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I thought he was someone else. There's another on this site with an almost identical user name running a 4.2L who has some pretty unbelievable stories.
Regardless, yea, that's right Punisher, for 98 it was 235 @ 4250 RPM. But it's really the torque down low that separates the two V8's.
Since BOMan is unaware of his motor specs, I'll post those as well.
Ford introduced Power Improved heads for the 4.6L in 2001. HPower then jumped from 220 to 231 @ 4750 RPM. So his 04 is @ 231 FWHP.
Regardless, yea, that's right Punisher, for 98 it was 235 @ 4250 RPM. But it's really the torque down low that separates the two V8's.
Ford introduced Power Improved heads for the 4.6L in 2001. HPower then jumped from 220 to 231 @ 4750 RPM. So his 04 is @ 231 FWHP.
wow thats the funniest thing ive seen in a while! 
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I thought he was someone else. There's another on this site with an almost identical user name running a 4.2L who has some pretty unbelievable stories.
Regardless, yea, that's right Punisher, for 98 it was 235 @ 4250 RPM. But it's really the torque down low that separates the two V8's.
Since BOMan is unaware of his motor specs, I'll post those as well.
Ford introduced Power Improved heads for the 4.6L in 2001. HPower then jumped from 220 to 231 @ 4750 RPM. So his 04 is @ 231 FWHP.
Regardless, yea, that's right Punisher, for 98 it was 235 @ 4250 RPM. But it's really the torque down low that separates the two V8's.
Since BOMan is unaware of his motor specs, I'll post those as well.
Ford introduced Power Improved heads for the 4.6L in 2001. HPower then jumped from 220 to 231 @ 4750 RPM. So his 04 is @ 231 FWHP.
And yes, the 2001-2004 4.6l made 231 hp. Still a little less than the 1998 5.4l.
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I wasn't referring at all to my 98 5.4L. He brought that up
For the best performance possible, you would build a 5.4L. OR purchase a factory Lightning engine. All modulars are great engines, - the essex is nice engine as well. I guess he got defensive, you could say.
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I thought he was someone else. There's another on this site with an almost identical user name running a 4.2L who has some pretty unbelievable stories.
Regardless, yea, that's right Punisher, for 98 it was 235 @ 4250 RPM. But it's really the torque down low that separates the two V8's.
Since BOMan is unaware of his motor specs, I'll post those as well.
Ford introduced Power Improved heads for the 4.6L in 2001. HPower then jumped from 220 to 231 @ 4750 RPM. So his 04 is @ 231 FWHP.
Regardless, yea, that's right Punisher, for 98 it was 235 @ 4250 RPM. But it's really the torque down low that separates the two V8's.
Since BOMan is unaware of his motor specs, I'll post those as well.
Ford introduced Power Improved heads for the 4.6L in 2001. HPower then jumped from 220 to 231 @ 4750 RPM. So his 04 is @ 231 FWHP.
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I also wanted to make my 4.6 fastish... So I did a little research and made it faster. Headers are a waste of money as a first mod. Take a close look at your exhaust system and between the collectors and the Y you will see two massive restrictions. The Y pipe is the most obvious and right after the collectors where the pipe turns down is a reduction from 2.5 inches to 2.25 inches on bot sides of the engine.
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I also wanted to make my 4.6 fastish... So I did a little research and made it faster. Headers are a waste of money as a first mod. Take a close look at your exhaust system and between the collectors and the Y you will see two massive restrictions. The Y pipe is the most obvious and right after the collectors where the pipe turns down is a reduction from 2.5 inches to 2.25 inches on bot sides of the engine.
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I know, I wanted a 5.4 R/Cab.
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Not worth the money. Im preety content with the 4.6. She goes good enough, for now. I wanted a truck in the 15's all in all. Im either close or already there.
