Thread: thunderbird "mustang II" conversion

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Dad is a Ford Master Tech in Electronics and is really looking to put a newer fuel injected motor in something. He already has the engine and the 4R70W tranny from a 98 Mark VIII along with all the associated wiring, picked up the whole set up for $450 with around 60,000 on the car it came out of. The SOHC 4.6L's are the same width as the DOHC engines. All the extra width of the head extends to the inside making the intake manifold narrower. Plus, in a hot rod, you want it to look cool, and the 4V motor looks much much neater than the 2 or 3V motors. I have even read in one place that the SOHC was a tad wider and a friend with another 94 T-bird commented that he though the valve cover on his SOHC was slightly closer to the shock tower on his car than that of the DOHC I have in mine. As far as weight goes, the Mark VIII's are on the verge of being 4000 lbs. They aren't much under it. So i don't really see the extra weight of the old Bird being much of an issue. With 4.10's it still should be a high 14 second car if it were ever taken to the track (I'm sure it won't be) and get 23-24 MPG cruising along at 80 MPH.

The motor is a done deal, its going in there. The topic here is definitely the suspension.