well as i have now got almost all the parts, i thought i would start a thread, the transit is a mk6 RWD, but its the rare petrol/LPG one, its also got almost every extra from the factory, twin side doors, tailgate, AC, remote central locking, rear parking sensors, electric windows, front fogs, rear step bumper/seat, the only thing missing and wasn't even an option back then is cruise control, and the build should add that,

last year i bought a 1045 mile salvage 2018 F150 pickup, with the 5.0 v8 and 10 speed gearbox, this engine is as near as damn it the same engine they fit in the 2018 mustang GT v8, its de-tuned a little, and has a different firing order ( your not aloud to fit a pickup engine in a car in america, so i think they do the firing order thing to stop u doing the swap), the intake is slightly different to the mustang as well, its designed for torque as its a truck, mustang intake is designed for performance, but other than that, i believe they are the same engine, 12:1 compression ratio, 32v, quad cams, direct injection and also port injection, and lots of other technical stuff, so its a very modern engine, the gearbox is a 10 speed auto with manual shift, double clutch set up, i have got the F150 Raptor steering wheel to give me flappy paddle option as well, getting the mustang 5.0 intake as well to help with the performance, getting a hand held remapping device (Ngauge) so i can get maps sent to tune the engine, and also delete the start/stop feature, and remove the ecu speed limiter, as i live close to Dover, i will be going over to france to get some E85 ethanol fuel, with the E85 and the mustang intake, the remap should be nudging 500hp going by the dyno graphs i've seen,

axle is coming from an american mk8 transit as they have the correct stud pattern and have factory LSD and i can change the ratio to a nice tall one, 3.08:1, and if the factory LSD is crap, then i have a choice of after market ones to choose from,

for now it will run stock exhausts from the donor truck, modified to fit the transit, maybe with a cutout to bypass the silencers, but i have bought some flanges so i can have some turbo manifolds made, and run it as a twin turbo setup, in the states this is common, and they are getting around 700hp with gt30 turbos, and a safe tune/remap, the tuning is all done to the factory ecu,

the donor truck had actually been damaged more than i knew when i bought it, as i bought it blind, so i've ended up buying another engine and gearbox as the original one is of unknow condition, but the loom and a lot of the other parts are all good, and it was cheap enough to be a donor even with a suspected dead engine. hopefully use the F150 fuel tank, and the gearbox is a 4wd/2wd, and can be run full time in 2wd mode, so as i have enough space under the van i didn't need a 2wd gearbox, saved me a few quid,

i work in the states most the year, so i have been collecting the parts over the last year, now its being packed up in a big crate and coming to the uk


the van is going to be lowered a little, but not to much, i have managed to find a spare set of the very rare Claibre Tour alloys, looking for some more so i can have a nice sticky set of tyres on one set, and some burn out tyres.

not sure how to put the pics in order, so they are a bit random, but show most the parts

should be a fun sleeper, shock a few performance cars as well

 

Interesting thread and one I am looking forward to following.

I spent a while with a few different mustangs and recently had a 5.0 for a while. It wasn't bad, the flappy paddle bit could do with some work. I found if I put it in manual it seemed to hang on for ages then finally go back into auto eventually.

The actual 5.0 was good, nice spread of power and I didn't mind the auto box after getting used to it. Just a shame LA traffic sucks ass so couldn't really open it up, well that a $4.60 + for fuel which sucked.

One of my friends has mentioned about putting a 5.0 into my audi quattro, he's just put a s6 (I think it was) v8TT engine in his with bigger turbo's etc.

 

a bloke i work with in america has the older 6 speed auto 5.0, and it is so smooth, and apparently the 10 speeds are amazing, the remaps i can get sharpens up the response of the gearbox and the changes, so hopefully it will work nice with the flappy paddles once its remapped, i like the audi engines, but love these new ford coyote v8's, this build is just a protoype or test bed, i have a mk1 transit thats getting the same basic setup, but will be way more power, build engine with a sleeved block so i can push the boost higher, the stock engine can only take about 10psi of boost, but that still get u in the 700hp ball park, being america and everything is cheaper, i can buy a forged and sleeved short engine for about $5000, this is rated are 1000hp at the wheels safe, that should make a mk1 transit hustle, with 4wd

 

Sounds very interesting will be following it

 

Oh I’m definitely going to keep an eye on this for sure. Subscribed

 

It'll be interesting to see a Lexus v8 Transit Verses a Ford v8 Transit run off.

