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wolfgraj · 04-15-2008, 03:41 PM

The idea of being able to swap 4 year old motors into my cougar for about $400 w/ 20k miles on them is really appealing. I am pretty much set on going with the full swap '04. I heard that I could use my 2.5 oil pan and pickup (or just tap the '04 pan) to fit my MTX. I then plan on using an '02 escape fuel rail (so the fuel rail exits on the correct side). What im sorting out now is going from return------>returnless. I saw that it is easily done with an after market FPR but I also heard a couple of guys have found a way to easily do it (w/o brazing or ne of that stuff) using OEM ford parts.

Im also looking for info compensating for the throttle body positioning (cables and such).

And last of all thinking about a descent tune! Im from the honda world where you custom tune your car on a laptop (real-time with Ostrich). This XCal thing is all new to me.

Any input would be awesome.

04-15-2008, 03:41 PM	#15 (permalink)
wolfgraj NECO Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 10	Re: 2.5 to 3.0 questions The idea of being able to swap 4 year old motors into my cougar for about $400 w/ 20k miles on them is really appealing. I am pretty much set on going with the full swap '04. I heard that I could use my 2.5 oil pan and pickup (or just tap the '04 pan) to fit my MTX. I then plan on using an '02 escape fuel rail (so the fuel rail exits on the correct side). What im sorting out now is going from return------>returnless. I saw that it is easily done with an after market FPR but I also heard a couple of guys have found a way to easily do it (w/o brazing or ne of that stuff) using OEM ford parts. Im also looking for info compensating for the throttle body positioning (cables and such). And last of all thinking about a descent tune! Im from the honda world where you custom tune your car on a laptop (real-time with Ostrich). This XCal thing is all new to me. Any input would be awesome.