5.4 lightning engine swap into 98 GT

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Yep local duy did it and he just sold it because it was a money pit LOL. Just WAY too many little things, I dont think he ever even got the thing running, and the engine is TALL. He had to have a HUGE hood just to make it fit.

I would skip doing that swap.
 
Just take the short block, port and polish your heads, and get a centri blower.... It will fit under the hood if you use the stock mustang intake and get the intake adapter plates.

With a lightning motor w/ blower you would need a 8" cowl hood!
 
Theres a girl who used to post on here that has it in her purple 96, even with the Cobra R hood they still cut the hood open for clearance. Ran well though, it was in the KOTS (king of the streets) competition in a magazine last year and makes over 500rwhp/tq.

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lightning swap

i have a 98 gt with a 01 lightning swap it has a vortech v1 sc and i had a custom intake made but it fits under a 2 in cowl hood the swap isnt as bad as everone says mounts r same as 4.6 and harness is similar
 
that purple one looks sick as f**k with the black Saleen's on it. I would never atempt that kind of swap though. Im sure it would be a lot easier to do a terminator swap. Plus, isnt that engine a hell of a lot hevier than a terminator motor:shrug: Probubly wouldn't handle worth a s**t
 
An N/A 5.4 drops right in. Mounts the same, uses the 4.6 harness, uses all the 4.6 accessories and everything. Get some adapter plates or HPS 5.4 intake, and slight widening of the midpipe and thats it. Similar HP to 4.6 with much more torque. Centri blower or nitrous would turn things crazy fast.

I got a 5.4 motor CHEAP. Stripped it down to bare block and kept the timing cover/components. I may still go with it, but I'm considering abandoning the swap.