Lincoln HO Conversion Reply #30 – May 20, 2009, 02:21:35 AM your 3.8 tranny will be fine. Spend a little cash on a good shift kit as stated before and it will live forever. A SC tranny would be best, but I bet that it is only a few hard part differences like valve body calibration, governor RPM differences, and a servo or two.....it defeats mass production standards to create a tranny that only works with one engine.That said a Lincoln HO engine will virtually swap in the car with little or no work. There is no extra sensors to make the engine run, it all the other high dollar Lincoln .....hence electric heated ball scratchers, power heated windshield wipers, variable ratio steering bearing retainers......blah blah blah....I'm sure you get the picture. Quote Selected
Lincoln HO Conversion Reply #31 – May 20, 2009, 02:50:34 PM Quote from: ZondaC12;273153Wanna respond to the engine route first.... If you have an H.O. definitely bolt the explorer intake and heads on....the explorer cam is garbage, the H.O. cam will work well with the other parts and give you plenty of power. Depends on the price of things I suppose. If you get the explorer motor as a whole it will be good but will be much better if you tear it down and throw in an H.O. cam. If you go that route remember that the 97.5-2001 Explorers have GT40P heads (which I run) instead of the regular GT40s. You'll need the FRPP headers for them as well as the stock HO headers won't work. You'll need ChuckW's mounts or you'll have to grind the stock motor mount down to get the headers to fit (which is what I did). Quote Selected
Lincoln HO Conversion Reply #32 – May 20, 2009, 06:08:14 PM Quote from: TurboCoupe50;273182A Mark VII engine has NO extra sensors... At most you'll find a sensor for the EATC system but that's also on some Birds and Cougs...The engine doesn't, but what about the body harness? Considering it rides on bags, isn't that part of the body harness?Not to mention the different fuel sender for a full digi dash as opposed to an buttstuffog/base dash cluster. Quote Selected
Lincoln HO Conversion Reply #33 – May 21, 2009, 10:25:25 AM Yeah mines an 85 v-8 cfi. and the two guys that are hell bent on me swapping it said they have a mustang harness and computer. At first he forgot i didnt have a roller motor. He said just swap the upper and lower intake then he remembered i have cfi. this might be a fall project Quote Selected
Lincoln HO Conversion Reply #34 – May 21, 2009, 04:36:06 PM You really need a T-Bird/Cougar harness.The Stang harness is different. Quote Selected
Lincoln HO Conversion Reply #35 – May 21, 2009, 04:40:57 PM I converted my 88 from V6 to V8. You will need to know how to read wiring schematics in order to do this conversion. I would get an EVTM for the year of the car and the year of the wiring harness if you can, it makes life a lot easier. Quote Selected
Lincoln HO Conversion Reply #36 – May 21, 2009, 04:43:19 PM In response to the Explorer cam being junk...it absolutely isn't...it'll make peak power right about the same RPM as an HO cam, but makes great low end torque...Explorer cam is definitely worth it in an AOD car and it'll still run when you add a little more air through it...makes peak power at 4700 on the '96-'97.5 GT40 headed explorer/mountaineer and peak power at 4200 on the later '97.5-'00 GT40P headed explorer/mountaineer...the P heads make more torque and power in mild combinations, but with increases in RPM, the earlier GT40's really shine.Good luck,Don Quote Selected
Lincoln HO Conversion Reply #38 – May 21, 2009, 08:40:59 PM ...Didn't realize giving somebody good proper information was considered "hi-jacking"... Quote Selected
Lincoln HO Conversion Reply #39 – May 21, 2009, 08:53:35 PM Quote from: Sick88Tbird;273591...Didn't realize giving somebody good proper information was considered "hi-jacking"...It's not a big deal, but it was originally my thread about an 88 car and then we totally swapped directions to talking about an 85. lolo Quote Selected
Lincoln HO Conversion Reply #40 – May 21, 2009, 09:16:48 PM Ah, you were referring to the other guy a few posts up...that makes more sense...lol. Quote Selected
Lincoln HO Conversion Reply #41 – May 22, 2009, 07:59:37 PM Quote from: V8Demon;273353The engine doesn't, but what about the body harness? Considering it rides on bags, isn't that part of the body harness?Not to mention the different fuel sender for a full digi dash as opposed to an buttstuffog/base dash cluster.All the harness' is totally different on a Mark VII... If anyone wants to try using them in a Bird/Coug, well you have bigger ones than me and I have no issue withing most wiring jobs...On the '86 I had, the harness traveled down the driver side inner fender, across the radiator support and back up the passenger side through the fire wall to the EEC... This is a harness that's nearly as large as your wrist and has the engine, lighting system, ABS and auto level system intertwined... The Injector harness came off between #1 & #2 cylinders and connected with the 10 pin plugs at a opening in front of the strut tower...A TC uses two harnesses, one for the engine control and a second for the ABS and ride control system... They are slightly intertwined(EEC test plug is in the ABS/Ride harness), but nothing that can't be worked around... As far as I'm concerned, except for possibly suppling some plugs, a LSC harness is totally useless... Quote Selected
Lincoln HO Conversion Reply #42 – May 23, 2009, 01:34:25 AM ok, ill just use my original cougar v8 harness instead of the lincoln's, thanks Quote Selected
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