevy

to the original poster, how is the progress?