FFRP coyote 5.0 crate engine swaps "suck" ( FINALLY FIXED Dec23/2011)
I didn't mince any words with the title, I have a SN95 and a coyote 5.0 crate engine install and yes the swap sucks big time.
In one word the "driveablility" . It SUCKS. Driving in normal or heavy traffic as a commuter car is impossible , the engine stalls at every stop.The engine at 20 to 40 mph runs rough, it bucks , surges , backfires with light throttle and after 5 months of trying to resolve these issues ,they are all still there . FFRP has not helped at all, their suggestions and fixes have not worked. The technicians don't have the answers to fix. The Ford Racing engineers don't have the answers to fix . SCT don't have the answers. Nobody has the answers or resolutions to fix my complaints with the driveability.
This swap was a complete dissapointment for me and for the most part a total failure in context with FFRP to market the coyote 5.0 crate engine as a swap in any vehicle that would even come close to a vehicle that can be used as a DD or commuter vehicle. In my case the
coyote SN95 swap SUCKS. I can't think of a better word for the completed swap considering the expense of components , the difficulties of installation etc . I regret starting the swap and originally wanted to do a Windsor 427 SN95 swap, but friends said the coyote 5.0 would give me driveability similar to a 2011 production Mustang and would regret the driveability of a Windsor 427 as a DD. Well, at this point I wish I had chosen the latter
I have run out of resources to draw from that would may have fixes for the driveability issues that I outlined. If they did not exist and the driveability was reasonable , even a little bit close to a 2011 production Mustang, then I would consider the coyote 5.0 swap to be a success . The swap was not easy, the components not cheap , labor is labor and there was lots of it. It's not like I expected big returns with no investment. I ponied up the dollars and did the install myself at my home garage and purchased all the necessary components that FFRP suggested to resolve the issues but to no avail. . My tuner says that I have done all I can . There are no codes. He road tested the vehicle and did analyzer scans and reports that there is nothing that will cause the issues that exist. Opinion is that the PCM and software program may be the problem, just his opinion.
It goes on and on, for 5 months the engine is no better than it was after first start, in fact it is getting worse, that's another story ..........
If the driveability issues did not exist, the swap would be the engine swap of the century, small block, light , huge head flow, high compression , pump gas compliant, potential upgrading, etc etc, why would someone not want to do the swap ?
My opinion .......... FFRP coyote 5.0 crate engine swaps "suck"
.:crying:
I didn't mince any words with the title, I have a SN95 and a coyote 5.0 crate engine install and yes the swap sucks big time.
In one word the "driveablility" . It SUCKS. Driving in normal or heavy traffic as a commuter car is impossible , the engine stalls at every stop.The engine at 20 to 40 mph runs rough, it bucks , surges , backfires with light throttle and after 5 months of trying to resolve these issues ,they are all still there . FFRP has not helped at all, their suggestions and fixes have not worked. The technicians don't have the answers to fix. The Ford Racing engineers don't have the answers to fix . SCT don't have the answers. Nobody has the answers or resolutions to fix my complaints with the driveability.
This swap was a complete dissapointment for me and for the most part a total failure in context with FFRP to market the coyote 5.0 crate engine as a swap in any vehicle that would even come close to a vehicle that can be used as a DD or commuter vehicle. In my case the
coyote SN95 swap SUCKS. I can't think of a better word for the completed swap considering the expense of components , the difficulties of installation etc . I regret starting the swap and originally wanted to do a Windsor 427 SN95 swap, but friends said the coyote 5.0 would give me driveability similar to a 2011 production Mustang and would regret the driveability of a Windsor 427 as a DD. Well, at this point I wish I had chosen the latter
I have run out of resources to draw from that would may have fixes for the driveability issues that I outlined. If they did not exist and the driveability was reasonable , even a little bit close to a 2011 production Mustang, then I would consider the coyote 5.0 swap to be a success . The swap was not easy, the components not cheap , labor is labor and there was lots of it. It's not like I expected big returns with no investment. I ponied up the dollars and did the install myself at my home garage and purchased all the necessary components that FFRP suggested to resolve the issues but to no avail. . My tuner says that I have done all I can . There are no codes. He road tested the vehicle and did analyzer scans and reports that there is nothing that will cause the issues that exist. Opinion is that the PCM and software program may be the problem, just his opinion.
It goes on and on, for 5 months the engine is no better than it was after first start, in fact it is getting worse, that's another story ..........
If the driveability issues did not exist, the swap would be the engine swap of the century, small block, light , huge head flow, high compression , pump gas compliant, potential upgrading, etc etc, why would someone not want to do the swap ?
My opinion .......... FFRP coyote 5.0 crate engine swaps "suck"
.:crying: