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Old 05-12-2010, 11:24 PM   #38 (permalink)
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The Sable, Taurus, and associated autos had a Yamaha engine installed in them. As did Rangers, and anything else w/ the 3.0/3.2 Vulcan motors.

Ford worked with Yamaha to design the new valvetrain and top end of the engine, while retaining the basic 2.8/2.9 block design (not interchangeable) for simplicity.

The 3.0/3.2 should swap in place of a 1.6/1.9, 2.0, 2.3, 2.8 engine.

All those engines are also directly swappable between FWD and RWD applications, although some things are slightly different, such as head gaskets (3.0), so make sure you remember which car your engine came from.

The swaps only require moving/exchanging some parts from the transplant vehicle.
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