Using stock foxbody k member
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Using stock foxbody k member Alright guys I need help with this. To start off I have a ls swap foxbody project I’m working on. I got a 5.3 engine and a th400 trans that will be going in it. I have read posts that in order to do the swap I should get a k member and swap headers. I chose dyno tech headers and aje k member. Later on I was going to add a turbo on it. But I have a friend who had suggested to me that instead of wasting time swapping the k member just to go turbo later on, he had mentioned I keep the stock k member on the foxbody (save money) and just do the turbo setup and I wouldn’t run into an issue with the k member. The exhaust would be a front bumper exit and he mentioned using truck headers (I’m guessing flipping them) is why he is saying I wouldn’t have an issue. He did this with a friend and he said it turned out to be a pretty cheap project for what they did. Has anyone had any experience going this route? I do want to keep this a budget build and I know usually budget and build in the same sentence doesn’t work. But so far with all the trading I have done for parts, I’m out of pocket very little and would like to keep it that way lol
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The problem for me when I was stock K member on my fox swap was that the engine sat way too high for my liking, but yes....truck shorty's will fit and face forward with good clearance. No A/C compressor will fit that way and your car will probably be obnoxiously loud.
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As far as the ac compressor I didn’t think that far ahead. Unless I were to mount the turbo a little high to clear everything. Would just have to cut the hood a little which I’m fine with. This is how I did it with my trans am as well so I wouldn’t have to worry about there being any room in the engine bay.
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There are engine mounting brackets within the Hooker Blackheart Fox Body Mustang LS swap system that were specifically designed for use with the stock 1984-95 K-member. Their combined use with the GM 4th-gen F-Body engine mounts they were designed to work with will place the crankshaft centerline at the stock 5.0L height and offset. The Holley 302-3 oil pan was developed for that application to provide clearance for the power steering rack at the front end of the pan, and to clear the form geometry of the K-member just in front of the pan sump. If you want to run A//C in in your car in a turbo application, you can high-mount the compressor as you mentioned...Holley makes brackets for the R4 and Sanden SD7B10 compressors to accomplish that task.
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