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Old Jul 4, 2003 | 12:35 PM
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how hard would it be to swap a 5.0 engine in an 88 ford festiva lol
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Old Jul 4, 2003 | 04:21 PM
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It's expensive. A lot of modifications have to be made to shoehorn the motor in there, then there is the fabrication of a lot of custom parts and conversion to rear wheel drive. To give you a rough idea the, the carb 302 rwd Focus kit sells for around $10,000, without the motor.
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Old Jul 4, 2003 | 09:19 PM
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holy shit never mind
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Old Jul 5, 2003 | 06:24 AM
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There's 2 SHO's in the plnat city salvage yard with engines and most everything less the wires that we took out for my stepbrothers' SHO =)
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