4.0 vs 4.6 in a Sport Trac

[brianhood]

I've found several different Explorers in u-pull it yards. Should I assume that if I were to take the parts from the v8 mods that it would be about a "nut n bolt' type swap? Does a Sport Trac and an Explorer share the same engine bays and mounts? If they do, a 4.6 should fit right?
Brian

 

[19Walt93]

The Sport Tracs with 4.6's have the same engine bay as 2002-2011 Explorers, not the same as earlier Ranger based Explorers. Anything will fit if you have the cash and fabrication skills, a 302 would be a lot easier to fit in there.

 

[Dirtman]

The 4.6 is a massive engine. Like walt said, depends what years your working with. A 4.6 will not fit in a ranger or ranger based explorer without tons of modifications. It will fit in a later explorer or explorer sport trac since they are entirely different trucks than the ranger/explorer. But a 4.0 to 4.6 swap in one of those is still quite an undertaking.

 

[JohnnyO]

96-01 Explorer = 01-05 Sport Trac
02-10 Explorer = 07-10 Sport Trac

The 4.6 will not fit in a 01-05 Trac, it's too wide. It was a factory option in the 07-10 Trac.
Now you CAN get a wrecked 98-01 5.0 Explorer and swap the driveline and electronics into a 01-05 Trac. There is a long thread about it at www.explorerforum.com .