[Psman32@af]

Actually, I talked to engine and tranny shop's around me and about the time my Lincoln came out, they had many Lincolns in the shops for the same problem that I had. For about half a year to a year, they had no idea why they had the problems they had. Maybe its only common around here or common to a plant that some of the parts came from that were sold here or soemthing like that. i dont know about the current 4.6 thats in the Lincoln, but I know that the 2000 and earlier models were rated at 270 ft-lbs. Also based on expierence my 89 5.0 Lincoln got just as good and most of the time better gas mileage than my dads 97 4.6 Lincoln. Based on what I've seen and from expierence, i'll take the 5.0 over the 4.6. I tend to get a little emotional when posting, I dont think it was a big mistake, but I think it would have been wiser to stay with the 5.0.