 

on paper i don't think a lexus v8 will stand a chance, but it depends whats been done, and if its a newer lexus engine or an older one, the 10 speed i will be running will keep me in the power all the way, so i think i will win, with the twin turbo setup, i would be confident of a win

using an online calculator, my van is in the low 11's, the lexus van in the video is only in the high 13's, low 14's, so i shouldn't have to much trouble beating it

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Still under setup / development.

This was (the end of) his last car, Cortina with Cosworth engine;

 

The lexus transit belongs to Mick Rodgers used to have the mk3 cortina with the ybt in till he rolled it at pod,transit runs 1uz turbo but still in development,I’ve seen it run high 12s but that was middle of this year so no idea if it’s gone faster ,yours should deffo be quick but It’s a struggle with the weight and the aerodynamics of a brick,good luck will be interning build

 

I've been looking at american engines but bit out of my comfort zone with them so far, I see the dodge 5.3/5.7 engines in breakers all the time and have asked on prices ($100 for a bare engine if I pull it plus tax)

Not seen a dodge magnum engine in there yet which is one that I was interested in getting for an engine swap. I might do a bit more research into american v8's.

 

the newer dodge engines can be had relatively cheap compared to the new coyote ford, if u have a friend in america where u can strip a car, dodge challengers and chargers are plentiful salvage and cheap (iaai and copart usa), get a salvage complete car, way way cheaper in the long run, thats why i bought a complete f150, i paid $3018 including fees, an engine package would have cost me near 10k, as it happened the engine was unusable, but it got me a complete loom, ecu and loads of other bits, easily 3k's worth of parts, got another engine cheap as i didn't need the full running package, i picked up a spare gearbox as well, just in case, and i need a core to rebuild and beef up for the next project

 

What a cool and very different project this is.

 

Hopefully the quotes have been fixed

My wife lives in America so I spend time in both countries. I can find some cars in the breakers easily and its just my time and a minimal amount to get the bits I need. I might look into dodge's. I did enjoy the charger I had for a bit but absolutely hated the challenger to the point I was going to leave it in the middle of San Francisco and walk away I hated it that much.

We are looking for land to build a house/workshop on as her current place only has a double garage and I can't store much there. My two storage units I can store engines/parts but both have cars of mine in so getting a car to break is not an option until we move to a different state in the future.

 

i live half and half uk/usa, and my boss let me use our yard, and forklift, so i was luck, using the workshop maybe today to start building the crate to send everything to the uk, ordering the hand held tuner with 3 maps today as its black friday and is $100 cheaper,

i think if i was going dodge v8 i would try and find the bigger size engine, although the 5.7 has good power, the 6.x ones are nicer, and depending on the project u can now get the v8's in 4wd in the cars i believe,

my plan for the mk6 at the start of the year was to use a v6 ecoboost and 10 speed out of an F150, high power one if i could have found one, they are 450hp factory, not bad from a v6, but the prices are still to high, so as i already had a donor vehicle with knackered engine, i just went for the long block and a cheap used spare gearbox, by doing that i can test everything and the setup in the mk6, then build up the fully built engine for higher boost for my mk1 transit project. ( i like transits, u would never have guessed), the mk1 project will use the front drive from the donor f150 i already have to give me selectable 2/4wd at the flick of a switch

 

I think you mentioned before that you was out west way. I'm in NY state (with the high taxes )

have you shipped any cars over to the states by chance, looking to see what shipping costs might be.

 

not shipped to the states, but shipped plenty the other way, the big cost is in the transport within the USA, do port to port and its very cheap (under $1000 to the east cost or there abouts), to ship into america it needs to be over 25 years or the won't let it in,

yes, i'm in North Dakota while in the states working, should be uk bound before christmas, and all the parts for the build should arrive in the uk very early January, then the fun begins

 

steering wheel looks better with airbag fitted,

 

test run of my engine on the bench, dash working with factory complete loom

 

engine is in on engine mounts, still a long way to go, but at least it fits


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Looks good in the hole

 

Any progress with this?

I'm tempted by one of these engines, it will fit in between the strut towers on my car but I am interested to hear more about the ruling that stops people putting truck engines in cars? I've not heard that before and i've seen a lot of ls engines from trucks fitted to cars etc.

Is that only in America or UK?

 

No rules I'm aware of in the UK to stop you fitting any kind of engine!