Engine Swap, what is needed.

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Apr 4, 2006 | 12:27 PM

Zincpony

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Engine Swap, what is needed.

Doing an engine swap going from a 3.8 to a 4.6 GT. what other GT parts are needed besides the Engine and the Tranny.
is the rear end, gears, needed. anything else.

Apr 4, 2006 | 04:01 PM

QuickShortBus

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RE: Engine Swap, what is needed.

The rearend would be ideal, it will come with the gears. You will need the driveshaft, complete wiring harness and computer. I think the K-member is different, if it is you will need it.

Apr 20, 2006 | 05:43 PM

acrod

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RE: Engine Swap, what is needed.

I was thinking the same thing. My g/f wants to swap a 99 4v in her v6 and I told her it probably will need quite a few parts. Any thing else you can think of that would need to be changed out?

Apr 20, 2006 | 06:38 PM

GreyStang

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RE: Engine Swap, what is needed.

Front springs probably need to be stiffer to account for a heavier engine. Also the cooling system needs to be upgraded from the V6

Apr 20, 2006 | 10:08 PM

mustangman02232

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RE: Engine Swap, what is needed.

this has been asked 90 million times, just go and buy a GT it will be cheaper, if not then slap a procharger on it and it will still be cheaper and be faster then a GT