can you put a ford v8 engine in a firebird?

[IwannaCamarosoBad]

Re: can you put a ford v8 engine in a firebird?

You'll go to hell for talking like that:spank:

Project heritic on LSXtv.com lol They put an LSX Engine in a ford GT DUN DUN DUN!!!!!!!!!

[niik000]

Re: can you put a ford v8 engine in a firebird?

i understand putting a chevy motor in a ford, but a ford motor in a chevy makes no sence. and project haritic a relly cool name.

[eazy_e6996]

Re: can you put a ford v8 engine in a firebird?

I've built several mustangs with 350 transplants in them and even one toyota 4x4 but swapping anything but gm into a gm is just plain wrong

[vanbibber]

Re: can you put a ford v8 engine in a firebird?

its like the saying goes... if you want a fast ford it'll need the heart of a gm.

[camaro9407]

Re: can you put a ford v8 engine in a firebird?

i think you should just buy a mustang and go to their forum. its just plain f*****g retarted to put a s****y ford in a car of such beauty.i njust dont understand

[IwannaCamarosoBad]

Re: can you put a ford v8 engine in a firebird?

i understand putting a chevy motor in a ford, but a ford motor in a chevy makes no sence. and project haritic a relly cool name.

Yeah it is ..... it awesome to watch put together too, I dont know if its done or not but I've Seen them do everything to it so far lol

[UDLOSE98]

Re: can you put a ford v8 engine in a firebird?

ha, ahhh how i love the ****ty Ford motor comments

[CamaroJeff™]

Re: can you put a ford v8 engine in a firebird?

anyone else here read hotrod magazine?
look at the results of drag week 07. the only fords that got any "best of" labels were chevy powered. only ford powered ford that got a label... got "fastest ford".

the ****ty ford motor comments are well deserved

[greasemonkey]

Re: can you put a ford v8 engine in a firebird?

As far as room goes, if you notice there is less room in a Mustang engine bay than a Camaro - so that wouldn't be a concern. I won't ask as to why, but I imagine it would essentially be a waste - only good for saying "I put a Ford engine in my Camaro".

[vanbibber]

Re: can you put a ford v8 engine in a firebird?

other than the 4.6 used in the terminators, ford motors suck nuts.

ford overbuilt the 4.6 for the terminator to get around any warranty problems that might come up (mostly due to the 99 cobras and how many problems they had) which worked out pretty nice for the cobra guys.

[vanbibber]

Re: can you put a ford v8 engine in a firebird?

As far as room goes, if you notice there is less room in a Mustang engine bay than a Camaro - so that wouldn't be a concern. I won't ask as to why, but I imagine it would essentially be a waste - only good for saying "I put a Ford engine in my Camaro".

have you seen a dohc 4.6? im guessing you havent. they are HUGE compared to a lt1 or ls1 and they are tight fits in fbodies. without having to do some fab work/cutting its not going to work.

[rdrr96]

Re: can you put a ford v8 engine in a firebird?

4.6 sohc is definately not worth the swap... the dohc motor might be but there is little to no way to get that things fat a** into our itty bitty engine bays. the 4.6's are WAY too wide. i believe the 5.4 is a bigger version of the 4.6 so i dont think that would fit too well.

5.0, thats probably possible but, why?

LS based engines would be a better option. or a good old fashion big block.
honestly i see no reason for putting a ford motor in an f-body. but im sure it can be done.

too much effort for so little performance in my eyes. more bang for your buck with a SBC anyway. IMO

[3.4 slow to go]

Re: can you put a ford v8 engine in a firebird?

go w/a built 347 to tackle the space issues, and then go w/either a paxton or turbo.

not everyone here is a gm nuttswinger.

[greasemonkey]

Re: can you put a ford v8 engine in a firebird?

have you seen a dohc 4.6? im guessing you havent.

Your guessing wrong - I know plenty of people with Cobra's and a few with Mach 1's. My point was there is more room under the hood of a Camaro because the shock towers are further apart. If you've ever done headers on a 4.6 the stock ones cant even come out from the top and you have to jack the engine up to even get to all the header bolts, just because the shocks towers are closer together. Thats only for shorties. Long tubes require removing the K member. Yes, the Modular/4 Cam is wider, but if it can be put into a Mustang, its feasible that one could drop one into an F body. (Although its probably not worth the money, given the potential of GM engines).

[vanbibber]

Re: can you put a ford v8 engine in a firebird?

go w/a built 347 to tackle the space issues, and then go w/either a paxton or turbo.

not everyone here is a gm nuttswinger.

negative, 347s are terrible boost motors. cylinder walls are super thin. buddy of mine just pissed away 10k on his 347/procharger project and its toast after a month of boost.