What started its life as a simple Calypso 1992 Hatchback, this Fox Body found its way to LMR and quickly became one of our mock-up cars. As one of the leading providers and manufacturers of 1979-93 Mustang parts, we have various Fox Bodies around the shop that are used to research, develop, and test new parts. This 92 Hatch was one of these cars...but not for long.
When the 7.3L Godzilla engine was announced, it had the car community in a frenzy. Pushrods were back, and what better way to pay homage to the old school 5.0 than with another pushrod engine. Yes, we could have gone with an LS Swap, but why do that when we could build one of the first Godzilla Swap Fox Bodies?
When researching this project, we reached out to our friends over at Team Z, who hooked us up with a
1979-1993 Mustang Godzilla Swap K-Member. This was going to be one of the key components in test-fitting the crate engine into the Fox Body engine bay. Once we got the k-member bolted up to the engine, it was time to track down a transmission for test fitting.
With as much test fitting and tinkering that we do both in the shop and on our personal cars, we have acquired quite a collection of parts. We were able to track down Landon's old 4R70W from his 1999 Mustang GT and use this since it shares the same bolt pattern.
With the engine, transmission, and k-member all bolted up to each other, it was time to remove the factory front suspension and brake booster to make way for the new powerplant.
