[George G.]

It can be done. If possible, use aluminum heads to reduce weight. I shoehorned a 460 into an 89 Mustang coupe and it was way nose heavy. Being that yours is currently a v8 setup, the stronger springs may help(mine was a 4cyl). You'll need to replace the headers, oil pan and motor mounts just to set it in there. Then you'll need to figure out what you want to do with the power steering. I couldn't find any conversion p/s pump that had the v-belt pulley. March pulleys might have some kit by now to convert all the pulleys to a serpentine belt type...not sure. I was running with no p/s. If you're gonna run with no p/s, you'll need to replace the p/s rack with a manual one cause it WILL ruin. If you're gonna build this motor up, I wouldn't use anything less than a C6 trans. There's a kit to use a T5 but I had numerous people tell me that it wouldn't hold up to the torque. To use the C6, you'll need to buy an adjustable trans crossmember or you can grind the tac welds from the stock one and slide the crossmember as far back as possible(You'll see what I mean once you look) and re-tac the welds on the member. There's also some modifications that you'll have to do to get a shifter to work with the tranny. I can't remember what I used but it was a B&M shifter. It fit nicely in the ashtray hole. You'll also need to get a custom driveshaft made to adapt to the 8.8 rear diff. As posted before, you'll need to cut your hood or find a cowl hood. I had to use a 6 inch cowl hood before it would close. I had a Weind intake and a 750 Holley DP and with the 6 in. cowl, I had to run that cheap Edlebrock triangular crappy air filter to shut the hood. Let me know if you have anymore questions. I should have some pics laying around somehere is you want to see. I never did "finish" mine to how I wanted it....kinda wish I still had it. Later and good luck.