63 Lincoln Continental - 5.3 Turbo Swap

[monztermtrsprt]

Hey guys thought id start a thread about my next project. had some time to kill so here it goes.

Story time... ok so 5-6 years ago im living in the Springfield, IL area and im at a candle box/seether concert... one or the other. later on my buddy and i went over to get some beers and here is this super nice 63 Continental there that they were raffleing off for a childrens hospital. $5 a ticket...so with greif from my buddy about spending $10 of "beer" money on some old car i wont win....


well i won it!! drove it for a year loved it. but started having drivibilty issues with it. 4 wheel drum brakes sticking. cooling issues. composite time gear issues, electrical, on and on....

well i rewired the whole car so now everything works and works great with a painless kit. but then there it sat for 5 years or so until recently we pulled the engine and trans and crated it up.

any ways i got a 5.3 with 150k on it for $400 in wisconsin. also got a 4L80e with 80k on it from the same place but i had that shipped for $830.

as for the brakes i have started making big brake kits for cars and trucks that the aftermarket has left behind... so i will be making a big brake for this as well... probably a Corvette ZO6 swap again.


Just got off the phone with jegs and ordered the crank spacer, longer bolts, and flex plate to adapt the two together.

whats soon to come is taking the harness off the engine to send out for retrofit to stand alone. id do it but for 250 doll hairs its worth it. gonna pull the heads and inspect... clean... also its a 2000 engine so it has the composite head gaskets and ill swap to MLS ones... also gonna do ARP head stups. as many of you know there are alot of guys making crazy HP out of these things stock. think it was hotrod mag that made 606 crank on pump gas before the knock sensors went nuts??? man i cant wait!!!

i was going to do a 6.0 Powerstroke swap and maybe i will later when i have more time and money but for now.... cant beat this setup for price and drivability

Tuning... i am a HP tuners... "tuner" so thats taken care of.

Fuel... will be e85 compatible, gonna fab my own fuel cell again.

Suspension... stock for now... air ride later

Wheels... dunno yet thought about keeping the 14"ers "sleeper" but wont fit the big brakes. probably 20x9's and 20x10s-12s with a mini tub...

ill post some pics so you all can see whats going on.

thanks for reading

[monztermtrsprt]

heres my 400 doll hair 5.3







thanks for looking

[Blackfox]

That thing is too cool, although it needs 460 power Good luck with the build

[nomrlz]

Nov 16, 2012 8:51:14 GMT -6 Blackfox said:

That thing is too cool, although it needs 460 power Good luck with the build

i was thinkin that 521 for sale with some holley injection

these are awesome cars. not sure if it's still but was the only four door convertables ever produced

[MeanYellowZ]

Neat project. I have a 64 I hope to get back to someday, thought about doing a 5.3 deal but I think I'm gonna leave the drivetrain alone. It's bagged with a 4-link in the rear, t-bird disc setup in the front. This thread might help me get back to work on it.

[nomrlz]

Nov 16, 2012 9:11:01 GMT -6 MeanYellowZ said:

This thread might help me get back to work on it.

easy now. let's not get carried away

[monztermtrsprt]

I have thought about a bbf and i have a 429 and a 460 complete. But i want drivability. And you cant efi and 4 speed od a bbf for as cheap as this setup. I plan on driving this a few days a week. When weather is decent.

[glennster]

Bookem Dano.

[patriotformula]

sickkk.... I love the long body cars... I wanted to do this exact same thing to my 60 Cadillac but I just couldn't bring myself to make it "unoriginal" because it drove so well as is!

[nomrlz]

Nov 16, 2012 15:19:10 GMT -6 patriotformula said:

sickkk.... I love the long body cars... I wanted to do this exact same thing to my 60 Cadillac but I just couldn't bring myself to make it "unoriginal" because it drove so well as is!

that was a gangsta ride

[nomrlz]

oh, and went and saw the preview of Hit & Run. his lincoln in that was fukkin sik. rumor is that car is actualy Dax personal ride

[scottyk]

Love those cars! Not a huge fan of LS into everything swaps but thats badass.. The weight of those cars you should find a cummins 4BT diesel to drop in there!

[shep446]

Suicide Continentals are badass.

[monztermtrsprt]

thanks guys


got my trans adapter kit yesterday

[ieatz28]

john f kennedy death ride

[scottyk]

found a t56 swap for ls powerplant on cl..

cedarrapids.craigslist.org/pts/3448524730.html

[monztermtrsprt]

santa brought me a pair of twins yesterday t3/t4's

[monztermtrsprt]

Took a break from charger to work on this



Flipped manifolds will plamsa the excess from the 3 bolt flanges and grind smooth later
This is just mock up

[vadorsnake04]

looking good.

[dragbody]

cant wait to see all the progess on this!!!! i love some big body old skools!!! if you need any help or anything with the air ride let me know! i just did my 68 cadillac coupe deville, theres a few pics on my build thread for my s10

[vadorsnake04]

This car is going to be cool! I love any 4 door cars that go fast for the most part!

[ehodger]

That is going to be seriously cool.

[nomrlz]

only makes sense to have a big family car with new twins ;D

[wtftalon]

This is random but where do you buy all your calipers your using for these vette swaps? I've looked an they seem to be pricey every where I looked.

[monztermtrsprt]

ebay and a private vendor. i use wilwood dynalite most of the time. great caliper for $100. 4 pistons too all aluminum forged. and stainless pistons. be building brakes for the lincoln here soon. gotta find wheels first

[monztermtrsprt]

Gutted the engine bay.
Gonna shave the fire wall.
Hoping the truck pan fits with no to little modification. I got about 12" from the firewall to the steering link. Thanks for looking.

[monztermtrsprt]

so truck pan wont work. got a buddy hooking me up with a front sump GTO pan.
we will see.

[vadorsnake04]

Looking good, hope the other pan works out!

[monztermtrsprt]

well i got some more done today... gonna have to cut the pan and cross member along with alot out of the trans tunnel.
put the adapter on for the 4L80e too

[noslowzee1]

i could be wrong but it looks like your using the flat flex plate and if so your adapter needs to go behind the flexplate, not against the crank. i made that mistake once. your starter teeth wont be able to engage the teeth on the flexplate. again, i cant tell from your pics, but if you are using the dished 5.3 4.8 style plate, it goes between the crank and plate, but if its the flat plate it has to go behind it between the flexplate and the torque converter. just a thought. maybe someone else can chime in..