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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bsn95w" data-source="post: 786643" data-attributes="member: 10835">what all is needed beisdes the engine itself to do a 5.4 swap?i have my turbo coupe for sale/ trade on a local mustang site, and was trying to get a newish engnine/ trans out of it... needless to say, a guy offered me a 5.4, a rebuilt trans, a nitrous kit, and drag wheels for it... so im deffinately concidering it.my question is, depending on the year, will plugs/ sensors be in the same place? will my current exhaust fit? harness/ computer any different?my current engine has made a rattling noice since the day i looked at/ bought the car (coming from the timing chaing cover, assuming its a bad tensioner/ guide) and smokes a little bit under hard acceleration, now smokes a bit when i first fire it up, so, this engine needs to be rebuilt, or drop in another, also, my tranny slips just a little between shifts from first to second, so i would need to have it rebuilt too.any comments/ advice would be very helpful.</blockquote>