Sbc v8 mounts “how”
#4
09-20-2020 | 02:02 PM
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From: Baton Rouge
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I have not seen any after market mounts for this swap.
Hooker Headers made a swap kit for the early B series to install a Ford 5.0.
I have (probably) the last kit they made.
I have an 89 B2200 that I am considering the swap. I have a complete 5.0 and 5 speed sitting on the floor of my shop...
You will have to fab mounts to do the swap. If you have any real mechanical skills, it is not terribly difficult.
You can use frame pads from a an early Camaro or GM intermediate along with the engine cushions. There is plenty of frame to bolt/weld to.
The only other issue is oil pan clearance which is not a really big problem,
The frame support cross bar unbolts. It can be dropped by adding fabbed square tubing to it.
You will also need a larger radiator, exhaust, drive shaft mod, and wiring.
It is pretty basic.
I have not seen any after market mounts for this swap.
Hooker Headers made a swap kit for the early B series to install a Ford 5.0.
I have (probably) the last kit they made.
I have an 89 B2200 that I am considering the swap. I have a complete 5.0 and 5 speed sitting on the floor of my shop...
You will have to fab mounts to do the swap. If you have any real mechanical skills, it is not terribly difficult.
You can use frame pads from a an early Camaro or GM intermediate along with the engine cushions. There is plenty of frame to bolt/weld to.
The only other issue is oil pan clearance which is not a really big problem,
The frame support cross bar unbolts. It can be dropped by adding fabbed square tubing to it.
You will also need a larger radiator, exhaust, drive shaft mod, and wiring.
It is pretty basic.
#5
09-20-2020 | 02:33 PM
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Joined: Oct 2018
Posts: 6,476
From: Northern California
If you are asking this then maybe it may not be a project you want to undertake. 
Try looking at Trans dapt products.
IMHO having done some PFWESP (for grim_reaper that translates to Pretty Fricken WeirdEngine Swap Projects )
I would not go to the trouble of carbolizing parts from other cars to do this for a number or reasons!!
And even a mild 250HP SBC will rip that 1990 Mazda B2200 without some serious thought to structural frame reinforcements in a sort while if you get into the throttle and just happen to be lucky to grab traction.
Try looking at Trans dapt products.
IMHO having done some PFWESP (for grim_reaper that translates to Pretty Fricken WeirdEngine Swap Projects )
I would not go to the trouble of carbolizing parts from other cars to do this for a number or reasons!!
And even a mild 250HP SBC will rip that 1990 Mazda B2200 without some serious thought to structural frame reinforcements in a sort while if you get into the throttle and just happen to be lucky to grab traction.Last edited by Callisto; 09-21-2020 at 08:59 AM.
#6
09-20-2020 | 02:39 PM
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Joined: Oct 2018
Posts: 6,476
From: Northern California
I see that is your first response on this forum..
You post some true HOT Rod modding skills...
WELCOME TO THE FORUM
You post some true HOT Rod modding skills...
WELCOME TO THE FORUM
Last edited by Callisto; 09-20-2020 at 02:42 PM.
#7
09-20-2020 | 03:14 PM
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Joined: Sep 2020
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From: Baton Rouge
^^ Thank you!
I have several Mazdogs, everything from a 1979 Ford Courier longbed to a 1989 B2200. Actually - 5 of them. The newer rigs don't interest me much.
I had a shop for a long time specializing in engine conversions...
Did swaps like a Ford 5.0/5 speed into a Jag "E" type, a 1988 B2200 to rotary, lots of GM Chevys into name it. Fords too. I even swapped a Buick V6 3.8/5 speed into a Triumph TR7
I'll post pix soon.
The biggest issues with swaps - oil pan, firewall, trans tunnel, driveshaft etc. Anything can be swapped, just a matter of how much fabrication it will take.
I should have said that a B series has a great engine bay for swapping a V8 into. There is lots of room and the frame is easy to make mounts for.
I will start a thread with all of my Mazda stuff soon. I don't want to jack this thread.
I have several Mazdogs, everything from a 1979 Ford Courier longbed to a 1989 B2200. Actually - 5 of them. The newer rigs don't interest me much.
I had a shop for a long time specializing in engine conversions...
Did swaps like a Ford 5.0/5 speed into a Jag "E" type, a 1988 B2200 to rotary, lots of GM Chevys into name it. Fords too. I even swapped a Buick V6 3.8/5 speed into a Triumph TR7
I'll post pix soon.
The biggest issues with swaps - oil pan, firewall, trans tunnel, driveshaft etc. Anything can be swapped, just a matter of how much fabrication it will take.
I should have said that a B series has a great engine bay for swapping a V8 into. There is lots of room and the frame is easy to make mounts for.
I will start a thread with all of my Mazda stuff soon. I don't want to jack this thread.
in around 1980's.... 
