Ford 4.6 V8 help needed

How do I tell if this is the regular 215 HP engine, or the 305 HP Cobra engine? Does the Cobra say so on the intake , or something?

http://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/pts/4280414607.html

2v junk.

what ranger50 was trying to say is the 215 hp model.

non-P.I. 2-valve 4.6.

if the miles can be confirmed, it could still be worth what they want for it. not a cent more, and half that without proof.

I was wondering about dropping it into a Challenge car, maybe a Miata.

It's also got the early intake with the guaranteed-to-break plastic coolant crossover.

IDing a mod motor is fairly easy. Here's a DOHC. Note the enormous valve covers. SOHC engines like the one in the OP's link obviously have much smaller valve covers.

There are lots and lots of variations between years and models, but the size of the valve covers will always be the easiest way to tell SOHC from DOHC.

...and it say "V8 32 Valve" on the covers !! A dead giveaway sign. Thanks folks.

You can get the 32v motor from the Lincoln Mark 8s also, since there probably aren't many cobras in junk yards.

DeadSkunk wrote: I was wondering about dropping it into a Challenge car, maybe a Miata.

If I had one of those, I'd drop it in a lake, not a Miata.

trans should be worth close to the asking price of everything. too bad it doesn't have the pedals and stuff. would be nice for the clean looking 220k+ mile 5 speed GT i found last week floating around CL for a grand.

The 2V 4.6 can make power but it takes a lot of work, a lot of money, and a lot of boost. I know a guy who has one making over 600hp to the wheels in a T-Bird thanks to aftermarket heads/cams/intake and a big Vortech.