That said, anything 2V 4.6 is utter garbage. Yea, there are a few guys out there who have made power with them, but they have the lack of displacement problem inherent with the Ford mod motor AND a completely anemic top end. The worst of both worlds, so to speak.
Your response kind of made me chuckle. All of this would carry so much more weight if it weren't for the fact that the only top end more anemic than the 4.6L is the stock 5.0L OHV.....yet OHV guys are perfectly OK with that?
I also perplexes me when I hear OHV diehards having no issue what so ever dropping thousands on an aftermarket top end for a 5.0L OHV for the sake of making power, yet scoff at the though when a mod motor is concerned.
I've owned both and been on both sides of the argument and can say both platforms have their benefits and drawbacks. Cost comparisons can be the same for both depending on the level of performance one wishes to attain.
Your response kind of made me chuckle. All of this would carry so much more weight if it weren't for the fact that the only top end more anemic than the 4.6L is the stock 5.0L OHV.....yet OHV guys are perfectly OK with that?
I also perplexes me when I hear OHV diehards having no issue what so ever dropping thousands on an aftermarket top end for a 5.0L OHV for the sake of making power, yet scoff at the though when a mod motor is concerned.
I've owned both and been on both sides of the argument and can say both platforms have their benefits and drawbacks. Cost comparisons can be the same for both depending on the level of performance one wishes to attain.
I can say after building both 5.0 based and 4.6 based engines I would never do another mod motor. I spent a small fortune building a 495rwhp 98 4.6 about 10 years ago with a very limited amount of aftermarket support. I can honestly say that my 1,500+hp 438 cost only slightly more to build than that 4.6 did 10 years ago! I'm sold on pushrods till I die[/quotOnl
Once I'm done fixing the car and get the motor back in i'll have the chance to do some more dyno testing with the Xb110 and should be able to make that to the rear wheels!! ( It met concrete wall from 148mph...woops) But seriously that 4.6 I did was so dang expensive for the power it made. I'm sure it's cheaper now that parts are more readily available but still, I'll never build another one!Only 1500 horse??
Yeah that's what I was fixing to ask, hasn't the 4.6 aftermarket taken off in the last 10 years? But anyway I think this guy is asking about the 4.95 oh I mean the 5 liter sn95 and I will have to say it depends on how deep your pockets are. If you want mod the car and budget is a concern I would go w the newest you could afford for w the older car you'll be blowing that budget on repairs vs go fast parts. I concur w KurtOnce I'm done fixing the car and get the motor back in i'll have the chance to do some more dyno testing with the Xb110 and should be able to make that to the rear wheels!! ( It met concrete wall from 148mph...woops) But seriously that 4.6 I did was so dang expensive for the power it made. I'm sure it's cheaper now that parts are more readily available but still, I'll never build another one!
Try it to take this the wrong way, but if you can't build a 500hp modular for considerably less than a 1,500hp OHV, you're doing something seriously wrong.I can say after building both 5.0 based and 4.6 based engines I would never do another mod motor. I spent a small fortune building a 495rwhp 98 4.6 about 10 years ago with a very limited amount of aftermarket support. I can honestly say that my 1,500+hp 438 cost only slightly more to build than that 4.6 did 10 years ago! I'm sold on pushrods till I die
Try it to take this the wrong way, but if you can't build a 500hp modular for considerably less than a 1,500hp OHV, you're doing something seriously wrong.
And with 10-years for the OHC aftermarket to flourish, I'd say the comparison is kinda apples and potatoes, wouldn't you?
Moot vs. mute
As an adjective, moot originally meant arguable or subject to debate. With this sense of moot, a moot point was something that was open to debate. But, since around 1900, the adjective has gradually come to mean of no importance or merely hypothetical. This usage arose out of an exercise in U.S. law schools involving the discussion of “moot” cases to practice argumentation.
In the common phrase moot point, moot means (1) of no importance or (2) merely hypothetical. This is where moot most often gets confused with the adjective mute, which means (1) refraining from making sound or (2) silent.
Moot also has a verb definition—to bring up for debate—that is almost nonexistent in American English and rare in British English.
Thanks DadIt is a "moot" point for future reference.
HA! Well played sir. I noticed his moot point earlier but didn't have the energy to correct emIt is a "moot" point for future reference.
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