Jeremy Aliaga’s Coyote Swap Fox Is A Show-Stopper With Big Plans

Rancho Cucamonga, California’s Jeremy Aliaga’s ’90 LX used to have a Dart block 347 with a Vortech YSi-Trim supercharger on E85. “A little too much for a street car,” Aliaga says. After purchasing a ’13 Boss 302 he fell in love with the Coyote engine, and decided to swap one into his Fox body car to make for a more practical ride.

The car may boast a stock Coyote for now, to show he’s ready to pump it up at any minute he chose Ford Racing’s low-compression Coyote Aluminator crate engine. He hasn’t been able to find a power adder to his liking as of this writing, but he’s always on the lookout. To swap the engine in the car Aliaga chose a Team Z Motorsports tubular K-member and BBK swap headers and corresponding X-pipe. He added a JLT Performance cold air intake to inhale incoming air, while a pair of Mac Flowpath mufflers exit the Coyote’s howl out of a pair of Flowmaster tailpipes.

The car’s fuel system is a bit overkill for the current combination, but it was left over from the 347 combo. It consists of a Glenn’s Performance Sleeper tank with a Magnafuel pump and Billet Pro Shop fuel rails. These days the car runs on pump gas, but with a Bob Kurgan tune in the car, the combo is good for 400-rwhp on GTR High-Performance’s dyno.

Behind the Coyote is a Tremec Magnum six-speed with a McLeod RXT clutch, a Lakewood bellhousing, and a Maximum Motorsports clutch cable. “The Magnum definitely makes it nice on the freeway,” Aliaga says. With the Coyote/Magnum combination, Aliaga points out the car gets excellent fuel mileage, but it’s also fun to drive.