4.8 V8 in Ford 500

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Anupam Routh

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Greetings! I was wondering whether 4.8 V8 engine as found in Crown Victoria will fit in 1997 Ford 500 /Taurus car. I used to have a Mercury version of Crown Vic. I was very impressed with that car. I bought two other vehicles with the same engine - 1997 Ford 150 for my son and 1999 Ford Expedition for my wife. With thanks.
 
it is a 4.6 (fyi) and i highly doubt it would fit. motor mounts would be off that motor is designed to run longitudinal, not transverse like in the taurus/500
 
Ford is downsizing there engines so if anything look for direct injection turbo V6's to replace low end V8's.
 
Greetings! I was wondering whether 4.8 V8 engine as found in Crown Victoria will fit in 1997 Ford 500 /Taurus car. I used to have a Mercury version of Crown Vic. I was very impressed with that car. I bought two other vehicles with the same engine - 1997 Ford 150 for my son and 1999 Ford Expedition for my wife. With thanks.
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Anything can be done if you want to do it badly enough, but you would have to want to do this VERY badly to make it work! it would require a major rework of the car to fit the engine in and make it work. If you paid a shop to do this, it would cost more than an entirely new car to make the changes required.



My personal one-word answer for this would have to be - no.
 
Keep in mind the 500 is a FWD whereas most that use the 4.6(including the Crown) are RWD. Just another hurdle to keep in mind.

 
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Keep in mind the 500 is a FWD whereas most that use the 4.6(including the Crown) are RWD. Just another hurdle to keep in mind.
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FWIW, the Lincoln Continental was FWD AND had a 4.6L engine under the hood. It is possible to put a 4.6L from a Continental into a 500, but why would you?





Tom
 
I think Tom is right. The Continental from that same time frame was basically a stretched Taurus so theoretically it could probably be done. If you want a high performance Taurus why not find a nice used SHO?
 

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