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[willmarquis]

This is currently in a 96 TBird and I can get it for a steal and am thinking of dropping it in the 97 MGM. (97,000 mi vs. 260,000)
Anyone know of any issues? AND...Looking at some Mustang set ups this engine looks a lot like the 95 Cobras I've seen and way less like the stocker 4.6 in my Marquis.
Thoughts?

[SVT98t]

For the mileage? Maybe.

Everything else?

No.
But it doesn't have PI heads.
It doesn't have the PI intake. Infact, it still has the crappy one with the plastic crossover tube thats prone to breaking.

And 94-95 Cobras have the 5.0L SOHV pushrod motor, no modular madness. 96+ Cobras have the 4.6L DOHC motor.

-ryan s.

[willmarquis]

Ah ha.. Thanks....I wasn't sure...I would have to switch over my mods to it I guess....Maybe just because it's a lower milage engine.

[SVT98t]

Yeah. The only good things are that a 91-98 NPI engine with PI heads on it will see a slight boost in compression to 10.5:1, and the lower miles.
Everything else on that T-bird engine would have to go, because it sucks.
Your stock air intake would bolt up. You can reuse the upper plenum from your GM.


-ryan s.