Originally Posted By: Hootbro
Originally Posted By: Ben99GT
Originally Posted By: aquariuscsm
Originally Posted By: OVERKILL
And we all know that the Modular family has been one of, if not the longest lasting family of gasoline engines ever produced....
^^This was Ford`s biggest mistake,discontinuing those engines. BEST V8 ever made imo. Darnint OVERKILL,you made me put my foot right back in my mouth,grrrrrrr!!!!!!!!
The new 5.0 is part of the Modular family.
I might be mistaken, but I seem to remember reading that the term "Modular" in relation to Ford engines only had to do with the production process at the engine plant and not of any relationship of the engine designs with each other.
Basically the "Modular" portion came into play at the engine plants because the tooling was what was actually "modular" and they could change out tooling modules when switching to another engine design to build that day or week.
Yes, the name for the family came from the modular tooling. But with respect to the 4.6L, 5.4L and V10, they all ended up sharing major key components like pistons, rods, cam lobes (remember, they are pressed onto hollow shafts, the cams aren't ground like an old Windsor cam) HLA's.....etc.
The Modular family includes the 4.6L, 5.4L, 6.8L V10 and now the new 5.0L Coyote and Roadrunner engines as well as the 5.8L for the Shelby.
There's a decent WIKI on it too:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Modular