Put in another motor.

SSteady98 · October 24th, 2011, 01:25 AM

So this weekend and the prior weekend, my dad and I embarked on a mission to take a motor out of a 96 e-150 and put it in my car. We got both of the motors out in a weekend, and had started taking parts of the old motor to put on the e-150 motor. we actually completed the swap this weekend, and man, it was worth it.

The car has a slight exaust leak, though, and we pinpointed it down to the flange. Not only this, but we had also known that the bell housing was cracked when we had first taken the motor out of the car a month ago to replace a crank we thought had been causing a knock.

After a lot of hard work this past weekend, we ended up having the motor put in the car. after some timing change, the car fired up and ran 100x better than before. I also noticed that when looking for the bell housing on AM, the transmission i have looks very similar to that of the tremec-500; whatever sub-category it's specified under. Hopefully this thing hasnt been abused as much as the motor, but I'll end up putting the tender loving care into the tranny as needed anyway.

I am pretty happy that the car is in working order, for now. We do have a couple more issues to fix, other than the bell housing, and should have this thing in nice working order by january of next year when I get the rest of my funds.

horsepowerjunkie · October 24th, 2011, 01:54 AM

Glad everything worked out for you. That's a whole lota work!

SSteady98 · October 24th, 2011, 02:54 AM

Haha yeah it was a very large and substantial amount of work we did this weekend. we went from about 10am to 1 am. Worth it in so many ways, though.

ryanw · October 24th, 2011, 11:08 AM

Wow. Ya that's a lot of work. It took me' a month and half to do my engine swap. Lol. But I did do it all by my self. But some of that time was waiting for parts to come in. But on the other hand I only had to pull one motor and one tranny. The new engine was just sitting on a stand. I think even if I had help I still wouldn't have had it done in two weekends. It was my first engine swap though. Any ways good job

SSteady98 · October 24th, 2011, 04:05 PM

Originally Posted by ryanw

Wow. Ya that's a lot of work. It took me' a month and half to do my engine swap. Lol. But I did do it all by my self. But some of that time was waiting for parts to come in. But on the other hand I only had to pull one motor and one tranny. The new engine was just sitting on a stand. I think even if I had help I still wouldn't have had it done in two weekends. It was my first engine swap though. Any ways good job

Haha yeah. We had also done the complete motor swap when we put the new crank in over the weekend span. So much work. Like i said though, ultimately worth it. just need a new fuel pump since this one sounds like its coughing up a lung.

713stang · October 24th, 2011, 07:05 PM

did u have any trouble with the new motor coming from an E150? like it having a different fireing order and ca?m

SSteady98 · October 25th, 2011, 02:01 AM

Originally Posted by 713stang

did u have any trouble with the new motor coming from an E150? like it having a different fireing order and ca?m

We actually used the other motors cam and heads, and the firing order was 1,3,7,2,6,5,4,8. It had the 351w firing order. We set it up like that and it worked like a charm. Nothing seems to be wrong with what we did, so I guess it worked

713stang · October 26th, 2011, 02:26 AM

ok. but dont does blocks have flat top pistons? wat cam and heads did u use?
did u have any issuses with the valve clearnce

October 24th, 2011, 01:25 AM	#1
SSteady98 95ish5.0 1995 GT Slow Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: San Angelo Posts: 490 iTrader: 0 reviews	Put in another motor. So this weekend and the prior weekend, my dad and I embarked on a mission to take a motor out of a 96 e-150 and put it in my car. We got both of the motors out in a weekend, and had started taking parts of the old motor to put on the e-150 motor. we actually completed the swap this weekend, and man, it was worth it. The car has a slight exaust leak, though, and we pinpointed it down to the flange. Not only this, but we had also known that the bell housing was cracked when we had first taken the motor out of the car a month ago to replace a crank we thought had been causing a knock. After a lot of hard work this past weekend, we ended up having the motor put in the car. after some timing change, the car fired up and ran 100x better than before. I also noticed that when looking for the bell housing on AM, the transmission i have looks very similar to that of the tremec-500; whatever sub-category it's specified under. Hopefully this thing hasnt been abused as much as the motor, but I'll end up putting the tender loving care into the tranny as needed anyway. I am pretty happy that the car is in working order, for now. We do have a couple more issues to fix, other than the bell housing, and should have this thing in nice working order by january of next year when I get the rest of my funds. __________________ 1995 Mustang GT BBK Shorty Headers, H Pipe, CAI, UDP, 255lph Fuel Pump Spec Stage 3 Clutch FR500's all the way around Cobra R Hood Want Gears, Cam, TW Heads, Turbo(Last)

October 24th, 2011, 01:54 AM	#2
horsepowerjunkie Hardcore Enthusiast 1989 Black LX---Turbo Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: just outside Minot, ND Posts: 1,153 iTrader: 0 reviews	Glad everything worked out for you. That's a whole lota work! __________________ 89 LX Black, Boss 331, C4,T76BB, FAST EFI 82 Capri RS,89 5.0 HO,Comp XE266,TW 170,T5,etc. 73 Dart Sport 340, 410ci Bracket Brawler 72 Demon 340 4-speed 1 of 1667 01 Ram Quad Cab 03 Grizzley 660

October 24th, 2011, 02:54 AM	#3
SSteady98 95ish5.0 1995 GT Slow Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: San Angelo Posts: 490 iTrader: 0 reviews	Haha yeah it was a very large and substantial amount of work we did this weekend. we went from about 10am to 1 am. Worth it in so many ways, though. __________________ 1995 Mustang GT BBK Shorty Headers, H Pipe, CAI, UDP, 255lph Fuel Pump Spec Stage 3 Clutch FR500's all the way around Cobra R Hood Want Gears, Cam, TW Heads, Turbo(Last)

October 24th, 2011, 11:08 AM	#4
ryanw I Post Entirely Way Too Much 1991 Ford Mustang GT Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Diego, California Posts: 6,063 iTrader: 0 reviews	Wow. Ya that's a lot of work. It took me' a month and half to do my engine swap. Lol. But I did do it all by my self. But some of that time was waiting for parts to come in. But on the other hand I only had to pull one motor and one tranny. The new engine was just sitting on a stand. I think even if I had help I still wouldn't have had it done in two weekends. It was my first engine swap though. Any ways good job __________________ DART 331ci stroker, AFR 185 heads, Trick Flow R intake, Accufab 70mm tb, 75mm pro m Maf, 30lb injectors, jba headers, 2 1/2" x pipe flowmaster super 10 mufflers, 255 fuel pump, 3:27 gears

October 24th, 2011, 07:05 PM	#6
713stang Newbie 1999 mustang gt Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Houston TX Posts: 26 iTrader: 0 reviews	did u have any trouble with the new motor coming from an E150? like it having a different fireing order and ca?m __________________ 1990 mustang gt, gt40heads f303 cam , and bolt ons

October 26th, 2011, 02:26 AM	#8
713stang Newbie 1999 mustang gt Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Houston TX Posts: 26 iTrader: 0 reviews	ok. but dont does blocks have flat top pistons? wat cam and heads did u use? did u have any issuses with the valve clearnce __________________ 1990 mustang gt, gt40heads f303 cam , and bolt ons

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