Starting the swap
Thread Starter
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 49
From: florida
make sure you swap over the driveshaft and rear end also, unless you've atleast beefed up your 7.5" donno wut you've got going on right now.
have you considered buying some longtubes or a tubular K-member (cheap and will let you install longtubes without having to do anything hard down the road) now while your car is easy to work on? it would be stupid easy to throw some longtubes on that car now rather than decide to in the future and have to tear apart the front end again.
like said, selling your v6 stuff and the parts car when your done with it you should be able to come out of this having spent not too much money.
have you considered buying some longtubes or a tubular K-member (cheap and will let you install longtubes without having to do anything hard down the road) now while your car is easy to work on? it would be stupid easy to throw some longtubes on that car now rather than decide to in the future and have to tear apart the front end again.
like said, selling your v6 stuff and the parts car when your done with it you should be able to come out of this having spent not too much money.
Thread Starter
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 49
From: florida
i got the rear tires/calipers off gonna take the rear-end out tomorrow morning, monday i'll be throwing in the gt rear-end + engine & tranny then spend maybe another day hooking everything back up, im gonna use my same exhaust that was on my car but i gotta get it cut to fit the v8 so i gotta run with open headers to a muffler shop, im gonna feel like such a jack ***...
Thread Starter
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 49
From: florida
just a small update
im getting ready to drop the engine and transmission in, the engine harness is in place through the left and right fender, i was installing the hydroboost system along with the lines and then noticed on the abs pump that i forgot a few lines
i had to run up to the junk yard and pull some lines off a wrecked 01 gt, i noticed that the pumps are different between 99-00 to 01 and up i assume
the pump had an extra hole for another independant brake line to run to the rear the 99-00 setup had one brake line coming from the pump to the rear which split off at the rear and ran to both sides i guess ford thought it would be more effecient to run a seperate line for the other side in 01?
i also saw a v6 with abs vacuum boosted, i thought v6 models didnt come with abs at all heh, well the whole brake line asembly from the pump to the rear cost 40$ no big deal now its time to pressure was the engine compartment and then clean the engine and get ready to drop it all in
im so ready to get my car back, i found out today that t-lok came stock on all GT rear-ends i didnt know that and was happy/surprised i hope this thing comes together soon
im getting ready to drop the engine and transmission in, the engine harness is in place through the left and right fender, i was installing the hydroboost system along with the lines and then noticed on the abs pump that i forgot a few lines
i had to run up to the junk yard and pull some lines off a wrecked 01 gt, i noticed that the pumps are different between 99-00 to 01 and up i assume
the pump had an extra hole for another independant brake line to run to the rear the 99-00 setup had one brake line coming from the pump to the rear which split off at the rear and ran to both sides i guess ford thought it would be more effecient to run a seperate line for the other side in 01?
i also saw a v6 with abs vacuum boosted, i thought v6 models didnt come with abs at all heh, well the whole brake line asembly from the pump to the rear cost 40$ no big deal now its time to pressure was the engine compartment and then clean the engine and get ready to drop it all in
im so ready to get my car back, i found out today that t-lok came stock on all GT rear-ends i didnt know that and was happy/surprised i hope this thing comes together soon
Thread Starter
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 49
From: florida
Alright, got the engine/transmission in and exhaust all bolted up, the driveshaft isnt in yet cause the rearend seal needs to be changed, monday im calling the locksmith to come reprogram my keys all the accessories inside the car work so just for future reference for anyone wanting to do this swap
all you need is the engine, and the complete harness inside the engine bay, the computer, the rearend tranny and driveshaft and your good you do not need every piece of wiring from the V8 donor car!
here are some pics, i just washed and waxed her =P
cant wait till monday
all you need is the engine, and the complete harness inside the engine bay, the computer, the rearend tranny and driveshaft and your good you do not need every piece of wiring from the V8 donor car!
here are some pics, i just washed and waxed her =P
cant wait till monday
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Joined: May 2009
Posts: 2,241
From: kentucky
i got the rear tires/calipers off gonna take the rear-end out tomorrow morning, monday i'll be throwing in the gt rear-end + engine & tranny then spend maybe another day hooking everything back up, im gonna use my same exhaust that was on my car but i gotta get it cut to fit the v8 so i gotta run with open headers to a muffler shop, im gonna feel like such a jack ***...