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What's up guys I'm new here from Houston have a 1996 f150 5.0 single cab and I use to have a 1987 f150 I'm really looking into beefing up the horsepower and for my truck to respond better what do ya think I should do I'm getting a 5.0 and rebuilding it myself but before I do I need more info on performance parts and what should I do to get better hp. I'm still new so don't know how to post pictures from my iphone
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What's up guys I'm new here from Houston have a 1996 f150 5.0 single cab and I use to have a 1987 f150 I'm really looking into beefing up the horsepower and for my truck to respond better what do ya think I should do I'm getting a 5.0 and rebuilding it myself but before I do I need more info on performance parts and what should I do to get better hp. I'm still new so don't know how to post pictures from my iphone
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Yeah, if you want it to be a fun powerful weekend truck you really want a modded 351 or 460 in the truck. A 302 really isn't as good for performance in a truck. It's not impossible to build up a high power 302, but it would be much easier and cheaper to swap in a bigger engine and do a low budget "hop up". The larger engines make much better low end torque which is what makes that truck jump off the line and burn rubber.
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you could put less money in a 5.8 and get way more HP/TQ out of it then you could from putting the same money in the 5.0
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Well, either a stock 302 or 351 would both benefit from cleaning up the heads, maybe a nice mill job to bump compression a bit, put a decent street/strip cam and valve gear in it, headers/exhaust too. Bump the timing (if you bump compression up you may not be able to advance timing much or at all without going to 91 octane) and that should give you a decent gain over stock hp/tq. May or may not need a chip/tune after this, probably will if you don't have MAF, but either way you'll benefit from one.
Shift kit for the trans (if auto), gear swap to some 4.10's or at least 3.73's, decent tires, and don't forget to get the brake system in shape so you're able to safely stop your 5000 lbs of weekend fun.
Add up what these parts will cost you, plus 10% for beer, multiply by 1.5 to get your actual cost!
Shift kit for the trans (if auto), gear swap to some 4.10's or at least 3.73's, decent tires, and don't forget to get the brake system in shape so you're able to safely stop your 5000 lbs of weekend fun.
Add up what these parts will cost you, plus 10% for beer, multiply by 1.5 to get your actual cost!
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