Hi.
At the expense of being bombarded with a Normandy-assault-size volume of verbal barrages...I have a couple of questions concerning...yes, the often-idolized, yet often-ridiculed DOHC swap.
And yes, I have perused the 'Search' function on numerous occasions...I've spent quite a bit of time looking in there, but have not really found what it is I'm looking for, so here I am.
I now own a '97 4.6 car. I also now own (for very little cash), a low-mile T45 5-speed out of a Cobra, and a 1994 Lincoln MK8 parts car, which includes a 108K-mile DOHC motor.
Thrown casually into this mix is my original 1992 5.0 car, which I'm really contemplating paying a group of gang members to break into my house, do a bunch of quasi-believable yelling and threatening, and have them steal this car, just so I can have an excuse to go look for something else that's more suitable for a DOHC swap...
Now that this is all out of the way, I'd like to hang onto the '92 5.0 car, and swap in the DOHC/5-speed combo (somewhat like Racecougar and his '90 Cougar), and just keep the '97 4.6 car as a relatively-untouched daily driver.
However, if I am going to have to completely rewire the '92 5.0 car with what sounds like either a 1996 or 1997 4.6 engine and related harness (which I don't have, and i'm not interested in using the MK8 wiring), I'll be honest with you, I'm not really up for this sort of thing, especially if I have to first clear out the existing 5.0 wiring, and attempt to splice it into the car. There are also some aftermarket stand-alone harnesses (or at least they look like a stand-alone), but once again, I'm looking at something of an investment vs. return, in that is this sort of thing even worth it?
....which brings me to the current DOHC swap searches; as it's been mentioned, ad-nauseam, that idiots first utilize the 'search' function here, and in this case, I have looked, and while there are countless mentions of these mythical DOHC swaps being performed, unless I skipped over something, and more than likely I did, all that really ever shows up are the occasional 'update' picture, and "ask so-and-so about what he did on his."
1. Is there a fairly-detailed swap thread out there, concerning the MK8 swap, either to a 1996-1997 4.6 car, or more-detailed version of Racecougar's work, where a 4.6 was swapped into an older Bird?
2. Unless I add a blower/turbo/whatever to the MK8 engine, is this powerplant monstrosity (in N/A form) really worth the effort? I'm recalling seat time spent in a customer's 1996 Cobra that I did a lot of work with, and it was a blast to drive. I wouldn't mind duplicating this car in MN12 form, as the MN12 has much better suspension than the covered-wagon Mustang platforms thoughout the years.
Any thoughts about this one?
3. Is it possible that the 4.6 DOHC and 5-speed would be a better idea for the 1997 4.6 car that I'm currently daily-driving now?
4. Sell the '92 and buy another 1996-1997 4.6 car? I'd like a Cougar this time.
As usual, any comments would be appreciated, and hey, it's not like we're doing anything else anyway, lol.
At the expense of being bombarded with a Normandy-assault-size volume of verbal barrages...I have a couple of questions concerning...yes, the often-idolized, yet often-ridiculed DOHC swap.
And yes, I have perused the 'Search' function on numerous occasions...I've spent quite a bit of time looking in there, but have not really found what it is I'm looking for, so here I am.
I now own a '97 4.6 car. I also now own (for very little cash), a low-mile T45 5-speed out of a Cobra, and a 1994 Lincoln MK8 parts car, which includes a 108K-mile DOHC motor.
Thrown casually into this mix is my original 1992 5.0 car, which I'm really contemplating paying a group of gang members to break into my house, do a bunch of quasi-believable yelling and threatening, and have them steal this car, just so I can have an excuse to go look for something else that's more suitable for a DOHC swap...
Now that this is all out of the way, I'd like to hang onto the '92 5.0 car, and swap in the DOHC/5-speed combo (somewhat like Racecougar and his '90 Cougar), and just keep the '97 4.6 car as a relatively-untouched daily driver.
However, if I am going to have to completely rewire the '92 5.0 car with what sounds like either a 1996 or 1997 4.6 engine and related harness (which I don't have, and i'm not interested in using the MK8 wiring), I'll be honest with you, I'm not really up for this sort of thing, especially if I have to first clear out the existing 5.0 wiring, and attempt to splice it into the car. There are also some aftermarket stand-alone harnesses (or at least they look like a stand-alone), but once again, I'm looking at something of an investment vs. return, in that is this sort of thing even worth it?
....which brings me to the current DOHC swap searches; as it's been mentioned, ad-nauseam, that idiots first utilize the 'search' function here, and in this case, I have looked, and while there are countless mentions of these mythical DOHC swaps being performed, unless I skipped over something, and more than likely I did, all that really ever shows up are the occasional 'update' picture, and "ask so-and-so about what he did on his."
1. Is there a fairly-detailed swap thread out there, concerning the MK8 swap, either to a 1996-1997 4.6 car, or more-detailed version of Racecougar's work, where a 4.6 was swapped into an older Bird?
2. Unless I add a blower/turbo/whatever to the MK8 engine, is this powerplant monstrosity (in N/A form) really worth the effort? I'm recalling seat time spent in a customer's 1996 Cobra that I did a lot of work with, and it was a blast to drive. I wouldn't mind duplicating this car in MN12 form, as the MN12 has much better suspension than the covered-wagon Mustang platforms thoughout the years.
Any thoughts about this one?
3. Is it possible that the 4.6 DOHC and 5-speed would be a better idea for the 1997 4.6 car that I'm currently daily-driving now?
4. Sell the '92 and buy another 1996-1997 4.6 car? I'd like a Cougar this time.
As usual, any comments would be appreciated, and hey, it's not like we're doing anything else anyway, lol.