. It makes me depressed just thinking about it. Both were more reliable then anything that replaced them will be and you got your moneys worth.
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I am an old Ford man (my dad had a Model A when I was born), I liked the 302 but the 4.6 liter seems to be a worthy replacement to me. I now own a ‘95 F-150 with a 351 but I would put a 4.6 in it if it could be done at a reasonable cost. We now have an ‘04 Grand Marquis which is our third car with the 4.6 engine and the worst experience was with one unit that had the infamous plastic intake manifold that split but otherwise they have been good engines.
My dad had a ‘31 Model A but longgggggggggggggggggg before I was born (I think it was a ‘51 Merc then.)
I think it figures out as 329. Lots of power/torc and good mileage for a V-8. 15-17 both highway/city in my 4x4 F-150.
I have towed over 12,000# ( lol...slow wild ride with no elec brakes on trailer) but it had plenty of balls to pull it with, just hard to stop.
Well, on the mustang side, I was into drag racing for a while when I was a young 2dLt with time on my hands and I have seen 4.6s with 40K miles on them with rod holes out the side of the block, whereas you can dog a 5.0 out for 200K miles racing it every weekend and it just asks for more. All you have to do to one of them is liberate it from the smog control crap and it will love you back. I do think they got it right on the 4.6 after 2001 or so, the first few years they were really bad.
But I want carburetors on everything too, so thats just me. I had an 85 stang with a 4 bbl and there is no sweeter sound then a 5 speed with a 4bbl and glasspacks.