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Can I put a 1998 chevy silverado motor in a 1981 ford 100?

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Only if you change the transmission with the engine and change all the mounts wires and smog stuff

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I guess you could, but it won't be easy. I'm sure the transmission won't mate up without an adapter plate. You'll have to build a whole new engine mounting system. And you'll have to bring most of the wiring along with the ECM from the 1998 Chevy engine to make it run in the Ford. You'll have no gauges that work, because the Chevy gauges get their inputs from the ECM and your Ford gauges will have nothing to provide information.

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