Bought a GREAT truck!!! Oh no wait... Nevermind... It's junk.

[moogvo]

Ok. The Mustang engine is in and running GREAT! No check engine lights and the engine only has 30k on it. If you have an Explorer that needs freshening up, THIS is AWESOME! This project can be done for less than what I paid to do the heads on my B2! the engine was $700.00. On the B2, I paid almost HALF that for just the heads... and I STILL had an engine with 140k on it when I was done!

I am back to being happy with the X.

 

[backroad101]

How is the Mustang engine different than the Explorer one? Is it just an age / mileage thing?

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[moogvo]

Primarily, it is an age/mileage thing. There is talk that the timing chain guide problem was also addressed in these engines. the BIG part of it, though is that it is really easy to find them with LOW miles and they are CHEAP. Maybe a smaller cool factor for some is being able to say that you have a Mustang engine in your Explorer...

Otherwise, they are nearly identical.