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

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Originally Posted by Mc39

Yep, I agree on these points, although...
I am well past my high horsepower days, I just want an engine to get me around, and not eat me out of house and home.
I have a .030 over 454 block, heads, crank and rods just gathering dust in the corner of the shop.
It was for my former Chevelle, just never got around to it.
The 4.6 was going to be just that, a good "small" efficient engine.
The P.O. told me it got 26 on the highway, and that was good enough for me.

I'd consider 26 mpg to be conservative...With the right gears and tune up it should do quite well on fuel and performance....best of both worlds.

When the 196 6cyl in my Rambler starts to give trouble, I'm going to replace it with a Ford V8 with EFI.. right now considering a crown vic 5.0L, but thinking about a 4.6 as a junkyard I go to sells engines for $129 each flat rate, and they have a couple rows of cars with both at any given time.. but I can only go 4.6 if the tape measure says I can ither way, mid 20's MPG is likely.. which is much better than the 19MPG that I get with the 196/ BW 3spd auto ( which is cousin to the Ford FMX trans )

I think you'd really like the 4.6 Matt....good solid engine with a ton of potential if you should choose to improve it......

I can vouch for that. My mothers 95 CVPI get about 25 highway, and thats with the duals, hotter cams, ect that came with the Interceptor package. FYI, also very cheap to get @ auction

can give me the measurments of block width, and height of the 4.6? I'd like to go 4.6L it will cost the same for me to go 4.6 as it would the 5.0 so I might as well go to a more efficent SOHC design, DOHC if I can find 1.. but the yard is always littered with the mid 90's 4.6 crown vic's

If a PI car gets 25, the regular model should get just a bit more.. also being the Rambler is 1,000# lighter than a crown vic, I should get a bit better than 27-28 I would think

Had the 4.6 been as readily available then as when I first began accumulating parts for my project, plus what I know about them now, I for sure would have put one in my '31 Ford roadster. In my mind, as long as the oil is changed regularly, they seem to go on and on - I've had 3. Two 'birds and an F150. The '94 'bird had other drive line problems(tranny and diff), but the '97 was a sweet car that got 26-28 mpg at highway speeds (72 - 76mph). The 5.4 in my '01 pickup really wasn't as good an engine, but did an OK job, tho wasn't up to pulling my big camping trailer very well. Now, as Dave S says, a V10(which is in my new PU - a 3 valve version),now that's an engine, though I'd keep the injection. Unfortunately, with the V10, gas mileage........isn't!!!!

Originally Posted by Matt167

can give me the measurments of block width, and height of the 4.6?

I can tell you the width is right at 29 inches.
The widest part is at the cam humps.
The coil packs stick out a little past that, but I was going to relocate those.
I can go to the shop and get some more measurements in a few minutes.

Originally Posted by Mc39

I can tell you the width is right at 29 inches.
The widest part is at the cam humps.
The coil packs stick out a little past that, but I was going to relocate those.
I can go to the shop and get some more measurements in a few minutes.

Thanks.. the only other measurement I think I need is the measurment of the engine from the top of the cylinder head, to the oil pan mounting surface.. depth of the pan wouldn't hurt ither... oh also the length, even tho I'm sure it's shorter than the 6cyl

gonna go out right now and put the tape measure to work.. well I just checked, and 29" at the top should fit, as I have 34" at the top to work with, but at the bottom, I have just under 27" due to some suspension parts. and the motor length is 24" but with an electric fan, I could go a couple inches longer

Matt, get hold of yourself. You don't need measurements, you just need the intestinal fortitude to go at it with a Sawzall.

Originally Posted by techinspector1

Matt, get hold of yourself. You don't need measurements, you just need the intestinal fortitude to go at it with a Sawzall.

I could do that, but I want a car left after I turn the sawsall off... if I was to put a MII front clip on it, then I would attempt to shoehorn a Big Block Mopar in there, and forget about MPG.. anyway.. I'm pretty sure the 4.6 would fit, even tho I may need an electric fan.. If I could find a Mark VIII 4.6 I wouldn't mind 280 HP

I found a bunch of 'em on craigslist for cheap, '93 to '97.

If you have deep pockets FMS sell that new 4.6 "Aluminator" crate engine. Supercharged 700hp @7000 rpms. Also comes as a naturally aspirated long block assy. I remember seeing a 1x4 and me thinks a 2x4 intake for these somewhere? Or was it a stack setup possibly?? Can't place it though. Unless I'm nuts and I'm thinking of something else which is always possible.

Edelbrock has a new kit for the 4.6. It's a carb, intake and computer to eliminate most of the wiring. Hotrod just did a junkyard jewel article about it. Looks almost old school that way. It even bumps the HP a bit.

[QUOTE=signshop]Edelbrock has a new kit for the 4.6. It's a carb, intake and computer to eliminate most of the wiring. Hotrod just did a junkyard jewel article about it. Looks almost old school that way. It even bumps the HP a bit.[/QUOT

Good info!!!! Thanks for the heads up, gotta go check that out!!!!!!

In case you haven't found it yet, here's the link to the article. They just did an update to it this past month too. More parts and a little better hp.

http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/e...ine/index.html