1971 F100 Crown Vic swap w/Supercharged LS swap

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1971 F100 Crown Vic swap w/Supercharged LS swap

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Bought this 1971 this winter. Plans are crown victoria front suspension, LQ4, 4L80E, Turbo tire burner. Truck is really solid but of course drives just like all worn out old trucks.

Towing it home. I drove almost 2000kms round trip in one day to pick it up.

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Re: 1971 F100 Crown Vic swap w/ Turbo LS

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Got home safe. Went for one drive around the neighborhood just to try out the 3 on the tree. Never had one before. Clutch is totally shot. Shifting is a guessing game. The steering has about half a turn of slop. But the engine purrs like new. None of that really matters though because it's all gotta go.

Pulled it into the garage and gave it a wash.

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Nice and straight and pretty rust free

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Got the front end off and tore the engine/trans out. If anyone needs a 302 in Alberta, send me a message.

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Got the front suspension out too and started hacking out the cross member to make room for the crown vic swap. Also got some time to go to the only wrecking yard in town. Found what I was looking for.

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Re: 1971 F100 Crown Vic swap w/ Turbo LS

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Sweet project! That's my favorite color too.
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Re: 1971 F100 Crown Vic swap w/ Turbo LS

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Bought a donor truck! 6.0 with 4l80e. The guy was asking $1500, but I had it on the trailer for $700! :woohoo: I was super excited because it's pretty hard to find a 2wd around here.

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Finally had a nice day while I had a day off. Took my 14 year old to the wrecking yard and we pulled out the front suspension from a P71 Crown Vic. He was a ton of help. Fun afternoon.

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Got the suspension cleaned up and installed. I also painted the frame up front and the body mount where I had to do a couple small patches. Very little rust on this truck. Trying to stay ahead of it.

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Also got the steering connected to the factory column.

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Re: 1971 F100 Crown Vic swap w/ Turbo LS

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Interesting project looks good so far. Not the biggest fan of the ls in the ford but very interested to see how it turns out. Know big power is easy with turbo ls. Will be watching. :thup:
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Had to set it down on the ground and check it out.

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Got the donor truck into the garage and yanked out the engine and trans. Labeled the harness while taking it apart as I will be using it again. Took the sawzall to the rad support and pulled the engine and trans together.

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Re: 1971 F100 Crown Vic swap w/ Turbo LS

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Neat project. If you plan on keeping the stock cluster, pup the oil pressure and water temp senders off the 302 before selling it. Those gauges aren't the most accurate but it's nice when they work.
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Re: 1971 F100 Crown Vic swap w/ Turbo LS

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That's a great idea. I'm planning on adding a can bus gauge pack too. Just trying to decide which one.
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Re: 1971 F100 Crown Vic swap w/ Turbo LS

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Sweet build
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Re: 1971 F100 Crown Vic swap w/ Turbo LS

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Where abouts in ab are you?
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Got the motor set in the truck and built some motor mounts. Poly bushings on the motor. Reusing the GM trans mount on ford cross member. Just had to move it back and notch it. Also got a new power steering pump and shimmed it to drop the pressure for the crown vic rack. Was busy working and forgot to take pictures. But here's a couple with the motor and trans set in.

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Had to put a fender on and check it out with some weight on the front with the engine in.

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