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Ford Modular engine
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Ford Modular V8

Also called: Ford Triton V8
Ford Triton V10
Lincoln InTech
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Production: 1991–present
Predecessor: Windsor V8
385 V8
Class: SOHC/DOHC V8/V10
Engine: 4.6 L (4601 cc/280 in³)
5.4 L (5409 cc/330 in³)
6.8 L (6761 cc/415 in³)
Similar: Ford Triton engine
Jaguar AJ-V8
Chrysler PowerTech V8
Ford/Yamaha V8
GM Premium V
Mercedes-Benz M113/M115
BMW M62/S62
BMW N62
Nissan VH
Nissan VK
Toyota UZ
The Modular engine, or "mod motor" as it is often referred to, is Ford Motor Company's modern overhead camshaft (OHC) V8 and V10 engine family. It gradually replaced the Windsor small-block and 385 big-block engines over several years in the mid-1990s. Contrary to popular belief, the Modular engine did not get its name from its design or sharing of certain parts among the engine family. Instead, the name was derived from a manufacturing plant protocol, "Modular", where the plant and its tooling could be changed out in a matter of hours to manufacture different versions of the engine family. [1]. It is used in Ford trucks, (called the Triton) in Lincolns (called Intech) and in Ford and Mercury cars. In 2004 Ford introduced a 3-valve SOHC with a Variable Camshaft Timing (VCT) system, and this engine will eventually phase out the 2-valve SOHC, although it has temporarily replaced a 4-valve DOHC engine in the Lincoln Navigator.

The engines were first produced in Romeo, Michigan but additional capacity was added in Windsor, Ontario.

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Huh??? Sumary???

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1) modular engine: 4.6L, 5.4L, 6.8L V10; called Triton on ford trucks and Intech in Lincolns
2) Replaces the pushrod windsor series, manufactured first at the Romero Plant, but also at the windsor plant later on
3) Not called a modular because parts are interchangable, but from the manufactures ease of changing tooling for each engine family

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Korn... it's not true. The motors are the same cid and type, but the everything internally is different. Triton shows that it's a truck engine. The new Mustangs do not have a Triton engine. They aren't built or geared for the same purposes that the FSeries is. Go drive a 4.6 3v truck, and then check out a 3v gt... all the outputs are different, and the feel is different, because of the inner workings of the motor.