5.4 swap.....?????????
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5.4 swap.....?????????
Ok so I dont even know why.....but I was wondering if I could cut the motor mounts off a aftermarket k member and move them stright down a few inches? Would this allow clearance for a 5.4 in a 97 mustang? (using a factory hood)Also can I still use my long tube headers off my 4.6.....I was told they would not fit unless I trimed down .5" near the flanges. They are ceramic coated so I cant bring myself to cut them, there so pretty.
#2
RE: 5.4 swap.....?????????
it will bring the oil pan to close to the ground. and the oil pan actually wont even fit if you do that. there is some addapters so you can use a 4.6 intake manifold on a 5.4 theye are like $350
#3
RE: 5.4 swap.....?????????
The actual motor mounts bolt to the engine? If you're talking about the slot that it fits into on the kmember... i definatly wouldnt **** with that. I know its aftermarket, however i belive all the kmembers are on an angle like this \-engine-/ if you drop the mounts on the kmember down, the motor will not drop down and fit into the holes because the distance between the mounts has shortened.
#4
RE: 5.4 swap.....?????????
I would cut the whole member in half and drop it down like 2 inches. So I cut it like this \ /
cut.............
lengthen \_/ <---------drop k-member.
I would have to cut it above the mount brackets so they could stay at the same angle. If I did this and used a 4.6 intake w/adapters, could it fit under a stock hood?
Also could I reuse my 4.6 long tubes with out cutting on them?
And lastly can my 4.6 computer run the 5.4?
So like I would just be using a 5.4 long block. Man to bad know one makes a stroker kit for the 5.4L I would drop my NON PI project like a fresh pile of SH@#!
cut.............
lengthen \_/ <---------drop k-member.
I would have to cut it above the mount brackets so they could stay at the same angle. If I did this and used a 4.6 intake w/adapters, could it fit under a stock hood?
Also could I reuse my 4.6 long tubes with out cutting on them?
And lastly can my 4.6 computer run the 5.4?
So like I would just be using a 5.4 long block. Man to bad know one makes a stroker kit for the 5.4L I would drop my NON PI project like a fresh pile of SH@#!
#6
RE: 5.4 swap.....?????????
I'm almost positive that wont work, you would pretty much just have to fabricate you're own custom K-member. If you cut what you say the mounting brackets to the frame will be off; not the ones in the spring perch but the 4 bolts on the backside.
Even if you somehow manged to get it work and be safe... the frontside of the oil pan can only be dropped about 1/2 inch before it would be resting on the kmember. Why dont you just buy another hood they are like 400$. For all the pain and suffereing you will go through to do this (even though i dont think it can be done) you could just have a new hood.
Even if you somehow manged to get it work and be safe... the frontside of the oil pan can only be dropped about 1/2 inch before it would be resting on the kmember. Why dont you just buy another hood they are like 400$. For all the pain and suffereing you will go through to do this (even though i dont think it can be done) you could just have a new hood.
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Gary Ugarek
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