Engine slung a rod.

[martin96SHO]

Well my engine finally gave out on me and slung a rod while drivng back from work the other night. I was just wonderng do you have any knowledge or no anyone that does about if a late model mustang gt engine will fit in it. I was thinking about maybe puttin a engine from a 1996-2000 GT motor in it. Well write me back tell me what you think i should do. Thanks.

 

[Vnuk1]

Scrap it, j/k try and fix it keep it on the road. Don't know about the Mustang motor though..

 

[Phoenix]

The only one I saw with what you describe , it was a 2000+ taurus (basicly the same as the 96-99) with a 32 valve 4.6 from a Mark8 , cause its FWD.

Even that will set you back a couple grand just in parts , plus fabrication , wires , and such and such.

So nevermind doing anything with a rwd combo from a mustang.

Sell it , buy a stang and call it a day.

 

[hawkeye18]

First:

It's a 3rd gen SHO. You didn't sling a rod, the camshaft sprocket slipped and you bent a bunch of valves and/or cracked a piston or 4.

Second:

There is almost no way in **** a Mustang motor's gonna fit without a REALLY LARGE AMOUNT of work. Honestly, unless you have about $10k sitting around doing nothing, I wouldn't bother.

 

[SHOspazz92]

The only one I saw with what you describe , it was a 2000+ taurus (basicly the same as the 96-99) with a 32 valve 4.6 from a Mark8 , cause its FWD.

Even that will set you back a couple grand just in parts , plus fabrication , wires , and such and such.

So nevermind doing anything with a rwd combo from a mustang.

Sell it , buy a stang and call it a day.

The Mark 8 is not FWD. The Continental is FWD.

-Sam

 

[jmpSHO2nd]

I don't see any reason why a 4.6 from a Mustang wouldn't fit in there and I can't see it costing 10k do get done especially if you are doing most of the work yourself. It's your car and if you want a 4.6 in there I say go for it. I would love to see a swap like this done. If the the motor in my Gen 2 ever dies I have been thinking abut a similar swap but I am almost convinced that my motor will last longer than the body.

 

[HotRodKid]

I don't see any reason why a 4.6 from a Mustang wouldn't fit in there

the Sho v8 is a 60* v8 while the mustang and continental motors are both 90* v8's, making them alot wider. Good luck stuffing a 90* engine where a 60* engine doesn't even fit properly.

 

[jmpSHO2nd]

the Sho v8 is a 60* v8 while the mustang and continental motors are both 90* v8's, making them alot wider. Good luck stuffing a 90* engine where a 60* engine doesn't even fit properly.

I read some where a while back that someone fit a 32v, 4.6 from a continental in a late model Taurus, 2001 IIRC so I don't see why a 4.6 wouldn't fit in a Gen 3. We can all speculate whether it will fit or not, only way to know for sure unless someone tries it. And perspnally I would love to see it get done.

 

[firebat45]

Yes, someone on TCCA got a continental motor (DOHC 4.6) into a Taurus. He had to run the rad fans on the front of the rad, and a bunch of other mods, to get it to fit, but it did fit. A SOHC 4.6 bolted up to the continental tranny would fit a lot easier. It's doable.

Is it worth doing though? Probably not.

 

[HotRodKid]

Hey, i drew up a CAD file to help you with the swap

 

[Phoenix]

The Mark 8 is not FWD. The Continental is FWD.

-Sam

yup , I guess thats what I meant. :angelnot:

 

[black99lightnin]

A 4v 4.6 is dimensionally larger than a big block Ford. I wouldn't recommend it. Try finding a used motor.

 

[SHOZ123]

I don't think the TCCA guy ever drove the car either or got it running.

 

[hawkeye18]

DOHC engines kind of by definition are huge pigs. If you're going to swap a motor, you might as well drop a SBC in there and call it a day.

 

[jmpSHO2nd]

Damn that thing looks crammed in there, after seeing that I would definately not go that route. I would just find another 3.4.

 

[somedude_001]

I don't see what the big deal is about this swap. lincolns go cheap at auction. buy a good running car. swap the subframe including engine, transmission, wiring, and ecu. I don't see why this would take more than a weekend.

 

[Mr Anonymous]

I don't see what the big deal is about this swap. lincolns go cheap at auction. buy a good running car. swap the subframe including engine, transmission, wiring, and ecu. I don't see why this would take more than a weekend.

I guess we know what you're doing next weekend. Please report back on the simplicity Monday morning.

 

[93rev2sev]

The guy that did that at ford (put the intech into the taurus platformed continental) got fired. He was over weight and over budget. A lot.

But you should be fine.

 

[SHOspazz92]

I guess we know what you're doing next weekend. Please report back on the simplicity Monday morning.

lol

-Sam

 

[kevinspann]

Paul, there is also a 00-07 Taurus that someone swapped a Conti drivetrain into. That one looked more complete, and was running AFAIK.

Either way, it's a bad idea.