v8 change over(ford)

[old 924]

i've seen all kind's of stuff for GM ..is there a kit for ford.(302 carb'ed)....

[BReif61]

1.) LS engines are far from *****ty
2.) The carb would probably stick out of the hood.

[petrolhead611]

A 302 is heavy enough to grant you terminal understeer.

[matthewb]

Running aluminum heads and moving the battery backward would help. I am not sure I would say "terminal under steer"

Are you suggesting a 302 is significantly heavier than a SBC or LT1?

[fiat22turbo]

The distributor is usually in the wrong place to clear the hood.

Otherwise, you'd have to build your own kit using the same basic principles used in a SBC swap.

Bellhousing + TT adapter + custom motor mounts + custom headers.

[Cocacolakidd]

With a Cowl Induction type hood will close over the carb and distributor on the Ford motor.

An Alloy LS1 Chevy motor is 30 pounds heaver than a 2,5L 944 motor. A cast iron block motor with aluminum heads, Chevy or Ford is 160 + pounds heaver than a 2.5L 944 Motor - thus to much weight in the front for true balance (and never mind using cast iron heads also).

[haroldina]

I've been working on an EFI 5.0 install and I can tell you you'll need a pretty short distributor to clear the hood. I'm going with DIS so I can run the throttle body out the front like on an LSx and will be running a box upper intake. I can't see how a carb would fit under the stock hood, either.

The torque tube adapter is pretty simple if you use a bell housing out of a '70 Mustang with a C4 and a slave cylinder from a 2011 Mustang GT500.

You won't find a kit for it anywhere because the LSx is so popular. Most people would argue the LSx is the tool for the job, but I figure it's my car and my money so I'll install the engine I want to use.

[old 924]

Originally Posted by haroldina

I've been working on an EFI 5.0 install and I can tell you you'll need a pretty short distributor to clear the hood. I'm going with DIS so I can run the throttle body out the front like on an LSx and will be running a box upper intake. I can't see how a carb would fit under the stock hood, either.

The torque tube adapter is pretty simple if you use a bell housing out of a '70 Mustang with a C4 and a slave cylinder from a 2011 Mustang GT500.

You won't find a kit for it anywhere because the LSx is so popular. Most people would argue the LSx is the tool for the job, but I figure it's my car and my money so I'll install the engine I want to use.

amen good for u..i was just thinking out loud when i posted this A. i have a 302 from a 93 cobra just sitting around with under 100,000...and B. all i see is about LS1's..and they are a great motor...just being a ford guy and not seeing anything about a ford swap was just getting on my nerv..and i was thinking carb's just cuz im lazy with the EFI...it would be just a dream at this point for me right now..