Thanks to those who have already made a Mark VIII 4V DOHC engine swap thread. The information that you have provided has been very helpful in my quest. I recently bought a '96 GT with a bad engine. So today I went and picked up a 64K-mile '98 Mark VIII 4V DOHC engine. Here is the beginning of the story:

First the car:


Now the engine:


Another:


Yet another:


Getting tired of seeing it yet?


I thought that these parts might come in handy:


The exhaust manifolds that will have to go. They look like they flow decently:


So that's it for now. I have to pick up some Cobra exhaust manifolds and I'm not sure about the oil pan/oil pickup issue yet.

I'll post more as I make progress.
Monty

 

Have fun!

 

Have fun. I just used my 96 GT Oil pan/pickup tube. Should work in your case too.

 

my Lincoln Aviator has that same engine, kool

 

The salvage yard cut the throttle cable. Any ideas on where to get one of these?

 

Last night I won a pair of '98 Cobra exhaust manifolds on eBay. Today, I found a '98 Mark VIII throttle cable on another forum for $20. Today I am going to buy a used engine hoist Things are beginning to come together. Maybe I will start the pulling this week.

 

just a thought but if the engine is gonna be out anyways, just throw a set of LT's on and be done with it...

 

I picked these up today...

 

Two reasons; (1) money, and (2) it's eventually going to my son as a first car. I don't want to give him a 300+ horsepower car to learn to drive with. Plus the heat and trying to work on anything underhood always seems to get blocked by headers. I've had them on numerous cars.

 

i got my headers and my midpipe for about $300 shipped from summit, same as ctgreddy IIRC...

just a though with the 4V motor, upgrade to the better 97/98 radiator fan, the 96's had an issue with overheating, i got one from a junkyard for $15 and it drops right in