Ford 5.0 swap into a Bronzit. Update: Now running, VIDEO ADDED.

[Exodus_2pt0]

New front joint today, and I got the flange centered. I'm starting to suspect the bell housing to be hitting the firewall at high rpm. Going to throw in a poly trans mount before I trash the drive shaft.

Useful info alert! I found a v8 explorer angle adapter at the junkyard. Someone had already pulled the heads, so it was a easy grab. I removed the cooler and used a filter fitting off of an old Ford straight six to attach a 300 filter. The manifold has to come off to install the adapter, but it fits! About a half inch clearance between the adapter bolt and header flange. The adapter also has an alignment piece that needs to be cut off to position properly, so have your cut off wheel and air tools ready.

If you go this route, be aware that it took an air hammer to remove the stock fitting from the 5.0 block. The you also need the fitting from the explorer, which has a 32mm hex head, that can only be accessed with a socket for you junk yard goers. Iirc, the bolt that holds the adapter to the block is a 18mm, but I'd take a 17 and 19 just in case I'm wrong. I tell you this because it took me 3 trips to get this thing.


Just thought I'd share. The car is running great, and once I get this vibration sorted, she will be heading down the 1/4.

[Exodus_2pt0]

Checked them today, they are goodntight. I'm going to try a new front u joint tomorrow as its only under a load but getting worse. Rear is new, but I reused the front.

[IronFreak]

Motor mounts?

[Exodus_2pt0]

I've got a strange drive line vibration going on. At first I figured driveshaft, took it down and re-bolted it to the diff and things are a lot better. No more shaking at 80mph, but I have this random vibration. 2nd gear is horrible and the shifter makes it feel like the engine is coming apart.

Harmonic balancer looks ok, but I think that will be getting swapped. Also need to look into what size bolts perfectly fit the e30 flange, which I am running m10's, and a quick search says that it's correct. Kind of sucks because they don't take up all the slack, so it is possible to have the flanges off center. I may be ordering a flange from jags that run. Until I get this vibration sorted out it is easy driving for me, which sucks with 300 ponies waiting to be unleashed on the pavement.

[bsturman92]

post em right meow!! along with burnout vid :)

[Exodus_2pt0]

Valve springs are dual, but it's strange that it has been getting better over the past day.

It does it occasionally, but not often. If you figure it out let me know!

I also worked out the exhaust today. 2.5 inch pipe off the passenger side header, to a 3 inch pipe across the front of the motor, into a 12x3" resonator out in front of the drivers side. The drivers side just T's into the 3 inch. Not ideal, but it works.

I now don't need ear plugs to run to the store, and it sounds great. Will post videos.

[eurotrash]

Mine breaks up toward the top also. Cleaned it up alot with the 6al and blaster but it was still there. After talking to the dude who built the motor he said it could be the pairing of stock valve springs with the bigger cam causing premature valve float. Otherwise im just gonna try a ground kit i think.

[Exodus_2pt0]

Another video.

I have a few bugs to work out. It dies when sitting at idle once warm (maybe O2 sensor ground wire I missed), and it breaks up in the higher rpm. The breakup was there when the engine was in the mustang, apparently a mechanic had pulled timing to fix a starting issue.

Other than that, hauls ass! I need to do something about the exhaust though.

[IronFreak]

I will watch that video everyday until mine is making the same beautiful noise!!! Great job bro so happy for you!

[Exodus_2pt0]

As promised. Low quality, because our internet here sucks.



Don't mind the terrible singing in the background. ;)

[Exodus_2pt0]

You'd be surprised at how well this engine runs on 4 cylinders!

Sounds amazing now. Video soon.

[IronFreak]

351 is the same as the 302 HO.



This should help you.

[eurotrash]

Pretty sure 351w is dif too. The more you know...

[Exodus_2pt0]

Just got home.

Only thing left is to wire the coolant temp gauge on the cluster, and brakes.

Got the charging system working, along with the battery light on the cluster. I'll need to install a tach but I'm not too concerned. I generally shift by feel anyway, and I understand this isn't a high rpm engine so no need to really wind it out.

My buddy never e-mailed me the video from his phone, so hopefully tomorrow it will be up. I really need to take another anyway as I learned the hard way that SBF's have 2 different firing orders, standard and HO. Apparently the one I looked up first was not for a HO engine.

Hopefully I'll get to drive it tomorrow. After the first drive I have to force myself to pull it back in and clean up the wiring, needless to say it's a mess that needs to be organized.

[eurotrash]

Rad