Anyone know if a 289 out of a 1968 Ford Bronco will fit into a 1967 Mustang Coupe?

If it will, is there anything I should watch out for? I imagine I would need to change the oil pan, and maybe the exhaust connection.

The reason I ask, is because a buddy at a garage has one for $100. Unseized, so I would think it would make a good rebuild candidate.

Thoughts, comments, replies, all are welcome. Thanks all.

 

Yeah, it'll fit fine, and differences will be bolt-on stuff, like the exhaust manifolds.

 

what about teh transmission?

i see one on craiglist for an OAD

aod overdrive trans removed from a running 1992 f250 with 460 engine. trans has very low miles.

 

Seems unlikely an AOD made to fit a 385 series engine will fit a smallblock V8.

 

but would an AOD out of a 1990 mustang fit behind a 289?

 

A 1990 5.0 would have the same bellhousing pattern. Special flex plates for 289 engines with the AOD bolt pattern are available.

Make sure you get an AOD, not an AODE.

 

How can I tell the difference between an AOD and an AODE?

 

The AODE requires a computer. That'd be a problem on an early Mustang.

The AOD can be connected to carbureted engines quite easily.

http://www.becontrols.com/tech/aodfaq.htm

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...0215539AAf4C86

 

That OD automatic in that big truck is probably an E40D which will not fit.

 

Thanks 2+2GT, I appreciate the links.

Now since it is out of a 1990, and I am basing this on the yahoo link there, but since everything before 1994 was AOD, then I should have nothing to worry about, in theory, right?

I am going to use that same link to look at the transmission when it gets here. There supposedly is an extra white plug on the pan for an AODE and that is an easy way to tell.