5.0 H.O. identification
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5.0 H.O. identification
i was wondering how you can identify a 5.0 H.O. I bought a truck from this guy for 100 bucks he just wanted it out of his yard. any way he told me that the guy before him changed the motor in the truck to a H.O. is there any way to find out for shure casting number etc. its in a 92 f 150 found some numbers on block by the starter 32 E7TE CA OE22 if that helps
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The pickups used the same block, crank, rods, heads that the HO version did. Only difference was the upper/lower intakes, camshaft, pistons (but after 93 these were the same parts) E7TE is a roller block and the 0E22 is the date code--May 22 1990. If there's a roller cam in it, its likely an HO engine, if there's a flat tappet cam, it came from a pickup. If it's got E6SE heads (look for a large "S" cast next to the lower front corner of the pass. side head next to the valve cover) and a roller cam it's a std. "base" 5.0 from a Crown Vic, Lincoln Town Car or Merc Marquis.
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baddad, don't the cars(ie merc marquis etc) have a didfferent style intake on them similar to the mustangs?Just curious.Also, any casting numbers to look for to tell the roller cam apart from the flat tappet(besides pulling everything apart).
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The base upper/lower looks like the HO, but the top is reversed. Other roller block casting numbers are E6SE, and F1SE all located on the driver's side rear bottom corner. One other way to Id a roller cam is pull one pushrod and measure it. The roller pushrods are shorter and measure 6.25".
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the head does have a large S on it at the front beside the valve cover. i called the guy i got the truck from he said that the guy he bought the truck from put a police interceptor motor from a crown vic in it. is there even a such thing if so whats differnet and how could i ID it.
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If its got the heads with the large "S" then it ain't nothin special. No such Police Interceptor 5.0 in a Vic. The Police Vic's most powerful engine was the 351W, these were carbed not injected. You've got a std "base" 5.0 roller motor rated at 150 hp. It's got the smallest roller cam Ford used in production and the pistons lack valve reliefs making head swaps a dangerous proposition. The E6SE heads made 25 less hp than the E7TE heads found on the HO and pickup/van 5.0's. You've got the basis for a buildup with the block, crank, rods and cam hardware plus the steel geared distributor, all you need is heads, a hotter cam and pistons
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Originally Posted by baddad457
. No such Police Interceptor 5.0 in a Vic. The Police Vic's most powerful engine was the 351W, these were carbed not injected.
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thanks for the bad news so your tellin me that the stock motor in my 94 f 150 probably has more power than this truck and the guy screwed me over. o well live and learn i guess not a total loss though we were jumpin the truck pretty hard today. thanks for the help ne way
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Originally Posted by baddad457
That might be so, but I doubt it would have had the E6SE heads on it.
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Originally Posted by Conanski
Correct.. the HO did not use the E6 heads. It's very likely that's just a plain jane 5.0 in there. A common trick is to change the cover plate on top of the intake to the 5.0 HO version.. most people would not know the difference. But if you remove that plate the HO intake will have the letters "H.O." cast into the cavity underneath.
wanna bet? I bought an 86GT stang so i could grab the motor out of her to build for my truck. Guess what E6 heads on her. Want pics?
Jim