hey i was wondering what thew diff is between my 95 tc 4.6 and a mustang gt,s 4.6 engine i think they have diff heads but im not really sure jut wondering couse i got the great idea of racing one last night didnt lose as bad as i thought i would he took off after my speed limitor kicked in????

hey i was wondering what thew diff is between my 95 tc 4.6 and a mustang gt,s 4.6 engine i think they have diff heads but im not really sure jut wondering couse i got the great idea of racing one last night didnt lose as bad as i thought i would he took off after my speed limitor kicked in????

not positive, but I think cams and intake are the only real differences. Probably a different throttle body and MAF too

would u kno how difficult it would b to change them to fit in my tc ???

http://www.babcox.com/editorial/ar/eb40228.htm

Ford has a very confusing application outline for the 4.6 V8. As far as I've seen, the SOHC engine was the "default" engine and got used on virtually every application except the Mustang GT, Cobra, Mach 1, Marauder, MKVIII, Continental, and now the Aviator. I'm not sure if it's the one used in the Navigator. So basically, prior to the Aviator, the DOHC engine was always in the "performance" cars, and the SOHC engine was in the standard cars and trucks.
The biggest difference that I was always told about the two engines is that the SOHC engine has a powerband biased towards the low and midrange, and the DOHC engine has a peakier powerband. This is why the DOHC engine is idealy suited for applications with a manual trans. And that's also why everyone that has a Ford with a DOHC 4.6 and an automatic trans. is always forced to adopt rather low final drive gearing in order to get any low-speed acceleration out of their cars.

onebadmk8- thank you i havent been that confused reading an article i awhile but the only thing i got out of it was basically dont try to switch the stuff

do try...the 4.6 is the most versitile ford engine ever made

slap on some pi heads/intake/cams and have fun


the later dohc (99+) are less peaky than the ealier dual port cylinder head versions