Sorry, guys. I haven't been real great about supplying info on this project. It is a large project but really wasn't that terrible. What made it terrible was me pulling the 5.0 out and having it on the track with the 6.0 in ~3 weeks. haha I did complete a good chunk of the fabrication and figuring about a month before that by using a 99 limited parts car I have but it was still a lot of work once the 5.0 came out.
If you are willing to ditch AC, you have the room to fit an LS. If I had the time, I would have had a custom radiator made. The rad needs to be pushed as far forward as possible. I ended up buying an aluminum radiator and modifying the fill neck, port sizes, added mounts, and a drain ****. I am no expert tig welder and it therefore leaked but JB weld is your friend. LOL I plan to redo this at some point. I ended up going to a 160 deg thermostat.
Mounts were pretty easy. I attached pics. Trans crossmember is just a hack and mod of the factory unit. For the accessories, I used a kit from SSD Billet. The factory 5.0 power steering hoses worked perfect for me, I just had to trim the return line a little. Depending on where you mount the engine, the lines may or may not work. I had a terrible power steering whine and I couldn't figure the cause. This spring I determined that the reman pump I bought was defective from day 1. The camaro pump plays nice with the ford rack.
I did a turbo, so the hot side was all a custom job. Drivers side started from a "up and forward" ebay turbo header with one of the primaries rerouted to go around the steering shaft. Drivers manifold is a vette C5 header with the flange cut and flipped to have the exhaust shoot straight up and route over to the turbo. If I were to do it all again with improved welding skills, I would try harder to figure out a log setup. I just wanted to start from the most complete parts and work from there because of time and my limited welding skill. I would venture to say that headers for a NA setup will be far more of a challenge.
Turbo is VS Racing 7875 Billet and I am running their wastegate and BOV as well. Intercooler is just an ebay special, sized to squeeze between the rails.
Stock Gen IV 6.0 with only a jegs cam, PAC 1218 springs, and opened up gap on the piston rings.
Fuel system is a walbro 450, AN lines up to a regulator in the engine bay. I have a flex fuel sensor plumbed into the return line, but it isn't wired yet. 210lb bosch injectors, not needed at the moment but looking to go big down the road on E85 with a second fuel pump. LOL
Torque converter made by jakes performance to their recommended specs based on my setup. 4L80E with transgo HD2 shift kit, custom driveshaft with 1350 size joints. 3.73LS 8.8 rear, standard issue.
Engine management is a MS3 goldbox from EFI Source including a complete plug and play wiring harness. I am still working on making my factory cluster work, just haven't had time to mess with it.
I'm slowly working on tuning it and getting more power out of the setup. It is fun to mess around with, that's for sure. Maybe one day I will hit a dyno to see what it makes. My only real goal right now is to get it to around 550 rwhp
I am a ford fan, but for me learning turbos and tuning, I wanted a setup that had minimal money into the motor itself. There is no thousands of dollars in fancy machine work and internals to get flushed down the drain if something unfortunate happens. Its a stock motor out of salvage with some minor mods. The rest of the money went to auxiliary components that aren't likely to get damaged from engine failure. A stock 302 just wouldn't take this same abuse from a turbo and a n00b like me, though I would like to try someday.
