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Old May 1, 2007 | 07:01 PM
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Default piton and rods in 2.3 and the 4.6 mustang

are they the same size or are they compleatly diffrent? if they are the same size im gonna need a set of 4 piston and rods from the 4.6
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will give rep for any helpfull info
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2.3 piston bore is 3.780

4.6 piston bore is 3.551
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Originally Posted by topher469
2.3 piston bore is 3.780

4.6 piston bore is 3.551

so the 4.6 wont fit in a wont fit in a 2.3?
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Originally Posted by jokers institute
so the 4.6 wont fit in a wont fit in a 2.3?
well, since a 4.6 has a smaller bore than a 2.3 the pistons will physically fit, but they will not work.
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ok well is there any pistons that will fit? cuz im thinking about changing my project a little but im trying to make sure i get the facts tight first
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anyone else?
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what are you building? a 2.3?
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im thinking about it cuz i found out about the 2.3 turboed tbird motors and i was thinking about doing that to my 2,3 cuz i got a greedy t3 i just got to rebuild it. so i was just wondering if i could cheat a little and get like the 4.6 parts or 5.0 parts i havnt looked around to c if they make after market shit for the 2.3 but yeah. know what i mean?
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