Thread: Has anyone put a 4.6 Ford in a rod yet?

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Yeah, I really want that Buck Rogers looking mill in the engine bay.
Another problem is the cam bumps will have to extend out of the engine bay and UNDER the front fenders.
Just another factor in figuring out the "just right" locational dimensions.
As has been seconded, these are large engines for the cubes within.
I have a 289 on the engine stand a few feet away, and it gets glances when I think about installing that 4.6.
I will give it another shot this weekend to see if it will really NOT work.
Anyone know who makes the THINNEST remote oil filter relocation fitting?
That is one part of the major hurdle of this install, the steering.
As of yet, the steering shaft and the oil filter are trying to share real estate.
If I continue down this self abuse path, I may wind up tapping the oil filter fitting on the block, foregoing the adapter used to relocate the filter.
Oh, and the steering column hits the center of the left head.
The joy we all live for.
More later.
Mike

I've been toying with the idea of buying a complete '93 to '97 Mark VIII and using everything out of it to transplant into a Miata. I've found several low mileage examples locally for under $2K.

Originally Posted by techinspector1

I've been toying with the idea of buying a complete '93 to '97 Mark VIII and using everything out of it to transplant into a Miata. I've found several low mileage examples locally for under $2K.

That would be a really fun little cruizer Richard!!! The Miata, especially with the hardtop, is really a neat looking platform for some real performance!!!!!

A guy had one on pass time show a few weeks back in a 30's body, dont know what it was. It looked very cool with zoomies alos, but only ran a 14.550 or 15.550 pass.

Originally Posted by mooneye777

A guy had one on pass time show a few weeks back in a 30's body, dont know what it was. It looked very cool with zoomies alos, but only ran a 14.550 or 15.550 pass.

The guy who owns the chassis dyno we rent is a mod motor whiz!!!! He's got the 4.6 and 5.3's putting out some very respectable numbers with the Cobra style supercharger on them.... Some upwards of 500 at the wheels and still very streetable!!!!!! Then there's fools like me who still want to run a mod motor V-10 with 5 downdraft two barrells!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

The guy who owns the chassis dyno we rent is a mod motor whiz!!!! He's got the 4.6 and 5.3's putting out some very respectable numbers with the Cobra style supercharger on them.... Some upwards of 500 at the wheels and still very streetable!!!!!! Then there's fools like me who still want to run a mod motor V-10 with 5 downdraft two barrells!!!!!!!!

why not 10 Stromberg 97's?

Originally Posted by Matt167

why not 10 Stromberg 97's?

Cuz they leak and don't work worth a poop... Thinking more like downdraft Webbers.....