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Old 04-26-2007, 11:06 PM
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Default LS1 in a first gen mustang, has it been done?

I just picked up a new project car tonight, and am kicking around ideas. Has anyone swapped an LS1 into a first gen Mustang yet?
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I have yet to see it but i dont see why you couldnt ... custom headers would be a must but otherwise i dunno why it wouldnt work
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One guy talked about it a while back, but it never came to fruition as far as I'm aware. Give it a go, that'll really torque up some Blue blood
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most use 351 headers for a fox, this shouldnt be any different should it? Im sure you can get some cheap ones from Autozone to try and hack the flange and go for it... mounts and oil pan shouldnt be too difficult would they?
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Engine bay on the unit body Ford may give you fits. You may have to do a little work with the shock towers. It would be a cool way to irritate some FORD guys....
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dont the older stangs use front sump pans if so a gto pan might be the ticket?
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Don't you know that a chevy engine will not run in a Ford.
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Yeah, they don't run .... They haul ***
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Originally Posted by Brains
Yeah, they don't run .... They haul *** :burnout:
I Love it , one of my buddys has an amc spirit with a wild solid roller 406 in it and he has a sticker on the back that says "AMC makes it, CHEVY makes it happen!!" Quite fitting because his name is chevy lol....
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Originally Posted by Brains
Yeah, they don't run .... They haul ***
Maybe I should have said, the CHEVY engine will refuse to operate in a FORD.
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There have been quite a few that have swapped in an old school small block chevy, so I would think an LS1 should not be too difficult.
Go for it!!!
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Nice car to put it in to.. one of the guys here at work has a 67 that he drives every day.
People are putting LS1's in everything now adays..
I am guilty myself.. not necessarily a LS1, but still a LSX Engine in my Z..

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sbc swaps into 1st gen mustangs is old news. i havent seen an ls1ed 1st gen mustang but i say go for it!



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