First picture is the truck that will be getting the new drivetrain, started life as a 3.0l auto before I bought it in 2014. The truck came into my hands with a 4.0l OHV auto, didn't know that wasn't the original motor till a year later, also found out the miles were rolled back
. So the odometer says 152,000 but I have no idea what is the true mileage. Alright enough back story and onto the good stuff.
Before I started the thread I bought a 1999 Explorer 5.0l AWD as the donor vehicle for swapping the various parts to my truck. I pulled the motor, the transmission/transfer case.
For this swap the plans are:
Full rebuild motor
Use explorer motor mounts, radiator, computer etc
Wanted a 5 speed but auto will have to do right now
Ditch AWD and go with a BW4406 electric
Make BW4406 fit
Try to use headers (Hedman 88400) (fingers crossed)
Also swap in power leather seats and center console as a little icing on the cake
Current motor status
The headers that I am hopefully gonna see fit. If they need slight modification, which already I know they do because I have gt40p heads, I'm not opposed to but if they aren't even close, I'll just cut my losses.