4.6 Police Interceptor motor In a Mav?

Sir it is of my opinion the YOU should be intercepted before you mess up a good car. I never saw a police car with a 4v in it? Got any pics of it?

But what do i know, The whole maverick thing is different so do what you want.

 

Do the Mav!!!!!!!!!

 

Ok. Thanks for the info. I had no idea i havent seen the motor in about a week and when i did i didnt look and see the valve covers closely.

What do you guys think the hardest part is gonna be?

I think the computer, and the wires are gonna be a pain in the @$$

 

If you have a P.I.car with a 4V motor, you have a crown vic with a motor swap,
or you found a mercury maruder.

The merc was the ONLY panther body to get a 4v engine.

 

I wish. The motor we have we scored for $100 and it is complete.

Were i live i have only seen 2 Merc Maruders. 1 black 1 silver and they role with the Air Capital SVT, Roush, Saleen club. very clean cars

 

I'd say the hardest working thing will be the suspension mods. If you already have the wiring harness from the engine isn't that going to be easy??? (I don't know)

 

I dont know were im going to put them i have to put the module somewere dont i?

I have never work with a motor swap that deals with EFI. its a new experience for me.

 

Just butting in, a guy in my local mustang club has a twin turbo 4.6L DOHC 4V, he just put down 746hp to the wheels on a dyno this weekend. That's at 17lbs and he wants to go to 27lbs! Food for thought.

 

if my opinon counts for anything, i would like to tell you all about the 4.6L SOHC. I will never own one of these ever again if my life depended on it. I work at a MAJOR dealership in southwest louisiana. and i work on these motherfreakers all the time. they are notorious for overheating problems due to craked intake manifolds. they were never designed to be a performance motor. True, some may have supercharged them with outstanding results, but i bet they dont mention the heap of cash they had to throw into it!! Parts are un-holy expensive, not to mention not easy to find. Trust me on this. I know first hand!! I have a 2003 Mustang GT.. JUNK DUDE. i drove the thing for three months, not real hard either. on the way home from town, it took a dump and blew the #3 spark plug out of the head and destroyed everything in its path. so i pulled over and called my buddy(also a mav nut) to come get me. on the way his 4.6 sohc in his t bird completly broke off a timing chain. and guess what?? zero tolerance motor...bent every damn valve. the heads on a 4.6 are crap... now with aftermarket heads and a complete forged rotating assy,, maybe. but in a mav..not worth the effort. they dont make near the torque as a 302. a 302 is much more reliable any day of the week, and much more capable of producing big hp/tq and still being able to drive every day.................ok im done comments welcome!

 

yeah, I've a friend that has a Grand Marquis burnt intake casualty, the hood looked like a bbq grille. I'd take a DOHC over a SOHC, implying this with the 5.4 too.

If I were you I'd trade it for an Aviator engine.

 

A man brother! I work at a dealer and i feel youre pain.

 

My bad dawg. I wont do it again.

 

Yeah. You had that Plastic Intake Manifold didnt you? I know that the new mustangs have plastics and they are not for any performace applications. Do you think that a big air scoop on the hood would help with heat? i mean im not gonna be driving it around as a DD its gonna drive to the track and back if it doesnt break.

I do take your comment into great consideration, and i appreciate it.

I wonder if a 5.4 could work??

 

That is strange considering about 90% of 4.6 powered vehicals I have seen in the junkyards so far have exceeded 200,000+ miles. It is also not rare to see them with 300,000, 400,000 and even 500,000 miles. My aunt drives a 1997 Expedition, that is at around 250,000 miles and it still runs as smooth as it did the day she drove it off the lot brand new, and passes emissions with no problem what so ever. The truck has had a heater core and radiator that were replaced under warranty. The rest has just been normal maintenance with no major problems.

It doesn't seem the 4.6 would be the engine of choice for Police cars and Taxi's (and Police cars turned Taxi's), cars that see very hard use and abuse and very high mileage, if they were junk.

That said, if you are just putting a 4.6 in a Maverick to be different, well, you are no different then the other guy that has already done it (along with a T56) or who ever does it next. The effort doesn't seem worth the end result in my opinion, if using just a stock old 4.6 Police car motor.