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Old Feb 21, 2008 | 08:28 PM
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I was just curious if anyone has ran a 4l80E behind an ls series motor in a mustang, I wanna do an LS swap in a fox body but i wanna make sure the
4L80E is gonna fit before i go out and purchase the tranny. I would like to know what cross member you ran, and if there was any floor pan modifications. Thanks for the help
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Old Feb 22, 2008 | 11:22 AM
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I have one mocked up in my car, but the head almost touches the fire wall and the motor is very low. I have not touched the trans tunnel anywhere. I plan on making a crossmember that ties into the subframe connectors, right now (for mock up) I just flipped the stock one and moved it back.




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Old Feb 22, 2008 | 04:30 PM
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Wow, that fits better than my 4L60e If I remember right, I had to do some slight mallet work to clear the 2/4 accumulator, but nothing crazy.
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I have no experience with the 80e but I know my th400 fits like a glove... its a little tight to the tunnel on the drivers side but nothing too bad.I currently am running a home built trans crossmember that I have tied in to the subframes,but I may change it up for something a little more sturdy now with the addition of a trans brake.
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