cptnwoody02
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ive been tryin to find a SC motor localy and no luck i was wondering can i strap on a non SC 3.8 and just change the intake and simly drop in the SC ??? or is it more of a pain in the arse?
That's just plain silly. It's not going to just blow up. You will have some problems with things like the crank trigger and knock sensor though. The N/A motor isn't drilled for these things. Also the damper needs to have a reluctor ring which the N/A one doesn't and you cant' use an SC damper on an N/A motor.turned the key and it blew up. not just boom, but blew up.
Parker Dean said:While you could do that, durability would be questionable. Ford found it necessary to upgrade just about every part in the SC engines. Over on TCCOA there's an article that details the changes.
So the thing probably won't go boom as soon as you turn the key, but it probably won't last as long as you'd like either.
BTW this assumes you're working with a non-Split Port engine. The intake for the SC won't fit a Split Port head.
there was nothing silly about it. if you saw this car you wouldn't be talking.