Hey guys,
I'm looking at buying a 2003 Mustang GT with the SOHC 4.6L. The motor's blown - I'm not sure what happened. However, I have a 4.6 from a parts car I used on a previous project which has a good motor with 40k miles on it. I need to know if I can do a direct swap, and what problems I'm going to run into. Also, I'm in CA so this could complicate things. I know that technically for smog, you can only swap a newer motor into an older car, but if these two motors are the same, I'm hoping the smog technicians will never have to know. My question is, can I do this swap? If so, can I use the ecm from the 2003 so that it shows up fine on the smog checks? Any advice? I only have a little bit of time to decide on doing this project and can really use everyone's help asap. Thanks guys!
I'm looking at buying a 2003 Mustang GT with the SOHC 4.6L. The motor's blown - I'm not sure what happened. However, I have a 4.6 from a parts car I used on a previous project which has a good motor with 40k miles on it. I need to know if I can do a direct swap, and what problems I'm going to run into. Also, I'm in CA so this could complicate things. I know that technically for smog, you can only swap a newer motor into an older car, but if these two motors are the same, I'm hoping the smog technicians will never have to know. My question is, can I do this swap? If so, can I use the ecm from the 2003 so that it shows up fine on the smog checks? Any advice? I only have a little bit of time to decide on doing this project and can really use everyone's help asap. Thanks guys!