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Old 03-30-2015, 10:01 PM
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83 5.4L swap doable?

Got a 5.4L built up and sold the original truck I had it planned for. I have an 83 I was thinking of doing up and thought about using the 5.4, I have gauges key and computer as well. Doable with a harness, fuel and a trans? (Roughly)
 
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Old 03-31-2015, 12:30 AM
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I've put a '95 F150 4.9L into my '83 Bronco. I've put a '00 4.6L/4R70W into my '94 CV. I've put an '88 F150 5.0L/AOD into a '75 Bronco. Quint (do some Googling) put a ~'04 F150 5.4L/4R100 into a '78 Bronco. I know a guy who puts LSs into WRXs, S2000s, & even Civics (Google "civette"). I've seen many other radical swaps. It depends how determined & patient you are.

Click my signature & browse the albums to see my '83 Bronco. Click my username at the top of that page to see the other vehicles I mentioned.
 
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Old 03-31-2015, 05:59 PM
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Well I have swapped from a 4R70W to a 4R100 in a driveway on jackstands so I guess I could be fairly determined. I am currently doing research on slapping this thing into an 88-93 mustang with only videos to see and no actual information so if that doesnt work out I will most likely go this route since I have the motor and the truck.
I am assuming I will have to make my own motor mounts and get a custom set of driveshafts and tear into a wiring harness or get one built?
 
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Old 04-03-2015, 07:31 PM
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Good luck finding anyone to build a custom wiring harness for something that specific. Even-better-luck getting it to PnP. I only knew of 1 guy, and he had to quit due to health. I spent about a year customizing the harnesses for my Bronco, and I had it here to check. I plan on almost as long for the '93 EB Bronco I'm building now, but again, it's sitting here.

If you decide to do this, take a LOT of "before pics", and then take "during" pics FREQUENTLY. So the next person who wants to know about it can look at YOURS, even if you're not finished yet.
 
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Old 04-04-2015, 12:06 AM
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There was a guy a while back with a 94ish with a mod motor swap and later turbo it too. Anything is possible
 



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