SCOOP86

Has this swap been done many times? Can a 460 fit in the 99-04 body? What is the process of maintaining fuel injection instead of switching to carb'd?

99BlackPonyGT

click the link in my sig for an entire build thread about this

i went carbd though, because the fuel system alone for efi will run you 4500 or more, so unless youre building a full on 600ci twin turbo stroker, the fuel injection is not worth it

SCOOP86

yep, right after i posted this thread I saw yours a bit lower down. Thanks for the posts, i'll def check them out.

itadroptoproller

about how much does this engine swap cost?

945LSTANG

and how much extra weight does it add?

99BlackPonyGT

my swap is putting me back 5-6k in parts, but it could be done cheaper...i bought mostly new parts and im not cutting any corners at all

and for the weight, i did not get a kit to run power steering off of my 460, so i had to get rid of power steering, power brakes, and a/c...with tubular front suspension and all those creature comforts deleted, you shouldnt gain much at all...the 460 is i think 200lbs heavier than the 4.6 2v, throw some aluminum heads on it and it will be less...my biggest weight gain will be the SFC's and the cage

Fobra

If your going to build a 460, might as well stroke it

945LSTANG

weren't you the one that said you were going to use a used rotating assembly? i guess you changed your mind. lol

99BlackPonyGT

the motor going into my car has 30k miles, and im not about to dump a ton of money into it...the motor going in is something cheap i threw together until the car is running, and will handle my power level just fine...once the car is mobile, im building a 9", a good c4 or c6, and then ill work on a better motor (i have a 600" stroker kit picked out)

explain how a rotating assembly with 30k miles that can handle 600+ ft-lbs, is cutting corners? im not building a mod motor, ill be spraying a 200-225 shot on these internals with no intentions of them being damaged

what i meant by not cutting corners, is im not fabbing up junkyard parts to try and make them work how they arent meant to, im not leaving holes all over my engine bay where efi stuff used to be hooked up, im not leaving cut open holes all over my interior where new stuff has been mounted, i wont be slapping gauges on a pillar and leaving my non-functional cluster in the car, engine bay is going to be fiberglasses to smooth it all out where its been welded

just because im not dropping 100k dollars into the car, doesnt mean it cant be done right

but im doing it in stages...why build a motor with so much power it breaks everything else in the car? i threw my engine together for less than $1500 and plan to make atleast 450 at the wheels without the spray....ide rather have the car running and driving so i can enjoy it while im building the rest of it

hell i sent my motor to a machine shop and they just hot tanked it, said it looked so new it didnt need machined...hot tank, hone, and sent it back

Fobra

+1 a stock big block can handle a 200 shot all day long. The only thing is that the stock BBF is kind of a dog until you squeeze on it.