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1shaarky3
Member # 7066
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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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BlowN67
Member # 4229
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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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Blind
Member # 3052
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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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slow96cobra
Member # 6001
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if youre looking to rebuild the same block i think NEXTGEN in hayward has a couple of blocks laying around.
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Cobraboy
Member # 7826
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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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