"Modular" 4.6?
03-06-2007, 11:02 PM
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RE: "Modular" 4.6?
It's the engine design...
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 (2002 in Australia) 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.
-Wikipedia.com
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 (2002 in Australia) 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.
-Wikipedia.com
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