Conical Filter installed....

[unity]

I was just going off the Ford Specs.... All the "books" say 290, but then some sites say 285. But, hey, what's 5 pounds anyway! lol

 

[J]

At 5250 rpm, both torque and HP are equally important.

I was referring to vehicle speed(top end faster/low end slower speed).

Are you kidding? The Aviator has way more horsepower and torque than a Mark VIII engine.

I didn't say the M8 engine has more HP, I said that the M8 engine will perform BETTER at higher speeds with more HP and LESS torque where the Aviator motor has more torque and "less" HP. Not comparing specs, just stating that a vehicle with high HP numbers/low torque(M8) will perform better at higher speeds, and a vehicle with high torque numbers/low hp(Aviator) will perform better at low speeds.

A bone stock Mark VIII with stock everything except Aviator motor will put down 270rwhp.

No matter what car the Aviator is in, its not going to put down 270 at the wheels stock, expecially if its ONLY 300hp at the engine.

So by saying the M8 has more HP is like saying the M8 has more power than a Cobra from 03/04....

No no no....I just read what I wrote, and its confusing.

All in all....the Aviator has MORE torque than the M8 so it will help get the beast moving FASTER than the M8 engine, but when it comes to "pull" at 70mph, the M8 engine with the more HP will be better.

the M8 engine with more HP(VS TORQUE) will be better

As Per Wikipedia
1993-1998 Lincoln Mark VIII, 280 hp (209 kW) and 285 ft•lbf (386 N•m)
1997-1998 Lincoln Mark VIII LSC, 290 hp (216 kW)
2003-2005 Lincoln Aviator, 302 hp (225 kW) and 318 ft•lbf (431 N•m)

Look at those torque numbers.

 

[unity]

So my car kicks a stock VIIIs butt (dont wanna say ass, might get banned - oops I said it anyway)

But I knew that. So my power plant probably produces the same or more HP and the same or more torque. Again, I need a dyno run to know for sure.

 

[J]

So my car kicks a stock VIIIs butt (dont wanna say ass, might get banned - oops I said it anyway)

LMAO!

I produces WAY more torque, which helps get the freaken boat going...thats the point I was trying to make this entire time.

Thats the entire reason you did this swap or it wouldn't have been worth it, minus the fact that the engine had 9k? on it.

 

[unity]

It had less than 3k lol.... Well I did the swap because I blew-up the old one. I had no choice but to get a new engine and I figured I may as well make it worth it so I posted, asked and researched. The easiest would have been a low milage Gen 1 or Gen 2, but I figured I may as well go for the gold! Of course, a Mach 1 engine would have been nice. But seeing now that all 03/04 engines are a lot a like, I dont feel so bad with one from an Aviator

 

[46callaway]

The Aviator engine is the exact same as the auto Mach 1 engine except for the cool intake manifold.

 

[unity]

I thought the block was, but internal parts were not (forged or not, etc). I may own an 04 engine, but as you can see I know little about it! LOL I know more about stock Mark VIIIs.

 

[46callaway]

You have the best NA 4.6 DOHC motor Ford/Lincoln ever built... it comes with a cast crank for lighter weight and the 03/04 heads which are the best OEM Ford DOHC heads besides the 5.4 DOHC Cobra R/Ford GT/GT500 heads.