putting a ford 5.0 in a 72 Dart

[AJ/FormS]

You try telling your wife that? ..... lol. It didn't work out for me....... at all.

I find it refreshing that you want to be independent, creative

 

[RustyRatRod]

Putting a gen3 hemi in these cars is monumental as well. The only difference is, there is some aftermarket support.

 

[318willrun]

Just ask @318willrun. I bet he has lots of stories about putting FI on a 318.

Means you paged me, for the record I take FI off of 318's. Never added it. I replace TBI and the kegger intakes with carburetors.

 

[RustyRatRod]

Means you paged me, for the record I take FI off of 318's. Never added it. I replace TBI and the kegger intakes with carburetors.

Smart boy.

 

[Kegan B]

I mean it'll fit, think this car uses the QA1/Gerst front suspension

 

[RustyRatRod]

I mean it'll fit, think this car uses the QA1/Gerst front suspension

I like it!

 

[Kegan B]

I like it!

I just wish the coyote sounded better, that is my biggest issue with them. Granted most of them are in Mustangs that kids have chopped the mufflers off of.

 

[RustyRatRod]

I just wish the coyote sounded better, that is my biggest issue with them. Granted most of them are in Mustangs that kids have chopped the mufflers off of.

Are they the engines with the 180 flat plane cranks?

 

[RustyRatRod]

Are they the engines with the 180 flat plane cranks?

Nevermind. That's the 5.2 with the 180 crank.

 

[Kegan B]

Are they the engines with the 180 flat plane cranks?

Not sure, I know the 5.2 in the GT350 are flat plane engines (they sound decent).

 

[RustyRatRod]

I just wish the coyote sounded better, that is my biggest issue with them. Granted most of them are in Mustangs that kids have chopped the mufflers off of.

I don't like the way any factory EFI engines sound. They sound what I've always called "flat". It's just a different sound with no "personality" if you will. Even a stone stock 2bbl 318 sounds good in comparison.

 

[Unconventional]

I don't like the way any factory EFI engines sound. They sound what I've always called "flat". It's just a different sound with no "personality" if you will. Even a stone stock 2bbl 318 sounds good in comparison.

When I put the Hookers on Charlie the Swinger before I gave it to my brat to drive for school, instantly he sounded like there was a Purple Shaft added also. Just a factory 318, but those headers and turbo mufflers made it sound very lopey. I wasn't the only one hearing it either. Many people asked "What kinda cam has that thing got in it?"

 

[bcschief]

I like both Fords and Mopars but it would be sacrilege.

 

[RustyRatRod]

I like both Fords and Mopars but it would be sacrilege.

Not bad as an LS.

 

[NC Engine Builder]

Not bad as an LS.

I have secretly thought of a early fox body with a SBM in it

 

[junkyardhero]

I have secretly thought of a early fox body with a SBM in it

your ideas intrigue me and i would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

 

[abodyjoe]

Morning everyone
My question today is how hard and how much engineering goes into swapping a 318 with a 5.0 coyote? I want the modern smooth running fuel injection plus a little more HP without a bunch of huge parts that i'd have to add to the 318. what are the major stumbling blocks that I will run into?
Thanks for any help.

a coyote is wide as hell.. gonna need a bunch of cutting i'd guess.. a LS swap would be much easier in my opinion..

 

[TT5.9mag]

I say go for it. It’s only mounts, a trans crossmember, and a torsion bar crossmember. Same amount of work to do almost any overdrive trans and a gen 3 hemi. Do it, put turbos on it, make 1200 hp and drive the **** out of it. Who cares what a bunch of purists think that never drive their restored junk.

 

[75slant6]

I say go for it. It’s only mounts, a trans crossmember, and a torsion bar crossmember. Same amount of work to do almost any overdrive trans and a gen 3 hemi. Do it, put turbos on it, make 1200 hp and drive the **** out of it. Who cares what a bunch of purists think that never drive their restored junk.

The problem isn’t the mounts, it’s the headers/exhaust that become the issue. When Jared put the coyote in his Duster (with coilovers) he had to make extremely restrictive headers just to get them to fit.

 

[junkyardhero]

I say go for it. It’s only mounts, a trans crossmember, and a torsion bar crossmember. Same amount of work to do almost any overdrive trans and a gen 3 hemi. Do it, put turbos on it, make 1200 hp and drive the **** out of it. Who cares what a bunch of purists think that never drive their restored junk.

shoot man, a coil over front end and some J bars, remove the fenderwells and that solves about 85% of the problems right there.

 

[65 Cuda 340]

Well, I put a slant six in a Hemi Charger.





In the trunk.

Before I had a truck or a trailer.

 

[75slant6]

shoot man, a coil over front end and some J bars, remove the fenderwells and that solves about 85% of the problems right there.

Yup, that’d do it.

 

[jos51700]

I've had many people ask if my '93 Dakota has a can in it, and it's a bone stock Magnum 5.2, but it does haul ***.

A 4 link AND CalTracs? How’s that work?

 

[340six]

Just put a Tesla drive line in the car

 

[diymirage]

The problem isn’t the mounts, it’s the headers/exhaust that become the issue. When Jared put the coyote in his Duster (with coilovers) he had to make extremely restrictive headers just to get them to fit.

could he run fenderwell headers ?