{"id":43049,"date":"2019-07-15T06:00:47","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T11:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=43049"},"modified":"2019-07-15T14:52:03","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T19:52:03","slug":"2016-fusion-with-a-coyote-v8-and-rwd-drivetrain-update-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=43049","title":{"rendered":"2016 Fusion with a Coyote V8 and RWD Drivetrain Update 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/RWD-2016-Ford-Fusion-with-a-Coyote-V8-08.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"43050\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=43050\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/RWD-2016-Ford-Fusion-with-a-Coyote-V8-08.jpg?fit=1440%2C1440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RWD 2016 Ford Fusion with a Coyote V8 08\" 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\/07\/RWD-2016-Ford-Fusion-with-a-Coyote-V8-08.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/RWD-2016-Ford-Fusion-with-a-Coyote-V8-08.jpg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"RWD 2016 Ford Fusion with a Coyote V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-43050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/RWD-2016-Ford-Fusion-with-a-Coyote-V8-08.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/RWD-2016-Ford-Fusion-with-a-Coyote-V8-08.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/RWD-2016-Ford-Fusion-with-a-Coyote-V8-08.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/RWD-2016-Ford-Fusion-with-a-Coyote-V8-08.jpg?resize=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/RWD-2016-Ford-Fusion-with-a-Coyote-V8-08.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/RWD-2016-Ford-Fusion-with-a-Coyote-V8-08.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/RWD-2016-Ford-Fusion-with-a-Coyote-V8-08.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" 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, Matt shows off project&#8217;s new wheels before installing the engine, transmission, driveshaft, subframe, and dash. Then he takes the car for the first test drive.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/06r_XDJM9JI\" 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\/zjKVVS30BW8\" 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\/SDTyzQT_4JM\" 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\/D33XXISPdrQ\" 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, Matt shows off project&#8217;s new wheels before installing the engine, transmission, driveshaft,&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=43049\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2016 Fusion with a Coyote V8 and RWD Drivetrain Update 2<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":43050,"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,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[858],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fusion"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/RWD-2016-Ford-Fusion-with-a-Coyote-V8-08.jpg?fit=1440%2C1440&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45781,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=45781","url_meta":{"origin":43049,"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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