1996 302 into a 1989 ?
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He's throwing in the computer and wiring harness so should be ok there. Any other thoughts on problems I may have upgrading the motor/MAF? Does anyone know where to find the gear ratios on the 4 spd vs 5 spd trannys? Like I said, the 4 spd is geared well if 3rd and 4th were a little closer...
#12
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You're going to need the harness and computer to switch to maf of course. If you can find an early 94 w/ maf, that should work. late 94, 95 and 96 they went to the 302 HO which has the 351 firing order.
Shouldn't matter if you do the whole swap but if you just stuff a newer 302 in with your old system, watch what you buy.
You can always change the cam in the 302 HO to a regular 302 cam which will have the same firing order as you have now.
Other thing on the full conversion to MAF/automatic will be the transmission - if the donor vehicle for the harness has E4OD you'll probably want to stay with that, but if the truck it came out of has the 4r70w, you'll want that.
And stay away from 96 for a harness, then you'll be into OBD2 and you'll probably need a course in electrical to fit that into an 89.
Jumping back and forth a bit there, but there's some info in there somewhere.
Shouldn't matter if you do the whole swap but if you just stuff a newer 302 in with your old system, watch what you buy.
You can always change the cam in the 302 HO to a regular 302 cam which will have the same firing order as you have now.
Other thing on the full conversion to MAF/automatic will be the transmission - if the donor vehicle for the harness has E4OD you'll probably want to stay with that, but if the truck it came out of has the 4r70w, you'll want that.
And stay away from 96 for a harness, then you'll be into OBD2 and you'll probably need a course in electrical to fit that into an 89.
Jumping back and forth a bit there, but there's some info in there somewhere.
#13
Senior Member
All of this is some good information. Kind of a date leap going from 2009-Today. Not sure if the OP is still an active member, but it should definately help others who are contemplating the swap.