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Old 03-27-2012, 05:08 PM
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I have a 93 lx 5 speed mustang 5.0 considering swapping a 5.3 and a turbo 400 into it. But i have a few thoughts about it. First question is can you wire it to make all the gauges work like factory? Also does any one have a rough idea on what it will cost to complete this swap? Next off is aje k member and crossmember the best to use? I plan to put it in stock and turbo it in the future. Any input would be great. Thank you in advance.
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This is a very popular swap. Others may have some suggestions for your stock gages, but one option we have a seen a lot of is the use of 98-02 F-Body Gage cluster in the foxbody as the gages are almost a direct bolt in. Thanks to some of our customers requests, we now offer a gage pigtail and schematic for hooking the f-body gages into any vehicle. Hope that helps.

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Seeing as you already have the car, that saves you a huge chunk of what most spend on a swap. Right now I'm doing a Ls1/Th400 swap into my 89 Fox and so far only spent $1150, $300 for car, Ls1= Already owned from my camaro, Just rebuilt TH400=$150, Bearings, gaskets, ARP stuff,nitrous= $700. I still need to buy a harness/pcm, stall,drive shaft and fuel system before it moving under its own power. Hoping to be under or around $2500 total into the car.
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Ford+Chevy=?????? LOL
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I put a 4.8L in my 70 Chevelle and have about $2700 and that includes the new oil pan kit, HP Tuners and twin t70's. The enigine is in the car and running but not turboed yet. I will have about $3300 in the swap after the turbos are on the car.
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Also does anyone have pics of where they mounted the ecu. Going to start this build very soon ill post pics of the car this weekend.
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I did this swap to my 01 Mustang. You can wire the gages to work,tell your computer guy to set the tach output for a Ford tach. This swap is the best money I ever spent on a Ford! I think I have about $3800 into the swap and I did everything myself(except the computer reflash). I am also planning a turbo but have to get my traction issues fixed first. Keep us posted.
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Originally Posted by Jeff Smith
Ford+Chevy=?????? LOL
Ford + Chevy= Best Ford Ever Assembled!!!!
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do it!!
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Posted a couple pics og my car im giing to use for the swap have the 5.3 and a few other things like the harness ecu and truck manifolds.
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i am not a fan of mustangs, but i would love to have a combo like this! 86 mustang with a chevy motor!
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Id like to have another ls1 camaro i love mustangs and sbfs but i loved how my 99 and 01 camaro



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