Engine swap

[Mvelez]

Can anyone help me mate the cab harness to a mustang 5.0 engine harness?

 

[macleanflood]

Have you checked the factory service manuals in the resources section? 8w has the wiring diagrams.

Need pictures!

-Mac

 

[Mvelez]

Have you checked the factory service manuals in the resources section? 8w has the wiring diagrams.

Need pictures!

-Mac

I will check thank you.

 

[Wildman]

You'll have to blend the harnesses together yourself or find someone who does them.

Why a Ford 5.0? Nothing wrong with them but I'm just curious why?

Also if you run aftermarket gauges then you don't need to tie into Jeep wiring harness.

 

[kam04LJ]

Aren’t the ford v8s really wide? Anything is possible but that’s why it’s not a common swap

 

[Grenadiers]

Here’s me in 2001 going up Pritchett Canyon with my ‘91 YJ and an ‘88 Mustang 5.0L HO. Backed by a T-18 transmission. Later, I removed that in favor of the C4 transmission. Engine fit perfectly. You have to have the wiring diagrams for both the jeep and ford engines.

 

[NashvilleTJ]

Yes, 5.0 left vs LS right

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Isn’t that the Coyote? Weren’t the early Mustang 5.0’s much smaller due to not having that twin overhead cam setup?

 

[Apparition]

Isn’t that the Coyote? Weren’t the early Mustang 5.0’s much smaller due to not having that twin overhead cam setup?

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LS

 

[Wildman]

Picture wasn't right, deleted it.

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LS
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Just for comparison here's MoPar measurements

 

[Wildman]

Not that I'd ever advocate for doing a LS swap but some interesting comparisons....

LS

Hemi

Coyote

Now before you @Rickyd or @Apparition get a woody thinking I've gone rogue I had to put this out there.

 

[Apparition]

Not that I'd ever advocate for doing a LS swap but some interesting comparisons....

LS
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Hemi
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Coyote
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Now before you @Rickyd or @Apparition get a woody thinking I've gone rouge I had to put this out there.

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Now compare the weights

 

[Wildman]

Now compare the weights

Only if you're comparing Apples to Apples... No aluminum block version.

 

[Apparition]

Only if you're comparing Apples to Apples... No aluminum block version.

It should be in the list as you can find them in the junkyard like everything else.

 

[Wildman]

It should be in the list as you can find them in the junkyard like everything else.

Yes but I said apples to apples....

Edit: Include your aluminum block weight too but also list the iron block weight.

 

[macleanflood]

I've gone rouge

Rogue.

Rouge is probably for @Zorba

-Mac

 

[Wildman]

Rogue.

Rouge is probably for @Zorba

-Mac

Damn...

 

[Apparition]

Yes but I said apples to apples....

Edit: Include your aluminum block weight too but also list the iron block weight.

Here’s the LS info

 

[Wildman]

Here’s the LS info

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So 390 lbs for an aluminum block engine & the iron block is 110 lbs more so 500 lbs for a iron block engine or is my math off?

Any idea how many LS2 engines were produced? What vehicles do they come in?

 

[Apparition]

So 390 lbs for an aluminum block engine & the iron block is 110 lbs more so 500 lbs for a iron block engine or is my math off?

Any idea how many LS2 engines were produced? What vehicles do they come in?

LS2’s aren’t the only ones that are aluminum but that gives the general weight, accessories will change that and they are all different.

 

[Wildman]

LS2’s aren’t the only ones that are aluminum but that gives the general weight, accessories will change that and they are all different.

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So do you have a SWAG of how many aluminum block engines have been made in the last 20 years? Compared to the number of iron block engines?
You say they are in junk yards but how hard or easy are they to find? Since I'm not interested in them I don't know which is why I'm asking.