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5.4 dohc swap 97 f150
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<blockquote data-quote="Chrisg2121" data-source="post: 16414657" data-attributes="member: 186021"><p>[ATTACH=full]1639179[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1639180[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1639181[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1639182[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1639183[/ATTACH] So it seems this is going to turn into a bit more than just the dohc swap. I came up on a complete non running 03 navigator for super cheap. At first I figured I’d have an extra 32v 5.4 drivetrain I was only going to swap the interior since I love the center console n floor shifter setup. But then I started comparing the length of both trucks n it seems that the wheelbase is almost identical to mine. So I crawled under it to look at the body mounts on both. The Navi n f150 body to frame mounts aren’t all the same but it’s enough of a starting point. The front 4 mounts (2 per side) are identical everything after that is different. So I should have my mini up n running in about 2 weeks so after that I will be attempting a full navigator frame swap under my truck.</p><p>I will bolt my engine to the Navi frame/drivetrain get that running make sure it’s all good then start on the frame swap. I should be able to bolt my cab right on with those 4 matching front body mounts that would leave only 2 more on the rear to fabricate to finish mounting the cab since it’s held by 6 bolts total </p><p>I would then have to fab every mount (8 I believe) for the bed which shouldn’t be too crazy. I’ve tried seeing if other people have done it but no luck finding any so we'll see how it goes I’ll keep updating as I go</p><p>Also some extra eye candy since I have no major update it’s a fully forged 2v 4.6 teksid block going into a bullitt</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chrisg2121, post: 16414657, member: 186021"] [ATTACH=full]1639179[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1639180[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1639181[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1639182[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1639183[/ATTACH] So it seems this is going to turn into a bit more than just the dohc swap. I came up on a complete non running 03 navigator for super cheap. At first I figured I’d have an extra 32v 5.4 drivetrain I was only going to swap the interior since I love the center console n floor shifter setup. But then I started comparing the length of both trucks n it seems that the wheelbase is almost identical to mine. So I crawled under it to look at the body mounts on both. The Navi n f150 body to frame mounts aren’t all the same but it’s enough of a starting point. The front 4 mounts (2 per side) are identical everything after that is different. So I should have my mini up n running in about 2 weeks so after that I will be attempting a full navigator frame swap under my truck. I will bolt my engine to the Navi frame/drivetrain get that running make sure it’s all good then start on the frame swap. I should be able to bolt my cab right on with those 4 matching front body mounts that would leave only 2 more on the rear to fabricate to finish mounting the cab since it’s held by 6 bolts total I would then have to fab every mount (8 I believe) for the bed which shouldn’t be too crazy. I’ve tried seeing if other people have done it but no luck finding any so we'll see how it goes I’ll keep updating as I go Also some extra eye candy since I have no major update it’s a fully forged 2v 4.6 teksid block going into a bullitt [/QUOTE]
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