I can hotwire any carbed vehicle with two pieces of wire. One if it's a Ford.

 

I really agree with ya. If I were doing a swap I would just buy another 5.0 with wayy less miles and rebuild it then do your swap.

 

I mean who doesnt want 435 horses under the hood though? I would, not that I would put it in a dd or occasional mudder

 

435 hp is great and all, but that much hp, you would need to rebuild the transmission and possibly get into a stronger rear end. i know my friend has a Pontiac fire bird drag car, he hit 400 hp and blew the rear end going down the track, the clutch in it also burnt up after about 3 months of dragging. but then again, he is pushing the car to the max for like 4 hours about 2-3 times a week, you wont be doing that very often in a DD like the OP wants.

 

I have to chime in. I did the same thing with my first mustang. Deployed on my first ship, came home with a wad of cash and threw the biggest and baddest motor I could find. Cost me twice as much replacing the componants that could not handle that much horsepower. I got wise on the second. I went to a junkyard and bought a 302. Cost me 50 buck. Granted I had to pull it myself. Took it apart, rebuilt it, and blew it up. Did this 3 times but was only out of pocket about a thousand bucks. Now I can build a pretty mean 347 all day without blinking an eye.

If I were you I would go buy a replacement long block from your local auto parts store to replace the one that is going and use the old one to rebuild yourself. It is so much more rewarding when you build it yourself.

When you get done rebuilding the old one put it in and don't worry about blowing it up cause you have the replacement waiting to go back in.

Just my opinion.