man you will have fun with a v8 yota everybody looks at you like what the hell does that thing have its great man dont have to worry about power you will have plenty of it plus i actually get decent gas milage if i keep my foot out of it around 13-15

 

haha thanks i am definitely excited to get it done i just sold my old trans and went straight to the parts store and purchased the flywheel, pressure plate and clutch master going to try and get the trans in it tonight will take pics of progress and post later hopefully it doesn't rain

 

glad i was able to help you get parts! ha ill be poppin your old trans in my runner in the morning!

 

got the Trans and transfer mounted in the runner this morning



then ran to Pick A Part to find a clutch pedal assembly

 

i pulled out my old brake pedal assembly and cut the spot welds of the pedal braket to make a template for the new clutch/brake pedal assem.

 

drew some spots and broke out the drill

 

installed new pedals and new clutch master



more to come tomorrow wiring and possibly plumbing

 

lookin good.

 

it didn't come out as nice as i planned but a BFH fixes all

 

lookin good man. bet your lookin forward to the wiring lol. it's not really that bad. should only need to splice in like ten wires or so. you keepin the toy fuel pump or puttin the stang pump in?

 

You will love the power difference. I love to waste fullsize trucks off the line. They dont know what hit em!

 

Are you keeping it fuel injected or putting a carb on it? I am thinking about putting a 5.0 in an early 90's 4runner so I will be watching your progress closely. I put a 5.0 in another vehicle and used an RJM engine wiring harness from fordfuelinjection.com. I'm no electrician so that's the harness I will use in my 4runner instead of trying to splice in the mustang harness.

 

im going to use the toy fuel pump i read on here some where but never verified it but my v6 pump puts out the same or close to the same gph as the mustangs

 

im keepin it fuel injected because im going to keep it CA smog legal for as long as possible. i just don't like the idea off having to trailer it around until it is absolutely necessary.

as for progress today i started removing the little stuff i over looked from the engine compartment but got sidetracked by some buddys who came over to see how it was going and lend a hand. amazing how every time i have help we just end up BSing and telling stories

 

had a little fun with the stang today then started pulling the motor out
i got everything disconnected and mounts unbolted just waiting till tomorrow to have someone there to help with the extraction

so close yet so far away

 

todays update is the new sbf is suspended in the runners engine bay

i am looking at ways of designing motor mounts. for those of you who have done this swap before can you through me some input on what you have done for mounts

 

Northwest offroad has bolt in motor mounts for the 5.0 swap

 

dude, just try to make your own first. but if you end up breakin down and buying some, buy from adavance adapters. i can almost guarantee you'll break the ones from northwest offroad, we did. thats why we copied advance adapters version and made our own. they held up alot better.

 

5.04runner - any other recommendations on parts to not buy from NWoffroad? I am going to be putting a 5.0 in a 4runner soon and I was planning on buying NWoffroad's bellhousing, clutch, headers, motor mounts, etc.

 

sweet my things fixed, cant wait till we get her out and run that 5.0