mustang ac lines on the bird?

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mustang ac lines on the bird?

July 01, 2009, 11:00:16 PM

since i live in central florida i'm think i'm going to run ac in the bird. do the mustang 5.0 (87-93) ac lines fit the tbird? i have a new set of stang lines i was wanting to use on my 88 302 tc swap.

mustang ac lines on the bird?

Reply #1 – July 01, 2009, 11:27:35 PM

Yes, they do work but only if you have the Mustang a/c and power steering brackets on your 302. The line from the accumulator to the compressor is the same on all factory a/c 5.0 cars AFAIK. It's just the line from the compressor to the condensor that seems to differ between cars.

I don't know why Ford speced out different lines for different cars but that indeed seems to be the case. Having different a/c and power steering brackets probably has a lot to do with it (which results in different belt lengths also).

mustang ac lines on the bird?

Reply #2 – July 02, 2009, 08:39:20 AM

thanks Eric. i'm using mustang brackets since that was what the engine was going in.

mustang ac lines on the bird?

Reply #3 – July 09, 2009, 10:44:58 AM

dont know what the difference is but both the discharge
and suction lines have different part #'s and motorcraft
#'s for the mustang and the catbird parts. cant tell what it is
for difference without 2 cars together.