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I saw many 5.0's in a pull-a-part junk yard I was in this weekend. I saw several that had what looked like low miles. But these had a very tall intake runner that I've never seen before. Would these engines work after taking this off and setting it up with a carb/intake manifold and perhaps a Pertronix ignition system? I also wonder if the automatic transmissions would work without the computer.
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The engine can be set up with a carb and intake, but you will need to change the timing chain cover for and older one that has a place for the fuel pump, and add a fuel pump eccentric (this opperates the fuel pump) on front of the timing chain gear. If the car has an aod trans it is not electronic, so it can operate without the computer but it does have to have a tv(throttle valve) cable connected to the carb to operate.
For as ignition i would put a duraspark electronic ignition on it. I may have missed something but i'm sure someone else will chime in and help.
For as ignition i would put a duraspark electronic ignition on it. I may have missed something but i'm sure someone else will chime in and help.
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And I need to take someone with me that can judge those miles by eye when I go to the JY. 
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The tall intakes are probably from a pick-up truck. Flat tappet cams. pretty much a standard 5.0.
The Mustang and Mark VII's had the HO roller engines. 87-92 are the best with Forged pistons.
The Mustang and Mark VII's had the HO roller engines. 87-92 are the best with Forged pistons.
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Since the engines where still in the trucks, I could look inside on the odometer. Some had the digit for 100000 miles. The older ones are a crap shoot since you don't know how many times they went around. Of course the new digital odometers you can't tell.
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I would look first for a HO from a Mustang, or Lincon LSC, next I would look to a later truck 5.0. 87 and later trucks had the same heads as the GT's, and roller cams. GT's had hotter cams, and fordged pistons. A 94-95 truck 5.0 will have a slightly better cam then the earler truck motors.
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the roller cam was not installed, but the block was roller capable. 86-up using stock ford parts
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I went back today and found a 93 Mercury Cougar with a 5.0 HO. The gauge panel odometer read just over 111,000 miles. I saw that it has the double sump oil pan, so it should fit over my straight axle pretty well. I hear these are very good engines and I don't think a Cougar was ran that hard in those 111K miles. I really wish the leather buckets would fit in my truck.
What year did Ford start machining the engines to the tighter tolerances? I hope not for the 4.6 and 5.4 OHC's. I hear the new tighter engines can go 200K+ easy.
What year did Ford start machining the engines to the tighter tolerances? I hope not for the 4.6 and 5.4 OHC's. I hear the new tighter engines can go 200K+ easy.
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