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Oct 31, 2009 | 02:37 PM

93f150guy

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hey. does anybody know what has to be changed to put a 4.6 from a car into a truck? or if they are even the same engine?

Oct 31, 2009 | 03:43 PM

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It will depend on what year car engine and what year truck.

Oct 31, 2009 | 04:19 PM

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its a 1998 f150 4x4 and the engine in the car i think is either 2001 or 2002, its from a crown vic i think.

Oct 31, 2009 | 04:32 PM

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Not sure on this particular engine but a lot of times they use a different cam to increase low end torque on the truck engine.

Oct 31, 2009 | 05:01 PM

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hmm, thats not good. i was hoping the only difference was the intake and oil pan, maybe exhaust manifolds. hopefully not the cam

Oct 31, 2009 | 08:14 PM

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Check around on the Mustang forums. I know this topic has been discussed before on sites like ModdedMustangs.com and I remember there being some good information there. From what I can remember there are a few differences between the truck and car 4.6. Also if I remember correctly the 98 will be NPI and the 2002 will be PI, so you might be looking at an increase in HP.

Nov 2, 2009 | 07:02 AM

Johnny Langton

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Quote:

Originally Posted by thomastl

Not sure on this particular engine but a lot of times they use a different cam to increase low end torque on the truck engine.

ALL modulars use the same camshafts. Car, Truck, etc..they're ALL the same.
The only difference being NPI heads having a camshaft with less valve lift than the PI heads.
JL