[Shotimes] Maruader...was: RE: OT - Autoweek stuff

[Alan Fanning]

I recently noticed that Ford Racing is selling Navigator DOHC 5.4 engines,
complete, for just under $5k, IIRC.  Would love to put one in my '82 F-150
but am rather intimidated by the prospect of doing so.

    Alan

George wrote:

> That, plus a REAL engine, like a 5.4 DOHC (as real as you can get
> nowadays....I'd
> rather have a 429 pushrod V-8) would have made me think about it.  The 4.6
> just
> doesn't have the torque for a big car that I want, and I also don't believe in
> supercharging to patch over all the other failings.  Just like with small
> audio
> speakers vs. large for bass delivery...there is no substitute for cubic
> inches.