Hi everyone, I've always been a fan of the mustang. I especailly love the old ones. Can some please tell me if it is possible or legal to buy an old mustang say 1969 and replace the engine with a newer engine from 2000 mustang. I like the looks of the one mustang but i rather have a newer engine that will save a little gas and is more reliable.

THanks

 

with enough money, anything is possible. why ruin a classic though. you can restore or rebuild a muscle stang and it will be as reliable and a 69 is one of the most powerful made. id say the strongest is the 69 boss 429.

 

sure it's legal to swap engines but you might want to consider going with a later year 5.0 in that '69 as the mod motor is a lttle wide and might be a pain to fit into the tight confines of the '69 engine compartment. theres a company on the west coast that makes kits to do swaps like you are thinking about, Westech ngineering or something like that is the name I tend to remember. try google to find them.

 

put an 03 cobra motor in that thing, if your gonna spend big bucks doin it might as well put the best there is in there!

 

your right. i've seen a lot of 65-68 fastbacks with the 03 cobra crate motor. the good thing is i've seen them on e-bay for as little as $5,500 with only 500 miles on them.

 

could you imagion the header headaches with a mod engine in a 69?

 

would be way cool though [sm=icon_rock.gif]

 

Hey guys thanks a lot for your help.

Questions

So putting in a 03 cobra engine is possible. Should i put in a 5.0L instead
Is it going to be extremely difficult puting in a 03 cobra engine
how much do u think it will cost

 

installing an 03 cobra engine in a 69 stang will cost you the same if not more than installing a small block ford motor SUPERCHARGED and making MORE power than the 390 horse mod motor. that mod motor runs the eaton supercharger which cranks out 390, a small block ford stroked to 331 and a nice fat kenne bell or turbo kit will crank out 700-800 HP for the same price. About 7-10 grand of worthwhile modifications will have to be put into the 69 to drop the eaton blown mod motor. i say go with the 302, arent those 69s set up for the 289s which are essentially destroked 302s?