anywereiroam

Dang well its gotta be done so I'll def be looking for a t56. I just wonder if I'm better of buying an ls1/ t56 and dropping it in or building this bare block lq4

mapleridge

nice build.

tired2valve

Build whatever is In your budget. If a 5.3/4.8 is all what you can afford. Do that. If you just got to have a 6.0. Then spend that money.
Thanks

jlew0006

You went auto! What a shame lol. Hope all is going well! i got some tricks up my sleve I will have to update my ****. I'm just glad everyone blows ur page up with questions when they could just flip through your build to get there answers and not mine lol

tired2valve

Haha true story. Most of the questions have been answered. All they gotta do is go back and look lol. Yeah going auto I woulda loved to stayed 6speed but I think I'll have more fun in the auto when I put a lot of power down

DaMaddHatter

Looking forward to seeing more updates on this.
Seriously debating swapping my cammed 6.0 and built 4l60 into a New Edge. Trying to figure out what it'll run me with me having a complete car for a donor.

tired2valve

Updates are coming. Wednesday I should be getting all my parts in for my Trans and stuff. Should be throwing parts together this weekend.
K member and mounts are under 600$ shipped. So whatever you can pick up a mustang for and sell the motor/Trans that was in it for to make some money back. It's seriously an easy swap. I just got done swapping one of my customers 02 gt with a 6.2/auto. Just pulled that out and threw a t56 behind his 6.2 and threw everything in a 04 cobra roller that he bought. It took a good weekend to do it but that shows you how easy it is. To pull everything out. Swap k members and everything

EVO80ci

Thank you for taking the time to do this thread, I know it can be a hassle to mess with a camera when you're trying to get stuff done.
Anyway, I'm interested in the same swap you did. I already have a TH400 with FMVB, T-brake, and a 3500 converter I will be using.
Here's a simple question for you, Can I use my STOCK 4.6 K member and mounts with adapter plates? Oil pan clearance issues?

tired2valve

Stock k member is possible. There's a guy that did one with stock k member and plates. Just room routing **** is the problem. For 280$ why wouldn't you buy a tubular k member? Loose 50lbs+ on the front with just swapping the k member.

EVO80ci

I agree. I was just wondering if it could be done. I get parts very slowly so being able to install the engine would allow me to move forward with the rest of the car. Thanks

tired2valve

I parted out the 4.6 and that's what got most of the money to buy parts. Also selling a 4wheeler I got helped a lot too

turbo.trex

Hey thanks for posting this stuff up as you go it's been helping me to make up my mind up. Trans was my biggest thing good info nice,and Simple.. From the cable setup.!!!

One ??
What's the best trans to put in there out of a GTO / camaro --or buy me a TREMEC Magnum or something along them lines..

I'm doing one for my wife a 93 coupe.. She races like I do hard .
I'm in Rockwal tx my self .

Keep us updated

tired2valve

honestly any trans will work. just whats in your budget. the tr6060 will work fine. again its all in your budget and hp/tq goals.

tired2valve

well just a small update.
last friday i finally got all my stuff back from getting powder coated. i got a friend that hooked me up with a new front main seal and popped that in quick, i was able to get everything bolted up and ready to drop into the car. my neighbor came over and asked when its going it in, i told him "whenever, i could probably put it in right now" so basically in 35mins i had the trans bolted to the motor and bot engine and trans went in.



next day i got my center console all buttoned up and in. ill probably end up making a leather shift boot to cover the hole. or another plate that sits onto and covers everything.



here you can see all the stuff back on, finally gonna have ac!!




and thats basically it for now, have to finish the harness just a couple small things left to do the it can go into the car!

then get some hardware for the converter, measure for driveshaft. buy some fitting for the trans cooler. mount and run all the lines for the cooler, wire up the thermostat for the trans fan, wire up the transbrake. here soon

matt99

iTrader: (4)

Hell yea it looks sharp, bet your itching to drive it already with the new auto in there.

99MUSTANG5.3L

Looks good.Nice work.

tired2valve

Yeah I'm just ready to drive it again haha

Thanks guys.

sydneyjlsr

Hey whats up I'm doing the same swap in my 03 4.6 mustang. I'm having a few problems on the wire harness part and want to keep my a/c. Can you pm me your number so that i can call for a few pointers. I'm on a 5000 budget. Already have the motor and trans. And anybody else that can help will be greatly appreciated thanks. Just pm me and I'll get back with you.

tired2valve

lets just keep it simple and sweet.
the awesome loomed harness i did for the car is junk.
HOURS of time on that and thats all i want to say about it.

the other day my buddy came over and threw a start up tune, 3bar sd tune.
still need more tuning to be done. i had to borrow a buddies truck harness to see if it was intact the harness (witch it was) so his harness is all draped over the engine bay for testing and everything. the video is just a quick idle vid of it. no muffs on the exhaust it has on it and I've gotta tell yeah. sounds dam good.

all stock 5.3/862 heads
custom grind cam (228/232 .570/.574 114)
jakes th400
freakshow converter
kinda drove it around the block need to adjust the shift linkage

here it is

M.BOZZ

iTrader: (14)

looks sweet, so you went to auto, what gears are you running ? I just finished my 96 gt, lq4 stroker with jakes 400 and im running 4:10, well until Friday when my new gears go in ( 3:55 ) Great thread