{"id":685,"date":"2009-07-23T14:18:48","date_gmt":"2009-07-23T19:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=685"},"modified":"2009-07-23T14:18:48","modified_gmt":"2009-07-23T19:18:48","slug":"supercharged-lsx-1988-mustang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=685","title":{"rendered":"Supercharged LSX 1988 Mustang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i286.photobucket.com\/albums\/ll81\/86gmcls1\/mustang002.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"1988 Mustang with LSX swap\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sacrifices have to be made when doing an extreme swap. In the case of this 1988 Mustang it was the hood who had to suffer. A little hole was needed to make room for the supercharged LSX V8. The supercharger is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.magnusonproducts.com\/pr02.htm\">Magnacharger MP122<\/a>. The Mustang also has a 4L80E transmission, Dynatech headers, and a 3.55 rear differential. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i286.photobucket.com\/albums\/ll81\/86gmcls1\/mustang035.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"1988 Mustang with LSX swap\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i286.photobucket.com\/albums\/ll81\/86gmcls1\/mustang037.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"1988 Mustang with LSX swap\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i286.photobucket.com\/albums\/ll81\/86gmcls1\/mustang038.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"1988 Mustang with LSX swap\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ls1tech.com\/forums\/conversions-hybrids\/1138338-first-magnacharge-lsx-mustang.html\">LS1Tech<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sacrifices have to be made when doing an extreme swap. In the case of this 1988 Mustang it was the hood who had to suffer. A little hole was needed to make room for the supercharged LSX V8. The supercharger is a Magnacharger MP122. The Mustang also has a 4L80E transmission, Dynatech headers, and a&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=685\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Supercharged LSX 1988 Mustang<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mustang"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23465,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=23465","url_meta":{"origin":685,"position":0},"title":"1965 Mustang with a Triple-Supercharged LSx V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 10, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Bradly Gray enjoys building vehicles with red paint, chrome, and wild engines. 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