Mountaineer engine swap question.

[nobodyspecial]

Thanks! I am a member, but havent really posted a lot there.

 

[Moto Mel]

Sorry for arriving late to this discussion, but my thoughts are;
Have you looked into the later 351 powered vans? They are electronic controlled and of course F.I., I've seen a few at the bone yard I go to but never really looked at them.

 

[nobodyspecial]

Hmmm... I never thought about the vans. I will check that out. Thanks.

 

[Moto Mel]

Sorry for arriving late to this discussion, but my thoughts are;
Have you looked into the later 351 powered vans? They are electronic controlled and of course F.I., I've seen a few at the bone yard I go to but never really looked at them.

Just another thought; Aren't the 351 and 302 distributors the same overall length and cam gears? If they are you could use the cam sensor from your 5.0 and the coil pacs with your ECM as well as using your MAF and other accessories. I am primarily a FE fanatic but I've done a little with the small blocks when I was at Holman-Moody a lot of years ago. There may be a firing order difference though that will need to be compensated for. If I remember there was no difference in the engine except Ford decided to change the plug wires around. Just another better idea from Ford.

 

[nobodyspecial]

I had hoped it would be that easy, but there are differences in the dimensions of the cam sensor and the distributor. What I have found is that you can take a 3.8L cam sensor and have a bushing machined for it to mate up to the 351 block.