Okay,
I knew that my little 4.6 (little
) was small on the displacement side, but rather large on the overall size, but I didn't realize just how enormous the Ford modulars are until I was doing research for the 5.4 setup I'm doing with my cobra build.
The estimated weight of the 5.4L (DOHC) is around 540 lbs.
It's roughly 28 1/4" wide (from edge of valve cover to valve cover) 24" long and 28-35" tall from pan to top of intake (depending on the intake).
It's friggin ginormous. The 4.6 is bigger than a 429 and the 5.4 is redonkulous.
I had already picked up my engine/tranny and such for a mustang build up when I changed my mind (
) to go with a cobra build up. Anything to do with modulars or modern Ford stuff is a PITA and this looks to be worse.
For those of you considering doing a modular build.......don't. I'm really considering selling my engine setup and going with a nice carb'd 302. I have a mountain of money already in the thing.
It's kinda like when you have pocket aces and the flop comes out 3 of the same suit or 3 connectors. You know you oughtta lay em down, but man.....it's hard to put down pocket rockets.
