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Finally... that day has come when _I_ get a good deal. A friend and I are getting an '83 Bird with a rebuilt 5.0 for $200. A neigbor of a brother of a friend wants it out of her yard and we're the perfect folk to take it off of her hands. We're going in half-and-half, I'll take the motor, trans, and the other engine related stuff, he'll take the rolling chassis (I already have a bird, he wants to put a 350 in his... to each his own.)
So I get a TBI 5.0 and trans for $100. I'm going to take a few months to accumulate the parts I'll need to swap it in to my '90 3.8. I'll build the motor to where I want it (will be doing and EFI conversion on it) and then take a week off later this fall to swap it in (might do the 8.8/MkVIII driveshaft swap before then.)
Question... let's set up a hypothetical year... let's say 1992. If I took a 3.8 ECM from that year, would I be able to pop a 5.0 chip in it and use it? Is that a dumb idea?
Also, it's got an AOD... Ford upgraded these trannys to manage the 302's higher torque output, right?
Thanks for indulging me,
Josh
So I get a TBI 5.0 and trans for $100. I'm going to take a few months to accumulate the parts I'll need to swap it in to my '90 3.8. I'll build the motor to where I want it (will be doing and EFI conversion on it) and then take a week off later this fall to swap it in (might do the 8.8/MkVIII driveshaft swap before then.)
Question... let's set up a hypothetical year... let's say 1992. If I took a 3.8 ECM from that year, would I be able to pop a 5.0 chip in it and use it? Is that a dumb idea?
Also, it's got an AOD... Ford upgraded these trannys to manage the 302's higher torque output, right?
Thanks for indulging me,
Josh