Hey I was looking through a Ron Francis wire works catalog last night
and he has a complete wiring harness for the Mark VIII 4.6 Now that
makes the swap easier. also learned that below 3000 this motor only
operates on 2 valves and gates in the intake open up above 300- to use
4 valves.
BillB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Amo" <webmaster@amoproductions.com>
To: <ardunbill@webtv.net>
Cc: <theflatlander@webtv.net>; <bigsid@webtv.net>; "marco"
<bk185@lafn.org>; <ardundoug@aol.com>; <LITNMAN@aol.com>;
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2000 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: Lincoln 4.6 Mark VIII/Ardun Descendent?
> ardunbill & List,
>
> Those Lincoln's use the same motor that comes in the mustangs, a 4.6
DOHC
> motor. With the difference being in the intake. They are a smooth
running
> and quite compact motor in them. And let me say that in my mustang I
do have
>
> the 4.6 and I have been using a 150 hp nitrous setup in it for
awhile now
> and it works flawlessly. Setup time was about an hour, I now am
using the
> rear defrost switch to arm the system and a activation button in the
ash
> tray area. I have run it at the dragstrip about 25 times, endless
ass
> kickings on the street (to my rival camaros), and my wife's joy
riding, with
>
> 45K on the odometer and still the same platinum plugs from day one
with NO
> signs of anything but one kick ass running motor. One huge thing to
> consider on the Nitrous kit you use is the wet or dry system. The
stock
> manifolds are a composite plastic and are designed for air flow and
not
> liquid so I have my doubts on the system, the dry system with these
> manifolds seem to work the best. But with either system one backfire
would
> shred your manifold into a zillion pieces. One other thing to
consider is a
> supercharger that replaces your manifold seems to be the best
option. The
> best results I have seen on the 4.6 is a supercharger, wet nitrous
kits, and
>
> underdrive pulleys the results are breathtaking.
> I found a 98 4.6 DOHC motor in the junk yard for about $1000 and
that would
> also come with the PCM. That is really a good deal, since it came
out of a
> cobra mustang with only 3K on the motor. These motors like to
breath,
> supercharges, blowers and nitrous is the only way to go on these
motors and
> theres getting to be so many bolt on parts that you could build
yourself and
>
> damn nice LSR car with one and go very fast........ "hey honey do
you think
> I could I could......" Well I guess I better leave it up to you
> guys......
>
> Jonathan Amo
> http://www.amoproductions.com/268
>
>
> ardunbill@webtv.net wrote:
>
> > Hi Folks. Sitting here on a lovely Easter morning and an Idea
swam up
> > to the surface of my fertile imagination. For somebody else to
do, of
> > course.
> >
> > Let us visualize, if you will, the modern Mark VIII DOHC EFI 32
valve
> > engine as a descendent of the good old Flathead Ford V8 (with
Ardun OHV
> > conversion, mind you). This is about 280 cubes and a semi-race
engine
> > sold to the public (still current in the Continental) and as I
know from
> > many happy miles in my own '95 Lincoln, a tremendous performer
that
> > almost scares you to turn full on in highway conditions.
> >
> > These said Mark VIII engines will now be available from junkyard
wrecks
> > in good condition, cheap, with a strong automatic attached, as a
> > package. Seems like a great opportunity for people to build race
cars
> > for speed trials, assuming, as I do, that these stock engines have
> > long-distance durability at high rpm, which they ought to. Might
be
> > downright easy and inexpensive, compared with all the other
alternatives
> > that we do. What got me started on this line of thought was the
easy
> > 150 HP kit NOS is advertising in the latest Bonneville Racing News
for
> > this power unit. But one wouldn't have to go that way, stock is
pretty
> > good.
> >
> > Don't anybody worry, I'm sticking with the hard way. I'm in too
deep to
> > ever go back now. In other words, committed.
> >
> > Cheers from ArdunBill in the Great Dismal Swamp, Chesapeake, VA
>
>
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