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3.8 Split port swap carb conversion complete! Now with Pics!

Hey, just wanted to let you all know there is a thunderbird out there running and driving around with a 3.8SP out of a 2003 mustang with a 4bbl on it, 3G swap, Electric fan, etc.  It ONLY took me about 8 months to get it done.  :)
1983 Tbird with '03 Split Port V6 motor swap done! Headers, dual exhaust, 500CFM Edelbrock, 3G upgrade, Electric fan. 3.73 Gears and an FRPP Limited Slip. Five lug complete! 5-Speed conversion complete! Standalone Fuel Injection in progress...

3.8 Split port swap carb conversion complete! Now with Pics!

Reply #1
:ttiwwp:
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

3.8 Split port swap carb conversion complete! Now with Pics!

Reply #2
X2 :beatyoass:
95 Ranger Splash 2.3
88 Tbird Sport :ies::ies:
5.0 SO, stainless shorty headers, w/ Magnaflow lers. KYB struts, KYB shocks. 5lug conversion from sn95 Mustang, subframe connectors, drilled and slotted rotors, 03 Mach 1 wheels. sequential taillights.140 speedo

3.8 Split port swap carb conversion complete! Now with Pics!

Reply #3
So, have ya ever given a thought to the 4.2 internals...?

And pics X3! ;)
'84 Mustang
'98 Explorer 5.0
'03 Focus, dropped a valve seat. yay. freakin' split port engines...
'06 Explorer EB 4.6

3.8 Split port swap carb conversion complete! Now with Pics!

Reply #4
I'd be more interested if it was kept EFI, but interesting none the less. ;)

Post up some pics.
Long live the 4-eyes!  - '83 Tbird Turbo

Pics pics pics!

Reply #5
Doh! I knew I was forgetting something. Now, I know what you're all gonna say, "Your paint sucks"
 "Why'd you cut a great big hole in the hood?"
"Why is your engine bay so dirty?!" and
"Why isn't that scoop attached properly?".
---So, the paint is bad because the previous owner gave it a cheap paint job, and I have not fixed it yet,
there's a great big hole in the hood for the ginormous aircleaner that sits at a goofy angle,
the engine bay only LOOKS dirty because the paint is worn off,
and the scoop isn't attached, because, well, I've just spent 8 months getting the motor to work and I have not gotten that far yet. So there.;)
The gauge panel pictured is CNC'd aluminum :)
--As far as the internals go, I'm just happy she runs right now. When time and finances allow, I will be upgrading the motor further, definitely stroking it out, possibly adding a blower. So, without further ado, here's your pictures:
1983 Tbird with '03 Split Port V6 motor swap done! Headers, dual exhaust, 500CFM Edelbrock, 3G upgrade, Electric fan. 3.73 Gears and an FRPP Limited Slip. Five lug complete! 5-Speed conversion complete! Standalone Fuel Injection in progress...

And also...

Reply #6
Check out the purdy 3G alternator.  :) Thanks to JeremyB and everyone else who contributed to the Alternator swap threads!
1983 Tbird with '03 Split Port V6 motor swap done! Headers, dual exhaust, 500CFM Edelbrock, 3G upgrade, Electric fan. 3.73 Gears and an FRPP Limited Slip. Five lug complete! 5-Speed conversion complete! Standalone Fuel Injection in progress...

3.8 Split port swap carb conversion complete! Now with Pics!

Reply #7
Thats pretty cool. What intake is that?
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

3.8 Split port swap carb conversion complete! Now with Pics!

Reply #8
That would be a Morana V6 Racing 2pc 4bbl special. Has anybody noticed that the EGR is still hooked up? She did fly through emissions earlier this month.
Also, does anybody have a preference on Spark plug wires? She needs a new set, and there are just so many choices!
Also, the electric fan out of an '01 Mustang is LOUD!
1983 Tbird with '03 Split Port V6 motor swap done! Headers, dual exhaust, 500CFM Edelbrock, 3G upgrade, Electric fan. 3.73 Gears and an FRPP Limited Slip. Five lug complete! 5-Speed conversion complete! Standalone Fuel Injection in progress...

3.8 Split port swap carb conversion complete! Now with Pics!

Reply #9
I like Autolite pro series wires. Nice intake. I almost swaped a 3.8 into my old ranger. It had H-beam rods, ross pistons, compcam, and ported heads. It dynoed 300 horses on our engine dyno with that intake and a 570cfm street avenger holley. We built it for someone and the guy never picked it up. My boss told me I could have it but I didnt feel like getting into a big project and I couldnt park my DD long enough for the install.
88 Cougar LS 5.0 .030 over, ported E7s with GT40 valves & trickflow springs, Proform roller rockers, HO cam, removed air silencer, K&N filter, smog pump delete, 2.25" dual flowmasters, Pacestter H-pipe & headers, HO computer, 65mm TB, Explorer intake, 19# injecters, 3.45s, rebuilt posi, and TCI shift kit.

3.8 Split port swap carb conversion complete! Now with Pics!

Reply #10
It was one of the split port motors? Built and free? And you turned it down!?:D

Well, it definitely took some modifications to make it work, as I reused my front end accessories.
1983 Tbird with '03 Split Port V6 motor swap done! Headers, dual exhaust, 500CFM Edelbrock, 3G upgrade, Electric fan. 3.73 Gears and an FRPP Limited Slip. Five lug complete! 5-Speed conversion complete! Standalone Fuel Injection in progress...

3.8 Split port swap carb conversion complete! Now with Pics!

Reply #11
That is really cool. Hows the butt dtno?
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I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
Hooligans! 
1988 Crown Vic wagon. 120K California car. Wifes grocery getter. (junked)
1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
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3.8 Split port swap carb conversion complete! Now with Pics!

Reply #12
Is the bottom part of that intake a stock Ford piece, or is it a custom casting? I'm just wondering why, if it's a custom casting, would Morano Racing bother with a two-piece design instead of a traditional dual or single plane intake...
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

3.8 Split port swap carb conversion complete! Now with Pics!

Reply #13
Did you put '83-'87 accessories on a 2003 block?

3.8 Split port swap carb conversion complete! Now with Pics!

Reply #14
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Haystack  --    That is really cool. Hows the butt dtno?

I like to think so.
The dyno reads "Fun!" But I do need to make improvements to the rest of the drivetrain to take advantage of this motor.

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Thunder Chicken  --   Is the bottom part of that intake a stock Ford piece, or is it a custom casting? I'm just wondering why, if it's a custom casting, would Morano Racing bother with a two-piece design instead of a traditional dual or single plane intake...

Heh, yes, the lower intake is stock ford, the upper intake comes as an adapter plate and a riser, which is what you mainly see. It mounts the carb up there pretty high, so I think sometime this year I may end up working on a conversion manifold that replaces the lower intake entirely.

Also, as a side note, the manifold ordered from Morana was found to be not flat for shiznit on the parts that count(Bottom of adapter plate, carb mount) So I had it machined to flat, your experience may vary.

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JeremyB  --    Did you put '83-'87 accessories on a 2003 block?


Yep. That's what I had so that's what I used. I thought about using new ones, but I asked about the accessories for the motor when I bought it and they wanted 50-100 per piece or some fool thing, so I politely declined and made what I had work. And it works rather nicely.

Although, we will see what the AC shop has to say on Wednesday.
1983 Tbird with '03 Split Port V6 motor swap done! Headers, dual exhaust, 500CFM Edelbrock, 3G upgrade, Electric fan. 3.73 Gears and an FRPP Limited Slip. Five lug complete! 5-Speed conversion complete! Standalone Fuel Injection in progress...