5.0 differences?
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Yes the explorer is a roller motor but getting a cam to do what you want is more expensive.
The intake topic has been aruged time and time again. The truck intake allows more air flow. Your better off the f150 intake if I'm not mistaken you can also put 351 injectors in it and it will flow more fuel but I'm not 100 percent sure bit iirc you can and they drop right in.
The intake topic has been aruged time and time again. The truck intake allows more air flow. Your better off the f150 intake if I'm not mistaken you can also put 351 injectors in it and it will flow more fuel but I'm not 100 percent sure bit iirc you can and they drop right in.
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Yes the explorer is a roller motor but getting a cam to do what you want is more expensive.
The intake topic has been aruged time and time again. The truck intake allows more air flow. Your better off the f150 intake if I'm not mistaken you can also put 351 injectors in it and it will flow more fuel but I'm not 100 percent sure bit iirc you can and they drop right in.
The intake topic has been aruged time and time again. The truck intake allows more air flow. Your better off the f150 intake if I'm not mistaken you can also put 351 injectors in it and it will flow more fuel but I'm not 100 percent sure bit iirc you can and they drop right in.
The truck intake is a better bet than the gt40 intake? Back "in the day" I messed with fox-body 5.0's and I remember a couple of guys who loved to run the truck intakes and their car's were real stompers!
I will check on the injectors, thanks for the tip! As I get older I am of the mindset of do it once and do a little more than I think I need because I always seem to end up doing more than planned.
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The 5.0 was t offers in a explorer until 96-98 I beleive. Put your truck intake onto the explorer motor and put the 351 injectors and have a scooting truck now rember you will have to make a new exaughst system with the gt40 heads or find mustang manifolds your
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A truck intake is gonna flow better than any stock car intake except for maybe a mustang but once you go to a performance intake really all bets are off as far as which is better. The explorer 5.0 is a monster when they are freed from the stock exhaust. I had a friend in high school drop one in his ranger for a v8 swap with a set of mustang shorties and custom exhaust. He had pulled the engine, wiring and mounts from his moms wreck and it was night and day as far as power went. The explorer 5.0 stock was grossly underpowered due to an extremely restrictive exhaust system to keep them quiet and hinder the power numbers south of the new 4.6 in the mustangs. With a good flowing performance exhaust you may be happy with the explorer motor as it comes out of the truck. They had a really good low end torque for towing and hauling and screamed down the highway once they got a chance to
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excellent advice- breathing better is always a plus and for the money sounds like a good plan. I think keeping the mod's to bolt-on at this point would be a good way to go, that being said though would advancing the cam a few degrees with a new chainset be of benefit? What about 1.7 rockers with the gt40 heads?While the engine is out I will do a timing chain/gears and an oil pump...
This might be just the ticket, along with getting some steeper gears front and rear- not an inexpensive proposition.
When I am checking out the engines, how can I be assured the engine is indeed a 5.0 from an Explorer and not a crown vic?
This might be just the ticket, along with getting some steeper gears front and rear- not an inexpensive proposition.
When I am checking out the engines, how can I be assured the engine is indeed a 5.0 from an Explorer and not a crown vic?
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