whats more driveable

[Steven]

a 5.0 sn95 with a nice HCI on it, or a Nice HCI on a 4.6 2v.. i'm leaning towards the 2 valve purely because they seem to be more street friendly to gobs of horsepower in the end. I'm talking big heads, cams, intake.. bolt ons etc. This is in terms of daily driver ability

 

[OnyxCobra]

I have very limited experience with 4.6s but I'd be lead to believe either engine with a huge cam(s) is going to be less drivable. My Steeda #19 isn't too aggressive but it has very nice street manners as of right now, I expect it to be even better after the tune.

 

[Jrgunn5150]

Ehh, it's just a different way to drive. My H/C/I blower car with alloy flywheel and driveshaft needed a throttle blip before I got moving. I pretty much got used to it. Attempting to slip a clutch for an hour or so at a time in SoCal traffic is a little harder on me.

 

[trav_19]

i like 5.0s better not a fan of the 2v's

 

[AaRoN]

so your looking for a high powered daily driver? right?

 

[Steven]

i have a chance to pick up a beat up sn95 5.0 gt.. 5 speed and all.. or i can get a 99+ PI 5 speed get to swap into my car.. duno what to go with.. this is my first 4.6.. i've had all pushrods before this car

 

[DropTopPony]

Alot has to do with the tune on both engines. In my experience i've noticed 4.6's can be made very tame with mild cams and high boost but so can a 5.0...its just that most people think of 5.0's with big cams on N/A setups and they are not that great in a DD but a 4.6 would suck just as bad with big cams but you don't see that ever because 4.6 2V's suck for N/A setups and we know better to waste our money.

If you want to add boost then i'd take a DD 4.6 but if you are staying N/A then go pushrod.

 

[94Vert]

if your really concerned about drive ability then go supercharger, it will be more reliable and similarly priced

 

[Steven]

na i'm trading and what not and using some favors to get this deal.. no money involved other then what it costs to put it in

 

[5litrarag]

I just re-read this and noticed you are going to swap one of these combos into your current car...

In that case it should be clear... go with whatever your car had in it first.
I'll be the first to say I dont know much about the mod cars, but one thing I do know here is what would be easier to pull off... it would hands down it'd be the pushrod engine. And for the amount of power they both will make as they stand, swapping to a modular wont be the clear favorite. If the 5 liter has a simple HCI kit it will drive just as well as stock. No doubt and make a few more horsepower than a PI-2v motor.

Just the fact that there wont be any wiring issues or PCM swaps needed to make this work should be reason enough for you since you obviously dont have the money to be buying another car or doing this more conventionally. Keep it simple on yourself man... otherwise you're likely to wind up with some POS that wont run and you can't get rid of either.

 

[Steven]

I just re-read this and noticed you are going to swap one of these combos into your current car...

In that case it should be clear... go with whatever your car had in it first.
I'll be the first to say I dont know much about the mod cars, but one thing I do know here is what would be easier to pull off... it would hands down it'd be the pushrod engine. And for the amount of power they both will make as they stand, swapping to a modular wont be the clear favorite. If the 5 liter has a simple HCI kit it will drive just as well as stock. No doubt and make a few more horsepower than a PI-2v motor.

Just the fact that there wont be any wiring issues or PCM swaps needed to make this work should be reason enough for you since you obviously dont have the money to be buying another car or doing this more conventionally. Keep it simple on yourself man... otherwise you're likely to wind up with some POS that wont run and you can't get rid of either.

Well my car is originally a 98 GT automatic car.. regardless of the engine, i want to go with a 5 speed. I've had alot more experience with 5.0s, and am kinda partial to 5.0s just because i've also been working with muscle cars for as llong as i can remember. At the moment i can go get a 95 gt complete car and swap it all over but i'm just trying to take into consideration everything

 

[Jrgunn5150]

Well take into consideration that you will need to swap the K and entire engine wiring harness over to your car, that sounds like a pain in the dick to me. Why not sell your's, and buy a decent 94-95

 

[Steven]

Well take into consideration that you will need to swap the K and entire engine wiring harness over to your car, that sounds like a pain in the dick to me. Why not sell your's, and buy a decent 94-95

My dad gave me the car.. it was his, and he kinda "passed it down the line" to me.. its the only car i have left from the time i had my prized 92 gt.. so its special to me.. i'd rather have it be what i wanted then go out and buy it.. i mentioned a 5.0 swap, and pop put it off, doesnt want to change the car that much. I'm going to just go pi motor and 5 speed.. with a supercharger eventually

 

[Jrgunn5150]

Well that makes sense then, lol. Why not save now and jump straight to a 4v/5speed? It's nearly the same amount fo work, and you get about 50 extra horsies :khobra:

 

[AaRoN]

Well that makes sense then, lol. Why not save now and jump straight to a 4v/5speed? It's nearly the same amount fo work, and you get about 50 extra horsies :khobra:

+1

 

[Steven]

thought about it.. but its kinda.. take a pi motor and 5 speed together.. or a motor by itself.. which is teh suck :-\ kinda disappointed at the moment with the fact that it's so f'n difficult to just find a 5 speed swap parts car.. it's freaking retarded to have literally hunt.. im not buying a tranny and doing the piece together, thats to much, and not worth the trouble.

Sorry kinda fed up at the moment, a friend of ours who's a pitcher for the new york yankees dropped by in his 04 saleen cobra.. and my dads lightning, my moms shelby, our drag car.. everything gets drooled over first.. and then my car gets a "oh.. nice tires under the back" and walks away.. this sucks.. this is the first car i get absolute crap for compliments even though i've put as much work in as all the other cars.. my z28 was stock on the outside other then the tips and little crap :lame: bull shit.. sorry

 

[AaRoN]

hey I think your car is imp:

 

[trav_19]

4v/ Auto combo FTW!!!!! that would be a killer setup and consistant as hell at the track...if i happen to get a cobra other then a 03/04 for whatever reason i am really going to be looking into a auto swap....

i say 5.0L with a aftermarket tube K.... rolling N/A you want the low end Tq that the 5.0 offers...as bob said 2v are not that great without a power adder

 

[Dalamar]

huge cams/intake on a modualar would have NO bottom end. and would suck for a "tame" street car.
that's just my opinion.

Mid range cams ect would be better.
best would be to add boost, but I'm sure you've heard that before.

 

[Lightning Struck]

a blown modular 5.4 8)