Some like Tom, know muy customer Jason (The AT&T guy) and his new 5.0 is sitting in the rail yard waiting to be released after the software hold up that Ford was doing.
This 2011 GT will be in my hands for mods very, very shortly.
Any ways I see no serious issues for being able to swap the new 5.slo inthe FN10 platform as of this point, since the platoform already comes in both standard and automatic I now see where the FN10 platform can now have it;s cake and eat it too.
First the standard transmission:
The sifter in he S197 platform cars is a rail shifted box with an add-on shifter assy that puts the shifter some 8-10 rearward, bouns for the FN10 folks, now all you need is a pedal assy that can be hydraulically actuated, not too hard to fab up actually, and the fluid feeds from the mastercylinder from the brake master.
Trans out put shaft has a flange that will have to be adapted to a one piece drive shaft, still nothing about rocket science here.
The Automatic
Now since the FN10 plaform is already an automatic set up this is cake at it's best, 6spds and computer controlled.
Not much more to get into about this, other than the drive shaft again, already coverd above.
The engine:
Still loosely baised on the 4.6, motor mounts should be interchangeable, if not, fabbed one are all that are to make.
PCM:
Here you go, take it directly from the donnor vehicle you got it from, be it stick or slush box, the harness for the engine and trans are one, and come out with the whole assy.
The PCM has three plugs on it and is PC baised (so-to-speak) the other plug is for the CAN-BUS data on the stabillity control, ABS, SRS, Body Control, HVAC, and PATS, most of this can be intergrated with the old systems and or/upgraded with thier respected moduals, and some with the availability of tuning software can be written out (Traction Control can not be at this time) other systems can be disabled/ or put into a fault status, like we had to at Shelby with the Grabber blue 2010 to keep Stabillity Control to stop activating the brakes, during heavy cornering and pending drift, which had the brakes smoking hot, and didn't allow for the driver to control the car to to the edge of the envelope.
This is not a difficult swap, ther will be as much software work needed to be done to account for absent or molested CAN-BUS moduals but no big deal.
This is cake, and once you make enough monies to get over the sticker shock of the drivetrain cost you'll be right on track, bring me the car and the complete pullout drivetrain and go away and let me do what I do.
Dr. SVO phd
