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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:10 pm 
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howdy just want to know is there any major mods required to put a 4L EF engine and trans into an EA as ill be doing this at the end of the month the EA is a 88 3.9L 3 speed
i just plan on takin the engine and trans out of the EF together and do a complete swap
is there any chandes i have to do to the fire wall or K frame or anything else

any and help would be great thanks
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:48 pm 
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K frame and firewall will be fine no changes

The rear gearbox cross menmeber on the body will just need two new holes drilled

the rest is straight forward

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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:25 pm 
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the EF motor uses a coil pack but the EA uses a dizzy.. just put the dizzy on the EF motor and you should be fine
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:17 pm 
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if you are using your ea accessories you need to cut of fthe timing indicator on the ef engine and tap one hole.

Apart from that pretty easy

 

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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:46 pm 
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can i just use the EF coil pack and just get rid of the dizzy all together

dose any one have some pics of a EF engine in a EA so i can have some reffence to refer too mainly the transmission mount as ill need to do this in a weekend

so i take it that all the wiring harness will be fine they'll plug straight up to the engine/trans and ecu
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:26 pm 
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http://fordmods.com/forums/troymans-au-engine-into-ea-conversion-using-el-ecu-updated-t40806.html

read that thread it will be pretty close to what u are attempting to do

And no you cant use the Coil Pack, you will have to use a dizzy - you wont be able to run the EF ECU either as far as i know - EA-EL (minus ef) has 60 something pins EF has over 100.

i believe you will have to use a MPFI dizzy aswell, if u want to run the BBM. (but i doubt you will be able to control the actuator without an RPM switch)

the rear gearbox cross memeber --- shouldn't you be able to just use an EA-ED one ???

Easiest IMO is use everything from the EA onto the EF engine get it running later on convert to a MPFI setup(if it is CFI)

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if you are using your ea accessories you need to cut of fthe timing indicator on the ef engine and tap one hole.

Apart from that pretty easy


Why do you have to do this ??? just curious.
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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 6:21 pm 
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i did this conversion on a cfi ea. mine was already 4spd auto. the auto swap with the wiring would be a big job. the only real dramas i had ( i used my ea accessories. ) was i had to make a timing pointer, after i cut the original off. and i had to drill a new hole in the a/c idler bracket to line up with one of the timing case bolts. used a long bolt out of the ea motor and a 10mm spacer. used the ea mounts, inlet manifold, accessory brackets, water pump, everything. computer ran it all no dramas.

 

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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 6:22 pm 
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i did this conversion on a cfi ea. mine was already 4spd auto. the auto swap with the wiring would be a big job. the only real dramas i had ( i used my ea accessories. ) was i had to make a timing pointer, after i cut the original off. and i had to drill a new hole in the a/c idler bracket to line up with one of the timing case bolts. used a long bolt out of the ea motor and a 10mm spacer. used the ea mounts, inlet manifold, accessory brackets, water pump, everything. computer ran it all no dramas.

 

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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 7:04 pm 
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MMD wrote:


thanks for the help
i dont have to do this it just that my ea engine and trans is s**t its self probilly all the b/o's that i do in it and that ill be putting a AU engine and manual trans in the EF wagon so ill have a spare engine laying around so 1+1=2 EF drive train in EA sedan
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