Half-Breed

[chunger]

I must say, as a Ford guy, I'm pretty envious of the LS engines. They're everything the current Ford engines should be. Available in a variety of iron or aluminum, with varying displacements, yet all the same (or at least similar) external dimensions, deepskirted block, some crossbolted... In short - seems like everything that Ford has spec'd out for the modular line of engines. The original idea behind the mod motors was good; varying displacements, same engine for FWD or RWD, and can slice two cylinders off to become a V-6.

But, man in real life, what a screwed up engine family. What are they up to now, 9 different blocks, 1/2 a dozen cylinder heads? And how did they end up with 2 different 4.6's with completely different valve cover bolt patterns (Romeo & Windsor)? Huh? And then there's the issue of their massive size. They are wider than the 427SOHC's. Nearly impossible to retrofit into older chassis w/o major work. Ford gets an F for this family.....



So, yea, I get why you went with a LS ...