lucass95gt

how hard would it be to swap a 5.0L w/5spd into a 96 auto?

Tims 88GT

do u have emissions?

AdderMk2

its not that its hard to do it... but do you have:
#1. The time
#2. The money
#3. A way to get it to pass inspection

lucass95gt

would it pass the emissions bs if it had all the stock crap on the engine?

88stangaruu

Why dont you just build a 4.6? When you learn you way around the engine, its much simpler to work on than a 5.0. Its more up-to-date. Hell i even have this strange little fantasy of dropping a 4.6 into my notch. There are alot more parts for them now than they're used to be.

ikeybmg

building a 4.6 is expensive too. id rather have a 5.0 myself.

88stangaruu

The prices are getting better though. I like the 5.0's. But there is less frictional loses in a 4.6. I want the 4V Cobra motor personally. A pully a chip and a tune and your off.

LesteR723

i have a friend who is a mechanic at ford and he said he loves when a 5.0 comes in because they are so much easier than the 4.6. He dubbed the 4.6 "The BitcH"---- he hates workin on them

AdderMk2

you think 4.6's are hard to work on... try a Ford Truck like the Expedition... with the 5.4L.

That motor is crammed so far back in the engine bay that the shop labor estimating guides give you almost 2 hours to do a tune up on it. its next to impossible to get out the #4 spark plug without removing a bunch of BS stuff and having 2 swivels on extensions

tinman

Any modular V-8 is very expensive to modify, I'd stay with 5.0....