96 mark VIII 02 continental engine swap?

[dnsherrill]

. I have a mark and just found a junk continental with a 32 v 4.6. It would be nice to bring my mark back from the dead lol.

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[thaywood]

ROTM, how are they different? a seemingly knowledgeable mech buddy was recently telling me they were the same, that the mark motor is for a front wheel drive (because the intake is at the back of the motor

wrong wrong wrong.
the block is different, you can not bolt a RWD trans to a continental block. that's well established.

X2 Back of blocks totally different.

Well. Learn something new every day I really don't know much about the wrong-wheel-drive Connies. Never liked them. It just seems wrong to put a V-8 in sideways But like others, I always thought it was just the Mark VIII 4.6 turned sideways. I didn't know the back of the block was different. And how can the Mark engine be "for a front-wheel-drive" when it was never used in a FWD car until they put it in the Connie? The location of the throttle body has nothing to do with the intended use of the engine. I think it was designed that way for hood clearance. But I could be wrong.