Engine Swap Forum

i am looking forward to buy and swap the engine of a mustang 5.0 (1987-1990) into my little mazda b2200(1993)   i have never made an engine swap and i would like to know what there is to know ...    if anyone has any suggestions, comments or links that might help me please post them  or let me know

if you know any other interesting options let me know

thanks allot in advance

There are alot of choices when swapping engines into minitrucks.  350's are probably the most common, then I would say 5.0's.  I don't know of any Mazda swaps but I'm sure with a little patience you can find all of the info you'll need.

 

A short list of the things you'll need are:

 

All new mounts and brackets.

New radiator.

Transmission and mounts.

Possibly an entire new crossmember, or at least a heavily modified stock one.

Custom headers may be in your future to fit around the various obsticles in an engine swap.

A way of running it; ie. a full wiring harness and ecu, or a standalone.

A way to run your stock guages.  Unless you want to shell out more money for that.

The trans tunnel will most likely need to be at least beaten out at the very least. 

All new fuel lines.

 

All in all there is ALOT of custom fabrication that will be needed and plenty of time.  If you rush things during an engine swap then it doesn't turn out anywhere near the way you planned.

i have checked some 350 engines on ebay and are very interesting         i think i might go with one of these insted        i just want tons of power in my mini truck     

 

and thanks allot

A more economical, cheaper, and easier route would be to build the stock engine in the b2000 to handle boost.  This means forged pistons, forged connecting rods, and new bearings.  If you are unable to find the forged items, you could give JE a call, as they do plenty of custom work.