Uhlenhopp09
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I've searched and searched with no avail so finally I'm posting. What makes swapping a carbed motor harder than doing an explorer swap. My truck is a 99 XLT 2wd base model with a 2.5, if that matters/helps. Manual windows, locks and transmission. The truck does have the 8.8 with an open diff in it. I was thinking of doing this swap but trying to find info on why the carb swap is so hard. I guess what I'm asking is if I remove the ECM does that **** up the parking lights, tail lights and wipers? Or anything else that I could be forgetting about. What I had thought of was getting an early 90's F150 that had a 5.0 and 5 speed manual transmission as that had the M50D-R2 correct? Any light shed on this as to why it's more of a pain in the ass than the EFI setup. And before I hear about more power, reliability, gas mileage, it's just a toy.
Thanks you guys.
Thanks you guys.