Mustang engine conversions

[burntrice087]

Hi guys i just got a 1998 base Mustang and i'm looking to replace the slow ass V6 in the near future. is it possible to drop a 5.0 engine and if not what other short blocks can fit in it??

[thunderbird muscle]

It is depending on how much you want to spend on it. You can also use the 4.6

[Wolf]

4.6L, 5.4L.

In the end, it'll probably end up being cheaper and easier to just sell the V6 and buy a GT.

[burntrice087]

Originally Posted by Wolf

4.6L, 5.4L.

In the end, it'll probably end up being cheaper and easier to just sell the V6 and buy a GT.

that is a good idea, but i want to make my Mustang unique as iam going for a sleeper. i have about 8K in my pocket i can spend on an engine plus that needs to cover installation at my local garage,

[SVTcobra306]

Your best bet is to find a rear-ended or rolled GT in a boneyard. You will need, at a minimum, the engine, radiator, complete wiring harness, and computer, the transmission, and I have no idea if they use the same rearend. I think that's the same, so...

You will also have to either install a GT guage cluster, get a custom one, or get yours adapted to having a V8.

Now, assuming you have all this done and not a built up motor, you will possess the most expensive 14 second Mustang around.

If it were me....I'd find a '95 GT or GTS and put on a quiet exhaust (catted H with Dynomax super turbos) with dumps, rig up a dummy single exit rear pipe (for that 6-cylinder look), swap the badges on the front, or lose them altogether, and put a rear bumper cover on that says "MUSTANG".

Bonus points go for a screw-on chrome exhaust tip (one of the little 2 inch ones) and crappy paint. The V-6 wheels are a bonus too. Double bonus points go for WWJD fish emblems and/or "my kid is an honor student" bumper sticker.

Realistically, building a sleeper isn't even hard anymore. I get asked all the time if my Cobra is a V-6, just because the rear bumper only says MUSTANG. Somehow the twin shiny pipes and flomasters and lumpity-lump V-8 rumble get overlooked

[boosted331]

Originally Posted by Wolf

4.6L, 5.4L.

In the end, it'll probably end up being cheaper and easier to just sell the V6 and buy a GT.

All it takes is a k-member, ECU + wiring harness, motor/trans, and rear end. To swap in a 4.6 2V you can do it for less than 5K easily. If you know what you're doing it will be a LOT cheaper to just swap in a 4.6 2V.