Engine swap for 89

blowinsmoke4life said:

I was wonderin if there were any kits or if any knows how hard or easy it would be to drop in a 12v or mayb 24v Cumminsd in to my 1989 F350 CC LB 4x4? Or if the powrerstroke was better

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Why ruin a perfectly good Ford with a cummins...:woot:.

I dont think there will be any kits available, not enough people looking to do it to that vintage of a rig, so the companies wont make them. You can get tranny adaptors, and motor mounts, but I think you will end up having to mount it all up.

Or, you could build a good running IDI. Shave .030 of the tops of the pistons (drops compression ratio), use head studs, balance everything, clean up the heads some, clean up the exhaust manifolds, fab up a custom turbo setup using a OBS PSD turbo, buy a Moose pump, get G code injectors. There you go, it should be good for around 300 hp, and you would be in it for less than a cummins instal, and you would be sticking with a good ole IH motor.

Thanx, I really did want to use my 7.3l i had but i jus didnt no wat to do i dont have money for a brandnew turbo kit and i didnt see it worth while to boost it with 21:1 cr but now how to down the cr i'll might have to do that thanx again

lottsa people have done it

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look at that, if u have the motor already, its cheep to switch