LS Swapped S197 Mustang PT.11 | First Drive on the Street!
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- čas přidán 24. 08. 2024
- The LS swapped s197 mustang project is well underway and is moving under its own power. The goal for this project is to do this swap for cheaper than buying a 4.6 mustang of the same year, and to finish the swap in about two months. The LS swap was done using factory ford 4.6 motor mounts, and ls swap plates for pre-2005. Im using a 5.3 iron block LS mated to a cd009 manual transmission from a Nissan 350z using a Collins Adapter. The car was originally a V6, and I swapped in a ford 8.8 rear end to handle the power.
You have a wealth of knowledge!
Doing the same thing, just taking me a lot longer. All new to me.
Thank you,
B
hows it going
Nice got mine almost done .
Awesome bro. It's coming along great. I can't wait to see you turbo it. I am working on swaping my 03'Crown Vic Police Interceptor to a 6.0 or 6.2 depending on which ever I get. If I go with a 6.2 it's gonna be a Gen 5 so I can run. 6L80 or 90 trans. I was looking at a T-56 magnum but my wife cant drive stick. Like you said the T-56 is $3500 . Friggin expensive. Thanx for the content and info.
If your wife can't drive a stick, that means she wouldn't be able to wreck your car. Silver linings...
Man this thing is awesome love it
You're gonna regret using PTFE hose for the entire return line. You gotta replace it every 5-7 years. I put a Windsor in my S197, and did the same thing (ran a length of PTFE hose from the carb to the tank). Last year (seven years after swap), it came time to replace the PTFE, and I took that opportunity to replace most of it with a hard line to reduce future replacement costs (15 feet of braided PTFE is fuckin expensive). Now, I only have to buy four feet of PTFE the next time. I realize it was the easiest option, but honestly, hard line is a better way to go.
Also, consider getting a proper fuel hat - Fore Innovations makes a nice one. It already has AN fittings for both the feed and return lines, and supports up to three pumps. I ran a hacked up OEM hat (like you did) for seven years, which was more sketchy because the 2011-14 hats are plastic. The Fore hat is billet aluminum. Advice - don't cheap out on your fuel hat, there's a cheaper one available that is said to leak pretty bad, which is why I spent the money on the Fore hat.
Final note - now that you have it running/driving, you should take the motor out and rebuild it, and clean up the engine compartment. I personally don't like LS-swapped Mustangs, but if someone insists on going that route, they should at least take some pride in the work, and make it look clean and well thought out. Just sayin...
I understand that a hard line would be better for the return, but for the time it would take me to run a hard line I went with the soft line for getting the car on the road. Same with the fuel hat, I wanted to get the car on the road without spending a ton on $$$. I am planning on cleaning up the engine bay in the near future, still have a lot of work I want to do to the car first, but I want it to look like it came this way from the factory, there is just stuff everywhere right now for the sake of testing/ running wires for everything. I am not planning on rebuilding this engine though, I got it for free, and if I blow it up I have two more sitting on stands. I would rather have a car that runs and drives even if it is always a work in progress than one that always on stands because it needs to be perfect.
Nice brother.
Nice! I'm wanting to do a LS swap for my s197. I wonder if it works with the auto transmission vs the typical standard
It does…. I have a 4l60e in mines
Will the air-conditioning work again if so how you do it
Fucking doctor!
Was getting the driveshaft made expensive??? I’m pretty much done swapping mine, jus need driveshaft and do cooling.
I don't remember off the top of my head but it was around a couple hundred bucks including getting it balanced. I did provide the yoke for the transmission though.
I may have missed it, but what was the reasoning for the cd009 trans? I’ve seen it used in other swaps, but wasn’t sure if it was a reliability or fitment issue with the stock v6 trans.
Cd009 is stronger than the stock v6 transmission, and is also a 6 speed where the stock tremec t5 transmission is a 5 speed.
@@ark2002 thanks for the info.
Just curious why you would do all that work swapping it with a stock motor
Mustangs do not come stock with Chevy motors.
@@ark2002 lol
@@ark2002 obvi ment a stock LS dude.
I don't remember are you running a/c?
That's the plan but have not gotten that far yet, the compressor is on the engine already and clears the mustang frame.
Nice!!! Is it in the lower right side of the engine? The Crown Vic and the mustang have the sMe setup under the hood pretty much so I don't want to have to buy a aftermarket a/c bracket kit to fit the a/c compressor higher. The ones I see are mostly around 299 and up.
@@GrandPitoVic Yes it is on the lower passenger side of the engine, in the factory Chevy location. I have it on the car now so it does fit, but have not hooked lines up to it yet.
Cool. I was wondering if it would fit but doing that's where Ford puts them on the modular engines I figured it would fit. I am going to try and hook up the a/c off of the ford wires. I've heard I have to have the temp sensor hooked up to the ford wiring for it to work. But so my gauge will work I'm going to put the temp sensor in anyways. I am just goin to butt connect the LS a/c pigtail to my Ford harness and try it. That is still down the road for me tho. Thank you for the info.