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I know this is a little different, but I need to put a chevy into my ford.
I found out earlier that all of my backfiring and lack of power was because of eight bad exhaust valves, and two pistons with basically no piston rings. (The air from the leakdown, went straight in and right back out). At my house I have a SBC in a 1966 Chevy truck just sitting around that just needs heads and a non leaking transmission. This engine would need to go into a 1985 mustang 5.0. Has anyone heard of this being done? If so please point me into the right direction as to where to look. Money is real tight so I am thinking that this would be more cost effective that building a whole new engine for the car (If I am going to build it, I do not want it stock) !!! Thanks alot in advance.

there is a pretty good parts market for the 5-0, i would suggest just rebuilding it...they make good engines. Not too expensive because the 5-0 parts are about as common as the sbc parts

The swap can be done, but if you're on a real tight budget I wouldn't recommend doing so since there are too many problems to contend with. Oil pan sump, motor mounts, radiator hoses, tranny mount, driveshaft, etc, etc. IMHO, you'd be money ahead to try and score a decent 5.0 from a junkyard. If I'm not mistaken Ford put the 5.0 in many vehicles.

Thanks gusy I understand a lot of hard work and customizing I was pissed off when i found out my car's motor had taken a crap i meen it was time after a 170,000 miles. I love my notch back mustang and i love ford and chevy both great companys both make really bad a$$ small block's and cars gotta love the new C6 Corvette but i appreciate you guys. I have decided to build the motor thusly.

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