V8 Swap on the Rock Trac

[KF5ZXT]

[KF5ZXT]

Thanks to all who attended and made this a successful outing! Someone post up all the pics and vids on here, will ya?

[TxPlates]

Little late posting this....

Swap was successful thanks to all of you guys

[TxPlates]

Here are some photos from the swap.....

The donor....

Surprise it was raining the first day!!

Getting ready, not sure why Randall has such a big grin...

Mike and Dan working on putting new plugs and wires on the donor motor...

Kris got tired and took a nap...

Russell did not agree with a comment of mine...

Hmmmm where do all these pieces go?

Big debate on how the 4.0 should come out hahaha

Thanks to Russell, no more crappy alarm !!!

What rust?

Hmmmm, 4.0 about to come on out

Hope this holds...



Why won't it just come out??

Apparently Eric thinks he can just lift it out by himself

Getting there...

I think Russell was meditating at this point....

Why won't it just let go!!!

Russell spreading some positive cheer...

Kris is actually happy in this photo, don't let the expression on his face fool you

The Trac naked....

Damnit, we've been robbed

Not sure why Russell looks confused.

Kris wanted to take a break but kept pressing on!

Merry xmas 5.0!

Almost in...

Hmmm think we need a new fan clutch..

Please don't drop it on Kris!

Even dark can't stop us!

Kris just making a few adjustments

Making some finishing touches

I think Kris was just hiding in this one...

Russell at this point was giving a lecture on wiring...

Almost there....

Had to change the badges to match...


And more to come when I go back over to Kris to make some finishing touches...

[KF5ZXT]

[Kris Guilbeaux]

yay for pics.

[KF5ZXT]

Those captions are hilarious.

[TxPlates]

I thought there would be a little more activity in this thread with the pictures....lol

Funny, everyone at the swap participates, wait I mean has access to this forum...yet it's just me, Randall and Kris that seem to be active hahaha.

[Kris Guilbeaux]

Cause we signed up for the notifications...

[TxPlates]

Good point

[KF5ZXT]

Yeah, that was a good idea, whoever thought of that...

[KF5ZXT]

What radiator did you use on this swap? The stock 4.0L SOHC?

[TxPlates]

No the one that is specified for the 5.0 limited that the motor came out of.

[KF5ZXT]

Did it bolt in, or did you have to make modifications to the bracketry?

[Kris Guilbeaux]

That radiator bolted right in place

[TxPlates]

Yes sir, bolted right in, platforms are pretty much the same inside the engine bay, just needed the different engine mounts. That was really all that was needed to make it fit. Although, the Trac is a Job 1 which is the same pretty much as the Limited all the items came from.

[KF5ZXT]

Is there really a difference between the two? More core, rows, higher flow, etc.?

[Kris Guilbeaux]

Really the only difference is the plastic tanks have a different design that sets it further in the core support.

[KF5ZXT]

Ah, so the only real reason that you swapped it out was to get more room in the engine bay?

[TxPlates]

The original on both were damaged.