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87 5.0 sport 357 swap need help!!

i have a 87 sport with a 5.0. i wanna swap it to a 357 i have sitting around. ive done a lil homework but im still confused on what i need to do this swap.
main questions would be... what needs to be done to the 5.0 harness to run the 357?? im prob gonna do a carb set up on it so im assuming most of the harness wont be needed.

second my car being a fully loaded sport has a full digital dash in (no needle gauges at all) will they still work or do i gotta put new ones in?

what k member do i need or dose the stock one work and what motor mounts?

i have a set of tri y long tube headers for it that are for fox body cars (mustang tbird and farmont) will the work with it having a aod trans?

im leaving the aod trans in it for now but do i need a different converter for it?

what belt setup do i need to get or dose the 5.0 one work?

what intake should i get to keep it under the stock hood? or isnt that possible?

what should be done about the fuel delivery in it being switched to carb? possibly do all new with a sump system?

what kind of ignition system should be used??

and any other advice you guys can come up with will be appreciated thank you!!

87 5.0 sport 357 swap need help!!

Reply #1
The block is a 72 witch has the shorter deck height

87 5.0 sport 357 swap need help!!

Reply #2
What's a 357?
'84 Mustang
'98 Explorer 5.0
'03 Focus, dropped a valve seat. yay. freakin' split port engines...
'06 Explorer EB 4.6



87 5.0 sport 357 swap need help!!

Reply #5
Whoa...what?
'84 Mustang
'98 Explorer 5.0
'03 Focus, dropped a valve seat. yay. freakin' split port engines...
'06 Explorer EB 4.6

87 5.0 sport 357 swap need help!!

Reply #6
357 is a 351w bored .30 over. The technical math makes it 356. Something so most round up

87 5.0 sport 357 swap need help!!

Reply #7
all 351w's from 71-96 had a 9.503" deck height. prior to that it was 9.48".

google "351w fox body swap" everything that pertains to a Mustang, will apply to your TBird