Is 4.6L Superior to 5.4L
Originally Posted by chester8420
Sounds great. Post it up!
People will give ya hell about it though..


Hell look 4 the thread - that was awhile ago and was when I took the pics.
Shoot the trailers beside the barn , tractors in the shed and trucks in the driveway. I'll have it all put together again this spring - 2 cold to fark widit now..
Originally Posted by Neal
HI!... And if you took all the actual "INFORMATION" from this thread, it would only make 1 page! LOL! 

HAHAA
I know I tried that already - I think I got a page and a half..
Originally Posted by Neal
HI!... Both the WINDSOR and ROMEO 4.6's also get piston slap. Read my other post. The slap is not due to engine design, it is due to machining processes. Ever notice that everyone that has a built engine done doesn't have piston slap? The only 4.6 that I know of that has a 8 bolt crank is the cobra. 2-valve 4.6's came with 6 bolt cranks. JMC has a windsor built 4.6 and it has a 6-bolt crank. He had to get a 8 bolt flywheel when he did the 5.4 swap. The Windsor 4.6 is better built than the ROMEO. Less problems with it. This has been proven over and over again.

well i guess ive got a cobra motor than?
No matter how many ways you argue it you cant make the 4.6 better than the 5.4. These guys are gonna throw every theory you come up with in the trash in the trash. I have thoroughly enjoyed watching it though so please continue to argue. I am learning alot just watching them trash you.
Originally Posted by ingrain
No matter how many ways you argue it you cant make the 4.6 better than the 5.4. These guys are gonna throw every theory you come up with in the trash in the trash. I have thoroughly enjoyed watching it though so please continue to argue. I am learning alot just watching them trash you.
I've thought it many times haha, but couldn't have said better my self.
The 5.4 always comes out on top and never needed a half a page of bullchit writeps to prove it. 5.4 owners have the edge - As far as a truck motor goes, were above watching all the 4.6 guys struggle about with there agumements lol . It's hillariouse , but rediculouse. It's fun in away, alls we have to do to end the argument is put the hammer down..
Don't give up you 4.6 guys - this is to much fun.
Originally Posted by jbrew
I've thought it many times haha, but couldn't have said better my self.
The 5.4 always comes out on top and never needed a half a page of bullchit writeps to prove it. 5.4 owners have the edge - As far as a truck motor goes, were above watching all the 4.6 guys struggle about with there agumements lol . It's hillariouse , but rediculouse. It's fun in away, alls we have to do to end the argument is put the hammer down..
Don't give up you 4.6 guys - this is to much fun.
The 5.4 always comes out on top and never needed a half a page of bullchit writeps to prove it. 5.4 owners have the edge - As far as a truck motor goes, were above watching all the 4.6 guys struggle about with there agumements lol . It's hillariouse , but rediculouse. It's fun in away, alls we have to do to end the argument is put the hammer down..
Don't give up you 4.6 guys - this is to much fun.

If you want to make them both go-fast motors, then the only question is who has more $$ to spend on it.
Sorry folks, .8 liters is not the end-all-be-all, and if you think it is, you're (as Mencia would say) retaaaaaaaaatded!
Last edited by tritonpwr; Dec 16, 2006 at 01:22 PM.
Originally Posted by tritonpwr
For the additional price of the 5.4 engine option, I could take the 4.6 and spend that same amount of money on it and blow the living s^^t out of any stock 5.4. For the exact same amount of money. That can't be topped, sorry.
If you want to make them both go-fast motors, then the only question is who has more $$ to spend on it.
Sorry folks, .8 liters is not the end-all-be-all, and if you think it is, you're (as Mencia would say) retaaaaaaaaatded!
If you want to make them both go-fast motors, then the only question is who has more $$ to spend on it.
Sorry folks, .8 liters is not the end-all-be-all, and if you think it is, you're (as Mencia would say) retaaaaaaaaatded!
Figures , you missed the point and you can't make it more of a truck otherwise all of fordengineers wouldn't have wasted the time it just wouldn't make sense . You can make faster - you can't make it more of a truck . The 5.4 pulls without a sweat - you do what you've explained , is it going to pull better. If so , the big 3 are looking for someone like you.
Originally Posted by jbrew
Figures , you missed the point and you can't make it more of a truck otherwise all of fordengineers wouldn't have wasted the time it just wouldn't make sense . You can make faster - you can't make it more of a truck . The 5.4 pulls without a sweat - you do what you've explained , is it going to pull better. If so , the big 3 are looking for someone like you.
And no.
They don't want it to pull better. The 5.4/4.6 variance is an artificially created price point. Both engines are capable of well over 400hp. Does Ford do that? No. Will they? No. Why? Because making more power doesn't make them more money.
I own both, and run both. My modded 4.6 blows the doors off my stock 5.4 in every way there is. I run the 4.6 every day while the 5.4 sits. That's not hard to grasp, seriously, it's not.
Last edited by tritonpwr; Dec 16, 2006 at 01:53 PM.
Originally Posted by Faster150

well i guess ive got a cobra motor than?
Here's some more info :
http://www.babcox.com/editorial/ar/eb40228.htm
Originally Posted by Neal
HI!... Sorry I got mixed up. The ROMEO 4.6 only had a 6 bolt crank not the windsor. But the Windsor 4.6 came with both the 6 bolt and 8 bolt cranks, but the 8 bolt is more common with the Windsor 4.6. All 5.4's have a 8 bolt crank.
Faster...
You know, h-pipes, balancing tubes, crossover pipes/tubes, whatever you want to call them, they are useless unless they are in the right place, and, well, your's isn't. Frankly, I wouldn't even know where to put one on these goofy *** exhausts, but I do know it wouldn't be there.
You do know how to find where to put it, don't you?
You know, h-pipes, balancing tubes, crossover pipes/tubes, whatever you want to call them, they are useless unless they are in the right place, and, well, your's isn't. Frankly, I wouldn't even know where to put one on these goofy *** exhausts, but I do know it wouldn't be there.
You do know how to find where to put it, don't you?
Originally Posted by tritonpwr
For the additional price of the 5.4 engine option, I could take the 4.6 and spend that same amount of money on it and blow the living s^^t out of any stock 5.4. For the exact same amount of money. That can't be topped, sorry.
If you want to make them both go-fast motors, then the only question is who has more $$ to spend on it.
Sorry folks, .8 liters is not the end-all-be-all, and if you think it is, you're (as Mencia would say) retaaaaaaaaatded!
If you want to make them both go-fast motors, then the only question is who has more $$ to spend on it.
Sorry folks, .8 liters is not the end-all-be-all, and if you think it is, you're (as Mencia would say) retaaaaaaaaatded!
but i do have good news, I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to Allstate.



