lucasp

hi everyone,my boy and I decided to yank out the I6 and drop in the 87' f150 5.0 and now we have some questions. This is my first engine swap, please be patience with me and my questions. first here are some pix of the progress.

my boy navigating the I6 coming out.


empty bay


the new (to me) powerplant 87' f150 5.0 with a C4


after few hours wresting it in there(we got it in and found out the mounts were installed backwards)


and some components in


and this is how she looks for now

lucasp

like i said this is my first swap and alot of questions are coming up. please tell me what you think so far.

Mustangdemon67

looks great, your engine bay is very clean

andrewmp6

Looks good so far only thing i see i don't like is that master cylinder,For safety a dual bowl master cylinder is better.

fastbackford351

Cool beans. Why kind of suspension upgrades did you install to go from the I6 to the V8?

lucasp

I haven't touched the suspension just yet. After we get everything running ok, we will do a 5 lug conversion.



this is the water pump that im using. looking from the front of the car which way should it rotate CCW or CW?

andrewmp6

That is a ccw and its right for a 87 the easy way to know what you need is see if it has serpentine belt or not,If its a serpentine belt it uses a ccw if its v belt then its a cw.

lucasp

I installed a serpentine set-up. Does the V belt have a different bolt pattern?

musnicki

Looks very very nice. Great work, youtube the video when you fire it up for the first time. Awesome getting your son involved.

James

andrewmp6

I don't know what you mean a different bolt pattern but the serpentine is why there is a ccw water pump so your good on the water pump.Have you bought a radiator yet if not make sure you get one that has the lower hose on the driver side.