352 to 289 swap - 65 F 100

bell housing, flywheel, clutch, starter and motor mounts. Advanced adaptors used to make a motor mount set up for this swap, but I havent checked in many years. You may have to do some fabrication. another issue is going to be the tranny mount. My Ford Falcon Van from that time span the tranny just hung off the bell housing, the bell housing had two mounts on it. If thats the case with yours than your looking at a a universal cross member install, and a tranny swap as well. Of course if your looking to make a cruiser, and not a working turck, might as well toss a C-4 in it..

Whitelightning

This is not a good swap for several reasons. First it is not a bolt in, the 352 used a FE pattern bellhousing bolt up, the 289 used a early Windsor pattern. Next the 289 would have a LOT less torque and performance would suffer from it. Also, no 289 had hardened valves and seats so it will suffer from unleaded fuel and more so because it would have to work harder replacing the 352. A 332, 360, 390, 427 and

428 would bolt up to your current bellhousing. Unlike chevy, ford used a bunch of different bellhousing bolt patterns while chevy did not and likely on reason why engine swaps in chevies became so popular because you could take out a 283 and bolt in a big block or remove a 6 and install a V8.

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Nope, you'd ruin the truck doing that. Put in a nice fresh 390, (or even a

428 if you can find one) and it's a bolt in job.