ponyponer

and this is logically the best advice. sadly enough as time progresses these things get more complicated. to swap an engine with an engine that is not a stock option is not so easy anymore. i REALLY wanted to drop a 460 into my 03 mach 1 after i cracked the block, and warped the motor. after looking into it, it was next to unrealistic. though i would say it doesn't take that much to put a 302 in a 96-98. clearly buying the car you want is the best way to go.

minnow81469

Yeah if you want a sn95 Id just buy one you can pick a bone stock one up for 5 grand or less!

teal94_stang

I'm another one for th PI swap. I think you will see an impressive difference. If the motor and components in your car already work fine i don't see the reason to go from a modular to 5.0. For the 302 idea i would buy a whole car that is worn out, you could prolly come across one for cheap.

MustangMadness7

Wanna bet? Stock for stock, NPI vs 5.0, its dead even. Dollar for dollar/mod for mod 5.0 wins, by a lot. PI swap vs GT40 swap and the 5.0 will make more power. Bolt on for bolt on its not even close, everyone knows 2v's don't respond well to bolt ons, while 5.0's respond very well.
There are a couple people running good times with NA 2v's, but they have fully built blocks, custom heads etc revving to 8000+rpm. Stock block 2v's have 1 in the high tens and the rest are 11+ second cars. 5.0's on the stock block can run single digits and there are tons of them that do... because its easy and cheap.


--To the OP, since you already have the 4.6 youd be much better off just doing a PI swap. It would probly cost more, and definitely take more time to do the 5.0 swap than a PI swap, and stock 5.0 vs PI swapped 4.6 the 4.6 will win without a contest.

jthorn9

TO OP, either buy a GT or Cobra with a 5.0, or do a PI swap, swaping from a 4.6L to a 5.0 is going to cost a ton of money.

To the poster about 5.0s being slower, not so. Car and driver netted a 14.9 in the 1/4 with a 5.0 as opposed to a best of 15.1 with the 4.6L. One of the best times I've seen for a stock Sn-95 5.0 was 14.2s in the 1/4 with nothing more than flowmaster exhaust (not much of an upgrade if you ask me). The best 4.6L time I've seen was 14.9s which was C&Ds 5.0 time.

Serriously the 4.6L just doesn't have the push the 5.0 has despite them being rated at the same HP. I'd bet against any 96-98 4.6L against a comparable 94/95 5.0, or any 5.0 for that matter. There is no replacement for displacement.

Tberg725

fail.

Baddog

Indeed...

Fuel

Yes, I would definetly agree that it is easier to buy the car u want already that way, but here is my situation.

I have had three mustangs so far 2-1996 Gts and a 2000 Gt and the nonpi 4.6 engine is slow and everyone knows what kind of money it takes to make a mod motor fast.

I currently don't have a mustang at all and was thinking about going witha 5.0. I really would like to stay in the sn95 body style but haven't found a 94-95 anywhere close forsale. I was asking the question because i did find another 96 with a lot of miles and wondered how hard the swap would be.

Can someone please tell me what kind of power a 5.0 would make with a HCI swap and what parts to use. Also, how much power will the stock 5.0 rotating assembly take(this is where a 4.6 falls short and costs a lot of money)

thanks guys

jthorn9

All depends on what power level you want, but for a basic h/c/i swap you'll land anywhere between 220 rwhp - around 300 rwhp depending on how aggressive you go.

Fuel

i would really like to have a mustang with around 400rwhp. Basically looking for just a fun street car that won't need to be a DD at all and maybe in the future take to the track if i can spend some serious money on it.