any headers designed to fit your truck will fit. the crown vic k member installation will not cause a problem. currently i'm working on my # 8 crown vic ford pickup install. like anything else the more you repeat something the easier it gets.

jim oberg

Stifflers is fixing me up by giving me some different ends for their crossmember with more adjustment. the mustang crossmember and brackets place the transmission 1 1/2 inches toward the left side. their brackets for a ford pickup with a 6r80 install has different brackets. combing one of those brackets with the adjustable brackets from the mustang will allow me to center the transmission in the tunnel with some robust new parts, my only issue now is headers, i bolted a pair of heads to the block that i used to fab up the motor mounts and the driver side head number 8 cylinder is closer than i would like to the column even though it is centered in the tunnel equal  on both sides and positioned to give me an inch clearance to the radiator. not sure whether to try see if custom headers can be fashioned or make some different solid motor mounts to offset the motor a half inch to an inch to the passenger side. maybe the center dump style header may fit like the design of the FT exhaust manifold. i have a local mechanic who can and has built several sets of custom headers but im not sure he can make some work at the current configuration. I know I cant. thee tbird and mustang floor pans are different. not all foxbodies  are alike. but i like the bird.

jim

i just finished getting the FE block coupled with the adaptor and 6R80 transmission mocked up in my 88 T Bird. got the front motor mounts fabbed up with a part of A foxbody motor mount AND A F100  FE pickup motor mount & a piece of square tubing. worked slick. i took some pictures but not sure i can master the technology to put them on here. the transmission fits the transmission tunnel with no problem anywhere. no hammering or any of that s**t. i am very surprised. got a transmission mount on the way from ebay to fashion up a new transmission mount from the 6r80 to the fox body chasis. its going to look like it was born in there. i'm making progress.

jim

I am working on an 88 bird now. had a health issue that set me back a year but motor is done and running. BP helped me put together a 427 stroker .just got a 6r80 transmission a couple of weeks ago. also got the adaptor and quick 6 controller about a week ago so here we go. car is a combination of parts from the original bird and a turbo coupe parts car. 8.8 4.10 gears c clip eliminators Detroit locker. 5 lug front and rear. i think i have gathered enough time that i can concentrate on finishing it up. i hope so. should be fun.

jim oberg

yea i still have the motor and transmission. it was a v6 car with some sort of automatic. i can use that transmission to measure from. still working on the power brake delete than forward to engine and transmission installation. probably need to construct some frame connectors first. the floor pan is different than a mustang so anything aftermarket for a mustang will need modified. this is a slow go project for me. engine is almost completed. if car needs to much interior modification to the tunnel i may just go with a coyote swap and put the FE 427 stroker in a pickup. just seems alot easier but i still want the overdrive transmssion. thanks.

JOB

the C4 block had the crossbolt accommodation,

jim

i bought 2. we'll see if i paid too much when i pick them up. prices are up like everything else. a friend wanted a run stand. i'll try not to catch his bow tie disease.

jim

i sold a nos set of std bore medium riser pistons a few years ago. if still looking i can contact the purchaser and see if they are available. i don't think he ever used them.

jim