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Anyone intrested in 5.4L swaps, in here. Need you to opine. - Page 113 - Mustang Forums
I've been running that thread for a couple years now. We've got a couple 3v swappers and a lot of 2v and 4v swappers. Pop over and let em know r3dn3ck sent you. We're just getting into a lot of 3v discussion with one of the boys now so you're just in time.
Suffice it to say that it's not that hard, pays off really great and doesn't cost a fortune.