Hello my Mike and recently my father in law passed and he had a 85 Sport coupe V6. My wife wanted to swap it into a V8 car she could cruise around and of course I said I could pull it off. Found a 305 and a TH350c with shift kit $250. Motor literally has 168 miles on it. 2.8 and transmission has already been removed. Can I use any of the accessories from the 6? Motor mounts? Front end work? Torque Bar with Th350? Gauges? Will I have to change the rear end? And about 900 others things. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Father in law was a Vietnam Vet and retired Police officer and I’d love honor him with putting this together. Thank you in advance

 

Did a v6 to v8 swap years back on an '88 SC with a 2.8L. Much of what you will need to do all depends on if you are trying to retain stock functions. If you toss the computer and go with a
basic Carb setup mods are not as intense. Radiator, motor mounts, Tach, struts - possibly drive shaft mod because of the TH350 - I stuck with the 700R4 but Hurst supplies a Torque Arm relocation bracket for the TH350. You may also need to modify the trans cross member. Spohn makes one. Those are the basics ...been a while for me to recall the little details.