V8 in a ford fusion

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#11

12-21-2009, 02:21 AM

glikark09

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V8 in a ford fusion

Who did the paint job on your car? Not 100 sure as yet who will be painting my escort as yet.I know you are not 100 satified with it but it still looks way better then other ones I have seen.

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01-08-2010, 12:46 AM

88dblifestyle

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V8 in a ford fusion?.. Wow, nice idea..

Hope you'll finished it.. Can you please post some pics here with your V8 in a ford fusion?..

Thanks!

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11-16-2020, 09:01 PM

Kahn-FusionLsX

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Originally Posted by goinstrong

Yes. If you wanted to fit a V-8 engine in a front- wheel drive car that wasn't made to handle it you would not only have to change the suspension in the front to hold it and find a front-wheel transmission - you would have to strip the car - cut it in half down the middle and add about 6 inches to the width by welding - then find special seals and glass for the front and back windows then repaint it and reassemble it. That would be the cheaper way anyhow unless you've seen a cheap V-8 engine front wheel drive assembly with transmission somewhere that you could swap the whole front and rear end assemblies off of. It would be easier to swap in a 4 wheel drive system out of a bronco or explorer (in which case it will also have rear wheel drive as the primary system anyway). Or you could get an explorer - remove the whole body and weld, cut and fit your body on the frame.

while I agree with suspension mods I gotta laugh and wonder why would one need to cut the car down the middle to add width? Off the top of my head I can recall where someone v8 swapped a bubble body style cavalier without doing this.... what makes the fusion so different? To be honest, at least in my case, having a first gen fusion which had an option for awd so already have a tunnel for a driveshaft.... I feel the fusion is an even better candidate for a v8 swap. I’m sure this is a very old post so I’m wondering if the coyote swap fusion was even thought of yet? I found this thread I n search of anyone who has done an ls swap fusion and it seems as no one has been this crazy..... looks like I got some work to do!!!! Hold my beer and watch this!