Ford Repair: MOTOR SWAP.., lincoln town car, crown vic

Question
MY 5.0 IN MY 91 CROWN VIC IS POOPED.(310,000 MILES,WONDER WHY), FOUND 88 LINCOLN WITH 5.0 H/0.WILL BE SWAPPING OUT.
KEEPING AOD TRANNY. PLENUM IS 180 DEGREES OUT FROM THE 5.0 IM REPLACING.. CAN I JUST UNBOLT AND TURN IT AROUND SO ALL WILL HOOK UP SAME AS IT WAS? OR WILL THE PORTS NOT ALIGN UP?
IF THEY WONT ALIGN,WILL IT KILL PERFORMANCE TO PUT MY REGULAR 5.0 PLENUM ON THE H/O INTAKE? OR WILL IT NOT ALIGN EITHER? DONT SEE PLENUM DESIGN AS NOTICEABLY DIFFERENT OTHERWISE, BOTH HAVE WHAT LOOKS LIKE A 88MM INTAKE DIA. BUTTERFLY..PLEASE ENLIGHTEN ME,, I HAVEN'T PLAYED LIKE THIS IN A FEW YEARS... APPRECIATE THIS SITE VERY MUCH.. THANKS..

Answer
Phil,

The 88 Lincoln must be a Mark VII as the town car would be a direct bolt in for your crown vic.  Yes, I think the plenum can be reversed on that. I know I have talked about doing the same thing on different engines. If you did have to swap the entire intake I don't think you would notice any performance drop.  

My old 83 Lincoln Town Car has over 350,000 on the original 302 and still going....LOL  She is tired also, but still runs.