Easier to work on: 4.6 or 5.0?
10-15-2011, 11:31 AM
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Easier to work on: 4.6 or 5.0?
My wife owns a 2002 vert with a 3.8 engine.
I've done general maintenance on her car: plugs, filters, oil, belt.. ect. Everything is very mechanic friendly as far as easy to get too.
One of my pet peeves is engineers who put things in places that you can't get to without taking a lot of things off. Or busting your knuckles trying to get to it.
I'm going to start looking for an older GT for myself. I was wondering which is more mechanic friendly as far as just doing general maintenance, a new edge GT 4.6 or an older 5.0?
If the answer is neither then I may just look for a low mile 3.8 or a classic.
I've done general maintenance on her car: plugs, filters, oil, belt.. ect. Everything is very mechanic friendly as far as easy to get too.
One of my pet peeves is engineers who put things in places that you can't get to without taking a lot of things off. Or busting your knuckles trying to get to it.
I'm going to start looking for an older GT for myself. I was wondering which is more mechanic friendly as far as just doing general maintenance, a new edge GT 4.6 or an older 5.0?
If the answer is neither then I may just look for a low mile 3.8 or a classic.
10-15-2011, 11:53 AM
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My wife owns a 2002 vert with a 3.8 engine.
I've done general maintenance on her car: plugs, filters, oil, belt.. ect. Everything is very mechanic friendly as far as easy to get too.
One of my pet peeves is engineers who put things in places that you can't get to without taking a lot of things off. Or busting your knuckles trying to get to it.
I'm going to start looking for an older GT for myself. I was wondering which is more mechanic friendly as far as just doing general maintenance, a new edge GT 4.6 or an older 5.0?
If the answer is neither then I may just look for a low mile 3.8 or a classic.
I've done general maintenance on her car: plugs, filters, oil, belt.. ect. Everything is very mechanic friendly as far as easy to get too.
One of my pet peeves is engineers who put things in places that you can't get to without taking a lot of things off. Or busting your knuckles trying to get to it.
I'm going to start looking for an older GT for myself. I was wondering which is more mechanic friendly as far as just doing general maintenance, a new edge GT 4.6 or an older 5.0?
If the answer is neither then I may just look for a low mile 3.8 or a classic.
The 3.8 is basically a 5.0 without two cylinders.
The older 5.0s are very easy to work on, the new edge 4.6s arent that bad but such compared to a 5.0 IMO.
Get a 5.0 if you want something easy to wrench on
10-15-2011, 08:44 PM
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10-16-2011, 12:56 PM
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All of the above plus less computer controlled BS; I vote old 5.0 if that's what your going for (easy to work on). But if I really must give my input... Classics never die. Go for one from the 60's, no new car can ever compare to one of them, looks, feel, just he overall experience. I can rebuild that entire car in the time I can probably build up an engine for the new edge haha. Not to mention parts are a quarter on the dollar compared to the new cars. You can buy a 400hp stroker create engine for 3 grand for the classics... ask me how I know.
10-16-2011, 01:56 PM
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Thanks for the advice. It looks like I'll either get a 5.0 fox body or a 3.8 new edge. Whatever I get will need to be a daily driver type with no rust. I don't have a budget to restore anything. Just one to keep up the maintenance and make it a classic in 10 years.
10-16-2011, 02:14 PM
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Make it a new edge then. It will be more comfortable and likely more reliable than a fox.