E36 Five Oh Swap

[oHSo EuRo]

this thing sounds awesome. a good friend of mine did a 5.0 swap in his drift e36 and he loves it

I better love it lol

This is going to be savage! Are you from RI? I think I've seen this car in person

Yea from RI.

This should be awesome.

Not totally positive, but I would guess you will want to remove the paint from the mating surfaces on those heads(where the intake mani and header gaskets go).

Edit: I see you did on one side. Not sure if it matters for the exhaust side(assuming thats the exhaust side, lol). I really don't know about Ford V8s.

Yea I masked off the side that mounts to block but didn't bother masking off the exhaust side. I was too lazy . But I will probably clean that up once I'm done doing the valve springs and such.

i notice you got some gt40p heads for it.what kind of headers/manifolds do you plan on using.

Probably the BBK headers and Trickflow Upper and lower manifolds.

i loved the tfs stage 1 cam i had in my mustang.the rpm range on it was 2,000 to 5,500.didnt start pulling hard till 3,000 but it pulled hard all the way to 7,000.had like 330 dollars in it with matching valve springs.

Exactly what I'm doing, TFS valve spring kit with retainers, keepers, seals.

Pumped to see this finished, are you going to leave at this height to slide it?

I'm going to try. Plan is to use the E36 mounts with the conversion kit. They tell you to use E30 mounts but i know a few people who used E36 and it jacks the motor up. Only downside is the hood won't clear the upper intake manifold. So I'm just gonna cut a square into my hood for the time being and get a scoop probably lol

in for more. can't wait to see this.

I've always loved this car from the first time I saw it, style 32's are perfect for E36. Reminds me of my first car (samoablau E36).

Your "to do list" is

Not sure if the FF Overs are gonna happen. Ollie has a LONG list ahead of me and I still have alot of other shit to do for this swap before I start worrying about the body.

I like it

As do I!

UPDATE:

Here's what I've ordered so far and that's come in.
-TFS Stage 1 Cam
-Waterpump
-TFS Timing Chain Kit
-Valve cover, intake and head gaskets
-MSD Distributor Cap
- Ford Racing Spark Plug Wires
-ARP Head bolts
-70MM Throttle Body
- Smog pump eliminator bracket
-TFS Valve Spring Kit



My dumbass ordered a red rotor cap instead of black . The waterpump, T Body and eliminator bracket are going to be sprayed that low gloss black engine enamel. Everything I can possibly paint is going to be painted on this motor.

I would still like to order an Underdrive pulley kit and need to do some more research as to which starter and alternator I should use, I have been told that the stock ones aren't really efficient and that there are others that should be used instead.

I've started doing the valve springs, doing a bit at a time, will continue more later. This is the first time I am doing this and am pretty much teaching myself with the help of youtube and a local mustang facebook group. lol Not as bad as I thought.

[tohoopty]

i mentioned the headers you were going to use.the gt40p heads have different plug angles.not all headers will work with those heads.

[oHSo EuRo]

i mentioned the headers you were going to use.the gt40p heads have different plug angles.not all headers will work with those heads.

BBK works with the gt40p heads.

[12vsex]

MERICA , This is sick , I feel patriotic

[oHSo EuRo]

Gonna hang an America flag off my trunk.

[delvin]

I have a 95 GT alt on my fox, works great, I basically did this http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-foru...ox-upgrade.18/

as far as a starter, I have a autozone job, works great

coming along nicely sir

Oh hey, stay away from MSD except maybe a ignition box. The rest is trash

[DER E30]

Subbed for awesomesauce!

[FunfGang]

Hey hurry up and do a burnout <3

[SnazzyQ]

Do box flares then massive burnouts and get all the sexy time you want.

[oHSo EuRo]

I need some sexy time in my life. :/

[oHSo EuRo]

Went to finish the last head, I'm 8 keepers short so I cant install the last two springs. What the hell...

[electricalbox]

Went to finish the last head, I'm 8 keepers short so I cant install the last two springs. What the hell...

Keep it up man!

[anti.engineered]

I am on board for this. as someone that knows nothing about BMWs (I'm in the wrong place right) and has had little to no exposure to the "five oh", this is refreshing.

More specific plans for the bay? Are you handy with a welder?

[oHSo EuRo]

Bay is getting shaved, nothing crazy. Just removing the seam sealer and smoothing everything out. I'm petty good with a MIG yes.

[philohlean]

Hey you, thanks for doing this. Going to be a hell raiser when it's done.