Originally Posted by
SVT1996Cobra
that wasn't directed at you intentionally, sorry for the confusion. and yes, the engine in the first picture is a crown vic motor. P71's looked like mustang engines with the upper intake swapped to the drivers side, like older crown vics did with the 5.0.
true, the internals are the same throughout the 2v lineup, but his first goal should be ditching the restrictive NPI heads first if he plans on keeping the stock shortblock.
Then they changed them from the 93 - 95 that I have worked on. I have not been under the hood of any 2000+ Crown Vics so I honestly dont know. The trucks and vans used a similar intake setup,.. thats why I assumed it was from there. Difficult to see the valve covers to determine romeo or windsor in the first pic. Looks like a Romeo at first glance,.. but the intake looked like that of the 97 - 01 F150.
And +1 on the heads. PI heads are a dime a dozen these days. Just need to shop around. Just stay away from the rednecks who think PI heads are worth a gold mine.
Hurst