bigrigs

Hey guys, just doing some research on the 5.0L (1987- 1992) to see which year came with what, and what is the best year(s) for performance. Here is my questions:

when were forged pistons offered?

What was the compression ratio from 87-92?

When was the T-5 Transmission offered?

When was track- Lok and the 8.8 rear end offered?

I know some of them seem really stupid or easy, but it's bennificial for me to know the exact yr.s for when these parts were offered.

Thanks for your input

- Bigrigs

88BlueGT

- Forged pistons were offered up until 92, they switched to hyper pistons in 93 (except for cobra I believe)

- Should be 8.5:1?

- T-5 was offer 87-93

- Trac-lok and 8.8 were offered all 87-93 in 5.0's

89Ford

88BlueGT i know he asked for details on 87-92 cars but I figured i would edit your post so no one thinks those where the only years for those features

additionally

1988 California cars had mass air meters made by Yamaha or Suzuki or something like that

1989 and up were factory equipped with mass air

1990-up airbags

personally I think the 89 cars are ideal

88BlueGT

Yea, and the airbags meant the shabby non-tilt steering wheels

thanks for editing my post, I thought that it was 8.5:1, guess I've been away from Stangs for too long, better catch back up lol.

86 5.0L

nice one 89Ford, people not showing pre-87 foxes any love shame on them

Timspony

8.8" rear was offered in the 1986 5L Mustangs....86's had the junk heads, intake & TB, the best T-5's in the 1991 to 1993...

bigrigs

alright sounds good. Is 89 the last yr. for tilt steering???

Timspony

Yes! ...1990 & newer had airbags!

P Zero

The '86's also had flat top pistons.

As for T5's, they were first put in, in '83 they were non world class. I believe that in '85 was when they put in the WC T5.


IMO, the '85's are best for modding for a few reasons - first and foremost its carbuerated cheap and easy to make power. It had the Ford Motorsport high effort 2.5 turn lock to lock rack. Had a HUGE front sway bar in relation to even the newer cars. Has almost all the creature comforts that the newer ones have and some that '90-'93 didnt have such as tilt wheel. It also has a vehicle status center that tells you when your low on brake fluid, gas washer fluid, or when your brake or taillights are out, etc,etc.
-P.

88BlueGT

screw the airbags, go with the tilt.... 89 is the way to go. You got tilt, mass air, forged pistons, bla bla bla bla bla.