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Posted by 1shaarky3 (Member # 7066) on :
 
ok to start with, a friend of mine has a 97 cobra. he blew the motor. now to get another 4.6l cobra engine is to expencive.

the question is is there another short block that we can use other than the aluminum 4.6l ?

I had heard that lincon grand marquis has the same shorth block. if it is from what year


thanks anything would be helpfull
 

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Posted by BlowN67 (Member # 4229) on :
 
mark8 same aluminum block but has cast 6 bolt crank, an rods an pistons still suck.. it will work to get u by. but u will need a new flywheel thats 6bolt
 

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Posted by Blind (Member # 3052) on :
 
mark8 is fine for a stockish street car, same rotating assembly as a SOHC GT motor, so you'll need a flywheel for a GT (6 bolt like John said)

I used a mark8 motor in my 97GT.

[ June 21, 2008, 11:04 PM: Message edited by: Blind ]
 

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Posted by slow96cobra (Member # 6001) on :
 
if youre looking to rebuild the same block i think NEXTGEN in hayward has a couple of blocks laying around.
 

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Posted by Cobraboy (Member # 7826) on :
 
Let him know Cobraboy sent you... this guy is an amazing engine builder. Works for chevy's engineering and design department.

http://mustangmotorworld.com/forums/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=27

his name is mark. he lives in Michigen
 

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