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need more power
I have a 1992 5.0 F-150 2 wheel drive with an automatic. I want more power! it goes pretty good and i would just put a supercharger or a better cam in there but it has 130,000 miles. i want to do a quick relatively easy engine swap and preferably change it to a manual transmision. what can I do?
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You can do about anything as long as your budget allows. A cam, and probably a supercharger will not cooperate with the factory computer, so it's a good thing your going with a different engine. As far as speed goes, you might rebuild the 302, buy another rebuilt/crate, go with a Mass air computer, and then go with a supercharger. But at a minimum your looking at around $5000.
I would just update the truck as it is. Put in a chip, a good exhuast, filter, etc etc, and you can generate around 250hp pretty easy. The stock 302 had 195hp from the factory.
Pastmaster's 1993 XLT 5.0 E40d 3.55LS Normal Cab/Long bed Loaded from the factory with aid of...MSd 6a ign/s.p. wires, blaster coil, Hypertech Chip, K&N filtercharger, Cat-back dual exhuast w/o mufflers, 3.5", echo tips, Accel distributor cap, Dark Mocha over light mocha. 5% Dark tint, Alpine Cd player/remote, Pioneer speakers.
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I would just update the truck as it is. Put in a chip, a good exhuast, filter, etc etc, and you can generate around 250hp pretty easy. The stock 302 had 195hp from the factory.
Pastmaster's 1993 XLT 5.0 E40d 3.55LS Normal Cab/Long bed Loaded from the factory with aid of...MSd 6a ign/s.p. wires, blaster coil, Hypertech Chip, K&N filtercharger, Cat-back dual exhuast w/o mufflers, 3.5", echo tips, Accel distributor cap, Dark Mocha over light mocha. 5% Dark tint, Alpine Cd player/remote, Pioneer speakers.
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I am looking at one of crane's compucams. Summit offers it for somewhere over $100, but I think the chip would give more power!
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