Engine swap
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By all means, knock that sucker out & post pictures & we'll by & large cheer your success.
It's a bitch trying to judge skill vs dreams and a fast track to yard art cause somebody just wants to be different or re-invent the wheel.
The number of one post wonders with "plans" is legion. Good luck to you.
It's a bitch trying to judge skill vs dreams and a fast track to yard art cause somebody just wants to be different or re-invent the wheel.
The number of one post wonders with "plans" is legion. Good luck to you.
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Good luck with the swap. Hope you give us a honest review on the Lincoln 4.6L in a truck.
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Personally, if it was an original '93 Lightning (but not original engine)... Those originally were flat-tappet (non-roller) 351W/5.8L blocks, with a hydraulic flat-tappet cam. '94 got the later roller-capable F4TE block, but still used the flat-tappet cam. My one buddy has a '93 Lightning, BTW, and tows his 24' race trailer with it. His Lighting was his daily-driver for years...
BUT, rather than go 'backwards' to a 4.6Lfrom a Mark VIII, I would upgrade the truck to the later F4TE hydraulic roller 5.8L block, just to run a factory roller-style cam. Then stroke it to either a 393 or 408for more low-end power/torque.
Another buddy just recently dropped in a roller-cam 393W into his '95 F250. Better-than stock FMS roller cam, better than stock FMS Z304 aluminum heads, Edelbrock Performer EFI intake, 30lb injectors, BBK dual throttle body, shorty headers, BIG difference in power!
BUT, rather than go 'backwards' to a 4.6Lfrom a Mark VIII, I would upgrade the truck to the later F4TE hydraulic roller 5.8L block, just to run a factory roller-style cam. Then stroke it to either a 393 or 408for more low-end power/torque.
Another buddy just recently dropped in a roller-cam 393W into his '95 F250. Better-than stock FMS roller cam, better than stock FMS Z304 aluminum heads, Edelbrock Performer EFI intake, 30lb injectors, BBK dual throttle body, shorty headers, BIG difference in power!
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Chevy has a long list of block casting numbers that change by year or every few years, or truck vs car, etc. Such as the SBC 350.
Same thing for Ford.
Chevy
https://nastyz28.com/sbchevy/sblock.html
https://outintheshop.com/faq/casting/castings2.html
There are many published lists…. I’ve found some of them to be incomplete.
Ford
https://www.enginelabs.com/engine-te...ers-1952-1996/
I’m sure there are more complete ford lists, or you might have to compile a few together for a better list. The above list looks like it is missing 1989-1993 351 casting numbers.
Perfect, post up how it goes, and good luck with it. I’ve read those 4.6 engines, while maybe not performers, were very reliable engines.
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Fine engine, maybe even some tuning ability with the factory electronics still available.
Basis for one of the Cobra or other specialty mustangs of that gen.
They can scream, just torque vs RPM is some where else than the 5.8, I.E., down low.
Somebody in our chapter had a Mustang 4.6 & AOD in a late 70s F150 he'd done
He liked it over what he had, but don't remember if 5.0/5.8
Basis for one of the Cobra or other specialty mustangs of that gen.
They can scream, just torque vs RPM is some where else than the 5.8, I.E., down low.
Somebody in our chapter had a Mustang 4.6 & AOD in a late 70s F150 he'd done
He liked it over what he had, but don't remember if 5.0/5.8
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Fine engine, maybe even some tuning ability with the factory electronics still available.
Basis for one of the Cobra or other specialty mustangs of that gen.
They can scream, just torque vs RPM is some where else than the 5.8, I.E., down low.
Somebody in our chapter had a Mustang 4.6 & AOD in a late 70s F150 he'd done
He liked it over what he had, but don't remember if 5.0/5.8
Basis for one of the Cobra or other specialty mustangs of that gen.
They can scream, just torque vs RPM is some where else than the 5.8, I.E., down low.
Somebody in our chapter had a Mustang 4.6 & AOD in a late 70s F150 he'd done
He liked it over what he had, but don't remember if 5.0/5.8
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