I had one in a F-150. It really had torque!
The more I dig into the 4.6 DOHC's history, potential, and performance... the more I'm impressed with this engine I'd never considered... and seems to be forgotten by most.
Wasn't factory, F150 never had a 4V.I had one in a F-150. It really had torque!
They had the 4.6 SOHC 2-valve, the 4.6 SOHC 3-valve, and the 4.6 DOHC 4-valve. The F150 had the 2-valve SOHC from 1997-2010, and the 3-valve SOHC from 2004-2010.Huh. I know it was a 4.6. Did they have a SOHC 4.6?
Either way I'm excited to see this build. ESP's gonna fly!
On the one hand... I could probably be done faster with my plan to do it more like this:The coyote swap is already being done anyway. This guy is going to twin turbo his gen 2.
I'd be replacing it's crappy MSD brain with a Megasquirt or Microsquirt. It looks so good, has four perfectly good 80lb injectors in it, and cost so damn much that giving it a brain transplant would suck slightly less than taking a $1700 or more bath on selling it.I dunno if I'dwith that MSD injection, but that's my opinion based on the issues you've had.
But you have a carb already. You can sell all this EFI stuff... and there is some money left (intake is pricey).I'd be replacing it's crappy MSD brain with a Megasquirt or Microsquirt. It looks so good, has four perfectly good 80lb injectors in it, and cost so damn much that giving it a brain transplant would suck slightly less than taking a $1700 or more bath on selling it.
I'm wanting to hide the wiring on this thing. Fuel rails mean visible wiring.But you have a carb already. You can sell all this EFI stuff... and there is some money left (intake is pricey).
EFI can be great, especially for daily driving. But the devil is in the detail. If injectors are far away from the intake valve you don't have the real advantage of EFI. Also without full sequential fuel injection. IMO this EFI soultion has just the disadvantages of both worlds (EFI an carb).
But there is another path to to a EFI conversion with this manifold and you stay flexible to realize forced induction: There are bosses cast into the manifold which can be used for fuel injectors which are at the end of the intake runner (you can get screw in injector bosses). This is the perfect spot for a later conversion. You could than use such an adapter for a modern single blade throttle body which has a modern idle control device:
You could still do it with a megasquirt, but now you have all the advantages of a modern EFI. And you are still able to boost it.
You have it running much quicker with the carb and can do the EFI stuff later. But my bet is: if you have it running with the carb you will not do an EFI conversion.
This are just some thoughts. As long as the 4.6 will drop into ElSuperPinto every solution is the right one.
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