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Originally Posted by wicked93gs
... if you want an old mustang that will fit a 4.6L your best bet is a mustang II...I think it would be cool to see a king Cobra II clone with a 4.6L cobra engine
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Now that's probably the most unique suggestion I've seen on this forum.
While I admit to thinking the MII is a widely under-appreciated part of Mustang history, and I actually like the styling of the car, I don't think a 4.6 is going to fit in it. I remember reading about the engineering difficulties Ford had to deal with in order to get the 302 in the car. When the car was still in the design phase it was not planned to have a V8, they designed the car to use just the 4 cyl and V6 engines that were the only choices in the '74 model year. The 302 was added for the '75 model only after the '74 was released and received a flood of complaints from enthusiasts about the lack of a V8 option and several unfavorable reviews in the press about the car being overweight and underpowered.
Although the car doesn't have shock towers to interfere with the width of an engine at the heads or exhaust manifolds, the engine room still isn't very wide or very long, especially low in the car between the inner fender wells. The available space to fit a block between the frame rails and squeeze exhaust pipes in there around the engine mounts really limits what will fit without some major surgery. I've heard of 351W's being swapped in, but I've never seen one in person and the 4.6L is physically larger than a 351W anyway.
