lt4malibu

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though i havent really started working on it yet, i have been reading all the fox body swap threads for quite a while. i picked this car up last month, all original(except for the paint) 1981 mustang notch back with a straight 6/4speed manual. plans are to get an LS1 and a 6speed, 86/87 front bumper cover/hood(yes i like the 4eye cars!), subframes, 87up LX tail lights/rear quarter windows, pony wheels and drive it! though i already have an 81malibu project car, it needs tons of bodywork to get it where i want it to be, this car needs pretty much a nice re-paint. friend of mine is into mustangs and pretty much has all the parts i need, so im hoping its somewhat straightforward.





interior is pretty killer i think, with the wool inserts though i might still switch out the front seats for something more "supportive"

question for you guys that have done/doing the swap: when you use the 351swap headers with LS1 flanges, is any header tube modification necessary or do you just weld the flanges on and they fit???

Darracq

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Looks good. Still have the malibu

vanilla89

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when you do the headers you still have to move some of the tubes.

i love the interior,with the wood grain dash

good luck

lt4malibu

iTrader: (39)

yeah, i still have the 'bu, just gonna keep it on the back burner for now.

BizZzatch350

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Awesome swap, I was talking to a friend about doing a swap just like yours. Mainly due to the ease of getting parts for the body conversion to look like an 87-93 car and not having to pass emsions any longer due to the model year being over 25 years of age, only issue being finding one as clean as yours would prove to be a dificult task.

lt4malibu

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plus 79-81 are the lightest

funny thing is, my roomate wanted to build a racecar, and this car was sitting literally around the corner for 4 months. i kept telling him to buy it, so since he didnt i did.

aram

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I know it sounds crazy, but I'd leave the interior and body alone on the car and just do the motor swap. You don't see many bad *** original looking early 80's foxes around.

datboibrad

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very clean car

PRAY HRD

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nice project car. i like the idea of a newer 4 eye face, but i'd have to replace the dash with an 85 GT piece. also like the idea of the late fox body tail lights & quarter windows. good luck with the swap.

cws T/A

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that cars mint .

lightning95sc

Don't mean to "step to you", dude, but please reconsider doing the "AERO" swap. There are'nt many more "clean" 4 eyes left unmolested. If you must have an "aero" car, I'll find you a clean one and swap you.

I love your idea of the LSx swap, but think it would be more of an eye opener if you left the "4 EYED". Just my 2 cents.

Check out www.foureyedpride.com Chuck

ryan218

yeah im with him man...keep it four eye....there arnt many around....if you want a aero car buy an aero car.

btw..what engine is in it now? 302?

PRAY HRD

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he already said he's keeping it 4 eyed. i think it was a misprint or something typing the '87.

lt4malibu

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yeah, im definately keeping the 4eye look, i dunno where the "87" came from. i do like the newer quarter windows and tail lights though.

car has a straight 6 in it now, and it looks pretty much brand new, no leaks and 75k original miles. hopefully after the new year ill start ordering parts, still not sure if i wanna use the 4.6k member or the SBC swap Kmember and adapter mounts...

lightning95sc

Cooool! I'm glad that was a misprint. You may proceed with your most awesome project, sir. Chuck

lt4malibu

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just picked up a '90 GThatchback parts car tonight with a good set of pony wheels and an 8.8 with 3.73's. if you would have asked me 5 years ago if i ever would have bought a mustang i would have laughed myself to death. now i have 2 in my shop

lt4malibu

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little update - finally got some pony wheels, so since it was somewhat warm today i rolled it out today and threw them on to see how it looked, much better!!! still need some real tires(these are just junk ones i had lying around that i mounted up at work real quick).

now i really need to get to ordering some parts and tearing this thing apart

vanilla89

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looks good

WILWAXU

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Nice looking car!

GlennNo50

that looks 1million times better with just the wheels.