{"id":40848,"date":"2019-05-27T06:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T12:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=40848"},"modified":"2019-05-27T20:06:44","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T01:06:44","slug":"2016-fusion-with-a-coyote-v8-and-rwd-drivetrain-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=40848","title":{"rendered":"2016 Fusion with a Coyote V8 and RWD Drivetrain Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/RWD-2016-Ford-Fusion-with-a-Coyote-V8-07.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"40850\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=40850\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/RWD-2016-Ford-Fusion-with-a-Coyote-V8-07.jpg?fit=1080%2C607&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,607\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"RWD 2016 Ford Fusion with a Coyote V8 07\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;RWD 2016 Ford Fusion with a Coyote V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/RWD-2016-Ford-Fusion-with-a-Coyote-V8-07.jpg?fit=1080%2C607&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/RWD-2016-Ford-Fusion-with-a-Coyote-V8-07.jpg?resize=600%2C337&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"RWD 2016 Ford Fusion with a Coyote V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-40850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/RWD-2016-Ford-Fusion-with-a-Coyote-V8-07.jpg?resize=600%2C337&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/RWD-2016-Ford-Fusion-with-a-Coyote-V8-07.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/RWD-2016-Ford-Fusion-with-a-Coyote-V8-07.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mattsoppa\/\">Matthew Soppa<\/a> released several updates on his Ford Fusion drift project since our previous article. For those unfamiliar with the build, he&#8217;s replacing the factory powertrain with a Coyote V8, TR-6060 six-speed manual transmission, and 6th gen Mustang IRS. In the videos below, he works on the wiring, brakes, and everything needed before its first start. Then everything is disassembled for painting. Once the shell is back, he begins final assembly and installing oil pump gears, crank sprocket, and billet backing plate on the V8.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/nTj_NdY01Tk\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/5V4xPqwZnTY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/yzhBwMt5bHw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Vz-vAcaNdLQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Soppadakis\">Matthew Soopa FB page<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC-gK8hIIK-OuKMELCi35XrQ\">Matt Soppa<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew Soppa released several updates on his Ford Fusion drift project since our previous article. For those unfamiliar with the build, he&#8217;s replacing the factory powertrain with a Coyote V8, TR-6060 six-speed manual transmission, and 6th gen Mustang IRS. In the videos below, he works on the wiring, brakes, and everything needed before its first&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=40848\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2016 Fusion with a Coyote V8 and RWD Drivetrain Update<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":40850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[858],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fusion"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45781,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=45781","url_meta":{"origin":40848,"position":0},"title":"2016 Fusion with a Coyote V8 and RWD Drivetrain Update 3","author":"swaptastic","date":"September 12, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Matthew Soppa released several updates on his Ford Fusion drift project since our previous article. 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