Pretty happy with the progress today even though we ran into some problems. Got the 5.0 out of the expo, split the tranny and engine after we got it out, removed the clutch fan, manifolds, torque converter, and ac/ac bracket and swapped the oil pan and got my engine mounts figured out!!! Engine is sitting in the truck right now but it's coming back out for headers and I gotta buy an oil pan bolt kit which has shorter bolts cause the aluminum pan in the expo used long bolts cause it was so thick. Now for the pics!
The engine removal
How she sits now
The problem I ran into was my engine sat to high using the stock 4.0 motor mount locations??? I had already cut and slotted my 5.0 engine mount brackets so I thought I was screwed but thankfully the passenger side had enough room left that I was able to drill another hole for my engine mount to sit lower in the cross member. SVT said the driver side needed raised about 1.25" to sit level and in stock locations that was correct but by me drilling and lowering the passenger side it now sits perfectly level and low enough that I don't have any hood clearance issues now.
My passenger side engine mount in the stock location used the top two holes. The top right for the bolt and the top left for the alignment pin. I drilled and used the 2nd hole down on the right side and used the existing 2nd hole down on the left side for my alignment pin.
So I'm gonna try to get some more stuff together and tackle it hard next Saturday. Prob gonna pick up a new oil pump and throw in it while I got it out.
Also the ford racing oil pan swap kit did not come with a gasket for the pickup tube where it mounts to the oil pump so I gotta get one of those.