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Originally posted by grngt5:
Have you purchased a car with this swap or thinking about it?If your thinking about it id advise against it.The only thing you gain is is better milage and cold start driveability.It weighs more than a cleveland,requires some work(understatement!)to fit.has alot less torque and horsepower than a mild 351.For what its worth i regularly beat my buddys cobra and its had several mods.He wants to change his cams next but thats about $1500 if he does it himself.Bottom line the 351 is cheaper and better.Just my 2 cents.
The mod motor is a great engine for a Pantera for many reasons. It doesn't take that much work to put one in a Pantera and the 4.6 makes plenty of power when supercharged. By the way the 4.6 is not heavier than a Cleveland. My 5.4 which has a cast iron block weighs 600 lbs.