DO all 5.0 engines come forged from the factory?
02-06-2008, 10:35 PM
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D.R. THE PATHETIC DORK
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RE: DO all 5.0 engines come forged from the factory?
no..... up until 92 and after that they here hyperutectic I believe and they started to make them forged in 87 I think?? oh and the only thing forged were the pistons
02-06-2008, 10:36 PM
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RE: DO all 5.0 engines come forged from the factory?
only the pistons came forged and i know that was only up until 92, 93 and up all have that hyperanautic crap that i cant spell.
im not sure when they started putting forged pistons in them either, i jus tknow 92 was the last year.
im not sure when they started putting forged pistons in them either, i jus tknow 92 was the last year.
02-06-2008, 10:41 PM
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D.R. THE PATHETIC DORK
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RE: DO all 5.0 engines come forged from the factory?
sorry!!! just pulled the info off the top of my head.. no google needed...but i MAY BE WRONG ON THE year they started forged pistons.. so feel free to correct me If I'm wrong
02-06-2008, 10:44 PM
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RE: DO all 5.0 engines come forged from the factory?
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sorry!!! just pulled the info off the top of my head.. no google needed...but i MAY BE WRONG ON THE year they started forged pistons.. so feel free to correct me If I'm wrong
sorry!!! just pulled the info off the top of my head.. no google needed...but i MAY BE WRONG ON THE year they started forged pistons.. so feel free to correct me If I'm wrong
02-06-2008, 10:45 PM
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RE: DO all 5.0 engines come forged from the factory?
thats the one thing i dont know for sure is when they started it, i was thinking 86 but i have no idea whatsoever.
and yeah my version of spelling that word was wayyyy off.
and yeah my version of spelling that word was wayyyy off.
02-06-2008, 10:48 PM
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D.R. THE PATHETIC DORK
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RE: DO all 5.0 engines come forged from the factory?
actually I was just reading that 85 and 86 may be forged too and in86.. they were the crappy flat top pistons with no valve reliefs[:'(]