As it turns out one of the coil connectors had reversed leads, so #2 cylinder was out of sync, soon as I corrected that, problem resolved. I did check the connectors as you had suggested, but none were out of spec.
It still bothers me that #4 spark plug was way loose, and if it keeps loosening up I may have to see if the Ford extended warranty will cover a new head. I had installed NGK TR 55s due to a forum recommendation for we who run Reinhart tunes, but Alex at Granatelli said those are for LS1s and not mod 4.6s. I cleaned up the old Motorcraft units and reinstalled them since they had only 38K on them. The NGKS were clean when I pulled them after being in since last weekend. I am reasonably sure the Granatelli coils were fine well.
I plan to check all 16 plugs on our Magnum, just to be certain none of them are loose as well, never had a spark plug on a car we bought new losoen up as did the one in the Marauder. Of course these two cars are the only ones we've owned running aluminum heads.
Best,
Michael