Last 4.6 rolls off the line

[chevys]

http://www.ford-trucks.com/articles/ford-rolls-final-4-6-liter-v8-assembly-line/

 

These really were good solid durable engines imo and much better than the 5.4's. Again, just my opinion. They are thirsty for their size though. I have a 3v in a Mustang and it has been as reliable as the sun coming up in the east everyday. I remember like yesterday when they came out in the 96 Mustangs and the Mustang community screamed bloody murder and I was one of them! I wanted no part of them. They evolved and by I think 1999 they finally made decent power with the PI heads.

 

I had an 03 Mustang Mach 1 powered by the 4V 4.6 and while the car (Sn95) was not all that hot the engine was a real screamer for its day and would match LS1's tit for tat. My 06 is a much better overall car but its no match for the 03 Mach 1 in a drag race. Still, is respectable and I dont care all that much about quarter mile times these days.

Then, there was the terminator. What a hot rod that was back in 2003. There were a lot of versions of this engine.

 

I just think of all of the Crown Vic Police cars and cabs powered by this engine. You still see them everywhere. Im not sure it was the best thing when it came out but Ford did a pretty good job with the evolution of it.

[30 OTT 6]

I chuckled at this comment: "Mods where good motors and lasted a long time, but where a pain to work on. I'm so glad to see the coyote 5.0."

 

Dude probably thinks the Coyote is an OHV engine, just like the one in that Vanilla Ice tune.

[twintornados]

Funny....figured ole P71 would be all over that article....

[Hydro]

I'm being lazy and didn't read the article. What vehicle did it go into? I thought the 4.6L was done a long time ago.

[twmalonehunter]

Probably E150??

[SoonerLS]

I'm being lazy and didn't read the article. What vehicle did it go into? I thought the 4.6L was done a long time ago.

It doesn't say, but I'd have to guess that it was either for the E-150 or for a non-automotive contract. The only Ford vehicles left using Mod Motors at all were the E-Series, Navigator, and Expedition, and the latter two were only running the 5.4, IIRC.

[MadManMoon]

Wasn't the MV-1 taxi/mobility vehicle using 4.6L Mod motors?

[NickF1011]

It doesn't say, but I'd have to guess that it was either for the E-150 or for a non-automotive contract. The only Ford vehicles left using Mod Motors at all were the E-Series, Navigator, and Expedition, and the latter two were only running the 5.4, IIRC.

 

The 5.8 in the GT500 is a mod motor too!

[Axle17]

I'm sad to see them go. I put over 200,000 miles on my 4.6 Grand Marquisand got decent mileage and still could tow a small trailer.

[Fgts]

Wasn't the MV-1 taxi/mobility vehicle using 4.6L Mod motors?

Yes, they also planning to switching to the 3.7 before the BK/buyout . Im sure they'll use the D37 soon.

[630land]

I bet there are some casual car fans who 'swear' that the new 5.0 is "the same" as the OHV 302. "They brought it back due to popular demand!"

Some think the metric CC displacement # is some kind of "model #" for engines.

 

Another example was some who 'swore' that the 2.5 V6 in Contour SVT's was a "Mazda 2.5, it's the same motor #"

[Bob Rosadini]

The wife's 2010 Explorer Limited has a 4.6 3V and 6 speed.. Thing can motor-just wonder what my 07 CV Sport would have been like with the 3V and the six speed.

[robertlane]

The 4.6L engine was good for its time, however, it's simply no match for the 5.0L Coyote. The 5.0L is far more efficient and durable in comparison. Keep an eye on that 5.0L because you're going to see some cool stuff coming out.

[akirby]

Who was the guy that said you'd never see much power from the 5.0?

[RichardJensen]

Sizzler.

 

Based on his disappointment that the 5.0 is, basically, a heavily reworked mod--still a huge block with the same comparatively short bore spacing.

Edited May 27, 2014 by RichardJensen

[jpd80]

Mind you, if there had been no 3.5 Ecoboost, or 5.0 I'm sure that a 4.6 Coyote and a 5.4 Coyote would have deputized well.

[97svtgoin05gt]

I still long for the engineering exercise of the Ecoboost Coyote. Extrapolating the numbers would suggest:

 

2.0 EB = 256hp

5.0EB = 640hp

 

I'm sure there has to be one or two of these "experimental" units hiding somewhere in the Dearborn skunk works.

[Stray Kat]

The 4.6L engine was good for its time, however, it's simply no match for the 5.0L Coyote. The 5.0L is far more efficient and durable in comparison. Keep an eye on that 5.0L because you're going to see some cool stuff coming out.

I'll bet you're refering to the "Voodoo V8" based on the Coyote platform. Something like 5.2 litres, flat plane crankshaft, and 550 NA horsepower with an 8000 rpm redline. Close?

[Bored of Pisteon]

Axle17 wrote that he had a Grand Marquis that went over 200,000 miles towing a trailer... That's good.

 

 

 

 

That's nothing, I own a 2001 Lincoln Town Car with 470,000 on the original 4.6L motor, with the original trans. If you use Mobil 1 in it. It's gonna last! And it still gets about 28mpg's on the highway on average. Sometimes 30 mpg.

Edited June 3, 2014 by Bored of Pisteon