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[crazeflier07]

Well I know that people have been swapping new high horsepower motors into older cars like the corvette motors into 60s camaros but I was thinking of swappin a older style motor into my 98 mustang. I love carb'd motors so my future plan was to swap in one of these:
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What would be some things I should expect to change besides the shrinking of my bank account? Thanks.
~Jon~

[Randy67]

I believe you would need the K-member from a 94-95 Mustang 5.0 or one of the aftermarket k-members (like from Maximum Motorsports) to do this. This would make the swap easier. Quite a few people have put 351W into mustangs (I believe that engine is based off the 351W), so it is possible.

[derekf]

You might look into the legality of such a changeover before dropping any cash -- I believe some states either don't allow older motors/newer cars swaps, or require that the engine meet the emissions requirements for the body year.

[crazeflier07]

ahhh, thats not cool...well we dong have inspection down here in florida!!! Could probably get away with it here but when I was previously registered in PA there would be no way I could get away with that if there is such a rule.
~Jon~