best of the mod-powereds?

As you may know from the Lounge, the clean green machine was stolen and recovered recently. Don't know if they're gonna rebuild her or try to buy me out. I'm looking at newer Mustangs just in case, as the bank will finance more on a newer car.

My questions: how do the 4.6s stack up year-to-year? I've heard mixed reviews on some of the earlier cars in the run (96-98), but don't know if this has any merit or not. Are these easier/more difficult/same to do typical underhood stuff than the 5.0s? What kind of power are we looking at stock?

Any help is much appreciated...

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Greg
bits and pieces of a 91 LX Convertible