Need advice on how to build my 5.0

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03-10-2011, 05:20 PM

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67mustang302

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Originally Posted by AdderMk2

with 150k on the clock, you should get a remanned shortblock.

50resto sells them for about $700.

After that, you could pick up a Holley or TFS top end kit from www.summitracing.com

Doing so will give you an engine that makes about 270-290rwhp, has 0 miles.. and will cost you less than the crate engine.

^^ This

You could also rebuild the bottom end yourself, and save some of the labor money and spend it on better pistons and maybe rods, and then put the same basic top end kit on it. Depends on whether you want to learn to rebuild your engine(SBF Fords are actually pretty simple to rebuild).

03-10-2011, 11:04 PM

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Jonman20

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i dont want the car to be down long so if i was going to build a engine it would be better to start with a new engine but i dont really want to go that way

03-11-2011, 11:47 AM

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sn95_331_GT_ yellow

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Originally Posted by Jonman20

i dont want the car to be down long so if i was going to build a engine it would be better to start with a new engine but i dont really want to go that way

buying a ready to go shortblock and just throwing the top end on it can be done in a weekend

i could probably get it done in several hours if i didnt care about things like checking pushrod length and a few other things, but just slapping it together like ford did back in the day is a no-brainer...