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351c to Gen3 Coyote
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Im excited to see this! id like to do the same to mine in the near future! keep us updated on the build!
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Wow, what a beauty! Manual speed box behind?
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Take a look at my build pictures in the project build threads. I'm building a 72 Mach I with a coyote and 6R80 in it. It is running an moving on it's own power. About ready to go back to the body shop to finish the paint.
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I just watched a tv show (the Ride that got Away) where the shop put a Coyote in a 68 mustang coupe and they had to remove front suspension and shock towers to fit the engine into the bay.
Hope for the best and plan for the worst!
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Take a bunch of measurements. You may have to move to a strut suspension like AJE so you can trim the shock towers back.
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That is the route I went on my 72. I have seen pictures of them in 71-73 with the schock towers in place but it looked tighter than I wanted. I also wanted aftermarket coil over suspenssion and rack and pinion steering.
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Shock towers will be notched out and steel plates welded in to make room. A front suspension kit will replace the original which will also relocate the steering linkage. Not sure about whether the brake booster will have to be replaced. Yes. I will post more photos as this progresses.
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Awesome! Will do!
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Lots of pictures of a Coyote install in this build thread. Click the link in the first post for the photo album of the build.
https://7173mustangs.com/threads/1972-restomod.37120/
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A friend and also a member here, is putting a Coyote motor in a convertible. He's not much for posting, doesn't have time, but I've seen the progress. He is reinforcing the frame as well as shock towers etc. I've not been to see it lately, but it certainly is not a "drop in" conversion.
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Thanks. Doing the same with the frame rails.
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I don't think a brake booster will fit unless the engine is moved forward quite a bit.
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Holy sh*t batman, that's quite the surgery there!!
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Yeah, there isn't too much stock in that engine compartment.
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No room for brake booster. It’s been a while since I used manual brakes
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Good to know. Installing 4 wheel disks now.
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A couple updated photos on Miss Piggy and the Coyote swap. Photos show original 351c 2v, engine bay, later with shock towers notched out, test fit of Gen 3 Coyote and 6 speed trans, interior shot of trans hump expanded, engine compartment cleaned and painted, 17” REV billet wheels paying homage to the magnum 500’s, Baer 4 wheel disk brakes, etc.
