joshb

this guy got a full tube k member set up with coil overs for like 250$ he bolted it up droped in a 460 threw in a boat anchor c6 and that was his street car he planed on putting a 502 or something stroke kit in it but got pissed and booted the project

Mishimoto

What trans would you get if you did this swap?

joshb

maybe a c4 but idk if it would hold if not a c6 i kno its heavy but 1999-2004 are kinda light if i threw the 460 c6 in there with a strong motor it would be fast

Mishimoto

The key is efficiency, not just cubes.

BBford1979

93 k member 429/460 swap kit out jegs comes with headers, oil pan, and motor mounts. Into a 2000 mustang with C6 transmission.

How do you add pictures on this site?

BBford1979

jamesandrewjohnson

Honestly, if you're dumping $4,500 into a 460 powered SN95, it better not have any corners cut, because that's too much to begin with. Let's just hypothetically say that we go the easy route and use only off the shelf parts to do the swap. Even at that, for a Mr Gasket carb fuel pump, Quick Fuel pressure regulator, Ford Racing oil pan, Ford Racing engine mounts, Hooker Super Competition Headers, AJE Racing tubular K-member, and Auto Meter Sport Comp II gauge cluster, you're looking at $2,754 total. Then you need the driveshaft and the engine/transmission. If you look through junkyards or on Craigslist, you can find in many places a running, reliable 460 with a C6 automatic for $500 or less. As far as the driveshaft, most places will make you one for under $200. So if you go the EXPENSIVE ROUTE, you're paying just under $3,500, still $1,000 under your ridiculous figure.

Okay, so that is not the way I would, or any self respecting gearhead should, do it. If you can't do some fabrication for yourself, I'm not sure you should ever consider doing an engine swap. For $50, you can get a 2'x2' square of 1/4" plate steel. That is more than enough to modify the existing K-member and fabricate a set of engine mounts using the existing mounts. For just a few dollars, you can have enough sheet steel to notch the oil pan to clear the crossmember. For your full set of analog gauges (volts, water temp, oil pressure, fuel pressure, fuel level, speedometer, and tachometer), it'll run you $189 from Summit. Of course, a gauge panel is not hard to fabricate, so this is about all you need to spend on gauges. So, assuming you already own a MIG welder, all this fabrication can be done relatively easily, then all you need is the gauges, the driveshaft, the headers, the fuel pump, and the pressure regulator. All in all you're looking at $1,520 for a running, driving 460 powered SN95, no corners cut.

LilRoush

$500 for a 460 and C6 in good running order for a swap without needing to be rebuilt? Custom made drive shaft for under $200?
I'd love to see those.

And if he's asking these types of questions, I'd rule out any custom fab work done by the owner.

jamesandrewjohnson

I'm not sure where you come from, but at least in Iowa $500 is more than reasonable for a running 460 and C6. My van has a 460/C6 that was $200 and ran as it was out of the junkyard, and my dad's 1973 Mercury has been running for the last 27 years with an UNREBUILT 429 from a junkyard. As for the driveshaft, there was a place here in town called Balzers (now closed) that did most lengths of custom driveshafts for $200 even.

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