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bditty50

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I was looking at putting a 4.6 DOHC motor in my foxbody coupe until I saw the weight if its true. I know they are more costly to build but, I thought it would be cool. Scroll down and look at the weight of these engines. It states that a 32v 4.6 weighs more then a 5.0.

http://www.strokerengine.com/EngineWeights.html

 

CobraRed_96_GT

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Why would it be lighter? Because when using the aluminum block? There's a whole lot more heavy parts on a DOHC V8 than a single cam OHV V8.

 

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I guess I just always figured a 4.6 to be lighter but, I guess not.

 

BurningRubber

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It still makes for a bad ass swap. An extra 100 +/- lb's is significant, but wouldn't be enough to stop me from doing the swap.

Tubular k-member and a-arms with a battery recolation to the trunk would even the weight dist. out a bit.