Coyote 5.0 Swap - 80 Series

[Enoc]

Has anyone attempted to do a 5.0 Coyote Swap on their 60 or 80 series? My 91 is finally dying after 420k miles and was thinking of doing an LS swap but as a Bronco and F150 owner… im more of a Ford guy than a Chevy guy. Figured id check if its been done before.

 

[matzell]

Engine is way to wide. Plus an LS is almost plug and play at this point.

 

[Kabanstva]

Engine is way to wide. Plus an LS is almost plug and play at this point.

Is there some kit you guys are buying to swap to an LS motor? Or do you have to piece everything together yourself?

 

[mudgudgeon]

Engine is way to wide.

That is my first thought.

 

[White Stripe]

I believe you can use a bellhousing adapter to make a coyote go to a nv4500. You will have modify the firewall a lot. Once that's done it should be downhill from their. The coyote is a nice engine but it's expensive. It's also bulky. Everything has pros and cons though. I think their might be a ford 10 speed adapter to the toyota tcase out their somewhere.

 

[PIP]

The Ford OHC engines are incredibly wide.

The Godzilla 7.3 is a pushrod engine it's only 25.5" wide. I believe an LS is similar.

 

[CrabCake]

Is there some kit you guys are buying to swap to an LS motor? Or do you have to piece everything together yourself?

Here's a good start that I've been eying for the LS swap...

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