Engine Builders talk.
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With as old as these trucks are and with all of its other limitations, the Coyote swap doesn't have much appeal compared to a lightning swap. Lightning swaps can be much cheaper. I think since so few owners can afford to mod at this level it's probably obvious that even fewer want to be the guinea pig for a completely new engine.
Definitely won't match the reliability or mpg improvements though
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The coyote swap is cool, but unless you plan on building it I don't see the appeal. A boosted and cammed 5.0 would be sweet, but a stock 5.0 isn't ahead of a lightning swap, it just cost 4 times as much lol.
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Originally Posted by Jbrew
Haven't heard any bad, - that would be cool to have one though.
Originally Posted by BrowningSCrew
A coyote will bolt right up to the factory 5.4 engine mounts and the 4r70W that is already in most of these trucks. That transmission is capable of holding 600hp with a little work so there would be no need to mess with changing crossmembers, drive lines, or shifter setups. All you would need is a stand alone teams controller.
Originally Posted by BrowningSCrew
Really the only thing holding me back is trying to figure out what all is interconnected to the 5.4 computer in the cab that is want to retain. Like 4x4, and A/C. I'm really not that well versed as to how everything interconnects or if it's possible to just isolate the engine wiring, remove it, and replace it, without having any effect on any other system in the truck.
maybe if you could find PCM pinouts then you could see what all is feeding into and out of the PCM for both computers to see what they both have control of.
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Originally Posted by Jbrew
That's what I heard, I wasn't going to mention any names...cough cough C cough MAN.
Originally Posted by Carcrazygts2
I'd love to swap a cammed 5.0 in my truck. The truck engines used are actually quite reasonable. It would be hard to keep the factory pcm and pats. Everything in our gen trucks can be run standalone.
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Originally Posted by jferg92
Agreed. I've got about $2500 in a swap that when maxed out is capable of 400 rear wheel. Something not feasible with a $6000-8000 coyote swap.
Definitely won't match the reliability or mpg improvements though
Definitely won't match the reliability or mpg improvements though
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