Ford Motor Corporation Prior Blog Posts by Date My blog about Ford Motor Corporation. News, products, engines, concepts and showcars, opinion, projects, owner experiences. Covers all corporate Ford brands: Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Volvo. Special emphasis on performance cars and international operations. Note: Mazda is in it's own section, complete with it's own blogs and RSS feeds. September 2008 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30         Jul   Oct RSS Feed for DrivingEnthusiast.net About DrivingEnthusiast.net Index of prior posts by title Use this calendar to navigate thru prior blog postings by date. Sunday, September 14, 2008    Lincoln Aviator - intake   While I'm on my dead Ford thread, I'll say that I've always been a fan of the Lincoln Aviator - that is, the Lincoln version of the Explorer. Unique pieces include 4.6 DOHC V-8 (shared with the Marauder and Mach 1 - but with several unique pieces of it's own),  unique front suspension lower control arms with larger brakes, an entirely different interior with unique seats and dash (the best seats ever offered in the Explorer family), and more. I've enjoyed driving them, and while they are significantly heavier they are a far better drive. Unfortunately, the EPA ratings were 13/18 - which doomed the vehicle (and why Lincoln canceled this instead of the massively over-blown Navigator is IMHO a large part of their problem). Following (just to get them on our site and saved) are some pictures of the unique intake manifold I encountered on the web. The MSRP price on the entire "dressed" engine is $4200. In their parts catalog, Ford doesn't show the correct picture of this intake manifold - they show the 2-valve parts instead. View and add comments: Trackback: Trackback Link and count:;[] Permalink for this post:  See similar posts in these categories: Ford Motor Corporation | Ford - Engine - Modular Family | Lincoln Search for similar posts on the web: Google It! RSS Feed for DrivingEnthusiast.net About DrivingEnthusiast.net  What will become of the Ford BOSS big block?   The all-new Ford big block has been under development for several years now. At one point it was canceled, then later restarted. Earlier this summer, all work to put versions of it in the Mustang and F-150 was permanently canceled, with only use in the Super Duty a possibility going forward. So it's dead for Mustangs - leaving Ford out of the "big block" world. Instead, Ford will use a variant of the current 4.6 DOHC engine in 5 liter DOHC form in the re-skinned 2010 Mustang (or a year later, depending on corporate finances) and a version of the twin-turbo V-6 "EcoBoost" 3.5 liter DOHC V-6 (in 2010 or later, again depending). The only picture ever published with permission of the dead big-block was in a Roush drag Mustang, in iron-block SOHC cam form: However, some other pictures of this same iron-block SOHC engine made it out the doors: Now that the engine is dead, will there a plan put in place to offer it for off-road Mustangs via the aftermarket? Speculation at this point, and given it's weight and lack of factory support not particularly desirable. We think this is the end of this engine for the Mustang crowd... View and add comments: Trackback: Trackback Link and count:;[] Permalink for this post:  See similar posts in these categories: Ford Motor Corporation | Ford - Engine - BOSS family Search for similar posts on the web: Google It! RSS Feed for DrivingEnthusiast.net About DrivingEnthusiast.net
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