CaughtintheCrossfire

Thanks to the great information on LS1Tech I got my 5.3 swap running yesterday. I'm still working on installing a Camaro gauge cluster and painting all my interior pieces. I made a quick video of it this morning.

gofastwclass

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Hahaha, nice. Best use I've seen for one of those yet!

Do a walk around video... I'm thinking sleeper.

flynbrian48

Cool! You made a REAL car out of it!

Brian

abeaver

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Pretty cool! I had a NA crossfire, very fun to drive but no mods for them. Looks like you lost power steering? What trans did you go with?

veltboy618

Do you have any pics showing how you mounted the alt in that location or can you give me any info on how you did that?

sierrac3_s2000

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Lets see some build photos. This is one swap I've always wanted to do. I always thought those were cool looking cars it just sucked they had a Chrysler engine in them. With some real power under the hood it should be pretty fun.

veltboy618

I Googled crossfire 5.3 swap and came across another site with pictures. Just not what I was looking for.

CaughtintheCrossfire

No power steering,it's pretty easy to turn though once the dampener is removed. I'm running a TH350, this is the second engine swap in this car. I was running a 4G63T with the TH350 prior to this swap. It was a turd out of boost and the V8 was an easy way to solve that.

I ran into space issues (coolant hoses in the way) and made my own mounts. Just some angle iron and a spacer. It's not a setup I'm going to run for a long time or one I would recommend anyone to build. About all I could say is that it is functional. I plan on moving the engine 4-5" closer to the firewall with a rear sump pan so I can run some OEM mounts and get power steering back.

99MUSTANG5.3L

I see you are running an LS9 cam. Did you have yo do anything to get that to work in the 5.3? Which valve springs and pushrods did you use? I'm liking the price on those cams. Thanks,Mark.

CaughtintheCrossfire

I'm using an LS2 front cover,sensor, and timing set, LS6 springs and stock 5.3 push rods.

aknovaman

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Neat swap but they all look like a dog that got kicked really hard in the butt and now it's tail is stuck up there, permanently, just my opinion. Interested in doing one of these swaps but why in the world are these cars still over $11k for a 8 year old rice grinder. If these were more affordable, I'd be all over this swap. Am I missing something?

V8Rumble

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Freakin' COOL man, I really like these cars!! Looking forward to seeing more on this! (Especially vids of it in action!)

btownws6

that is awesome man i wanna see it in action

gnx7

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about time someone swapped one.

What gear ratio and size is the rear ring gear? Hope it lasts

CaughtintheCrossfire

I'd have to agree that the rear styling of the car could have been much better. They are holding value so well because of low production numbers and the car is 99.9% Mercedes Benz parts. I bought mine in 07" for 17k, if I had left it all stock it would have only depreciated ~$1000 a year which is rare these days.
The rear diff should hold up, Wavetrac makes and LSD for it($1200). It's on the list of future mods. Junkyard replacements are around $125. I've been researching the diff from the Mercedes ML320 and I believe it is a bolt in replacement with a 3.7:1 ratio.

ls1nova71

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We need more pics, or at least a longer, more detailed video.

CaughtintheCrossfire

I'll do a complete walk around as soon as the interior is finished. I got all my interior pieces painted the last couple of days and was working on installing a camaro gauge cluster today. I had to make a new dust cover out of Lexan. When I tested it the tach was not working, looks like it is a serial data issue that will need to be resolved with reprogramming.

71403

I like it, might just be the worst car ever to loose a race to.

Imagine telling your friends you got your *** kicked by Celene Dion.

CaughtintheCrossfire

Got my interior in yesterday, need to find a shifter boot.

So far so good, definitely needs to be tuned. Here is a few more pics i took. I'll try to get a video up soon.

Front exit exhaust

aknovaman

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Shifter is not proportionate to interior; it's like 6 inches too tall. Why not use stock shifter?