johussey

I have a 4.6 in my 2000 ford offroad f150 i love the truck but it has a 144,000 and it is gutless. what are a few ways to increase horse power. i already have cai and true dual exhaust but the power still seems sluggis god what else is there to do

05 super

maybe give it a tune up if it hasn't been done in a while.are you running bigger tires than stock? there's no replacement for displacement. a 5.4 might be better. i'm not sure you'll be happy with any power increase with the small 4.6. maybe swap to a lower gear ratio.

johussey

is it at all posable to swap out my 4.6 for the supercharged lightning engine. keep my stock tranny and harness. just swap the engine and the ecu or is it going to have to be a complete swap engine trans wiring harness ecu the hole kit n kabotle does anybody know a way to do this or has anybody done this. could really use some help.

NGM

Drop in a dohc motor from a lincoln or cobra.

blackbetty

boost is the only replacement for displacement...


anyways your going to be sluggish....its just a motor for a mustang in a heavy body....do what ngm said and consider a swap

rngr23

it is possible but the trans are very different. the truck you have has a 4r70w and the lightning has a 4r100. itll be a eng, trans, ecu swap, possible wiring harness but double check.

ghostrider

What year 4.6 and is it a standard?

NGM

Anything is possible with enough time and money.

josephhussey

the title said it all. I'm so tired of my gutless f150 ( 2000 4x4 offroad ) its the most pothedic thing i have ever seen i get 18 to 20 mpg wich is the only redeeming quality it has and so far everything still works fine. but i want to have more power. I have read the that the stangs around the same year have about 250to300 hp and my engine at best is sitting at 130 to 160 at best!!!!! so i need to know if i can swap a engine out of a stang that is close to the same year with out changing alot of stuff like the harness. I understand that i will need to change the ecm but i really need to know what else i would have to change in oreder to make this a weekend job. it is the only thing i have for work so i could give it about 4days of my undivided attetion but after that i kinda need it to be there for me. also my wife just told me that we are going to be having are first child so i kinda need it to be on a tight buget as well. so lets sum it up here.
1 will the engine work with my harness.
2 will it use the same engine mounts.
3 will i keep my stock tranny ( have a light right foot)
4 will the exhaust stay the same. could realy use some help on this stuff guys. i dont know alot about the diffrence on these engines.

josephhussey

ok got a new name but still have the same questions. ok its a 2000 with a auto and its 4x4 is this going to present more of a problem. could it be done on a soldiers pay.