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With the cost of peformance parts for the FE motors most guys stick with swapping the 385 into Mustangs and leave the FE stuff for the classic/muscle car guys. So due to basic economics you will probably not see very many FEs in foxbodies.
 
yes it has been done. I thought one of the big mustang mags was going to do an article one but I have yet to see (or remember) it. shouldn't be that hard to do if you really want to. FE to me is starting to go through a rebirth with companies making new and lighter parts for them for people wanting to use the FE in their 60s muscle cars and get every bit out of them.
 
A friend of a friend slapped a 390FE into a 4 banger hatch. It was a total hackjob though. Motor was up way high, and tolted so the C6 would fit in the tranny tunnel. It went pretty good, and the welded 7.5" held up for a long time. Although he had cooling issues with the 4 banger rad and electric fan (duh). It once got so hot that the casing melted right off the sparkplug wires, wouldn't shutoff untill he pinched off the fuel line :nice:

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I have a clip of it after he put a cowl to clear the carb and painted it nice. It looked good on the outside, but a chain wrapped around the driver's exhaust manifold down to the chassis was not my idea of well built.

I have a video clip that im putting up on google video as we speak, but it will probably take a day or so to get approved.

My take, if you have the motor, it can work, but there are a lot better choices (stroked windsors or 385 series motors).
 
cool idea, but what mounts/k-member was used? the 385 stuff to bolt into a fox is different than the FE also is he just running regular manifolds? still, again cool idea keep it going !! post more pics !! :nice: