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Old 01-19-2012, 03:26 AM   #41 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by lacolocho View Post
I would love to hear more if you ever do the 7.3L swap.
Do you know if it needs modifications to bolt in?
Don't ever plan on one ford engine being able to bolt up to where another one was just removed. Ford is very, very bad about backwards, forwards and lateral bolt up compatability.

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