I couldnt believe this you guys will never believe it!!
09-01-2010, 07:33 PM
#21
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: nj
Posts: 17
The new 5.0 has no power steering pump attached. The new model has the electronic power steering. Don't know if there is a place to tac one on but without it, it would be a very expensive makeover. The front of that crate engine looks pretty filled up, where would itend up. With all the work involved think it would be easier and cheaper to just buy a new one like the front end or not. Or throw an old 5.0 in and tell everyone it's a new one.
09-02-2010, 01:12 AM
#24
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Billings, MT
Posts: 462
What I don't get is what is the point? I mean, the first official supercharger I have seen for the 5.0 is the whipple that makes all of 530 crank hp.. thats the same you can get from a safely blown 4.6.. Not only that, the whipple kit is 7 psi of boost to make that.. I made that much power on 8.5 psi with a 4.6.. tells me the 5.0 just isn't set up right for a supercharger. So for his money, he could have probably done a B302 with a blower and had more power with the 5.0 tag.. The only thing he gained was about 85 rwhp and a badge that doesn't mean much of anything. Pointless unless he had some excess money he needed to spend for tax reasons..
And while the 5.4 3v would be a dumb choice, the 5.4 4v gt500 motor would drop right in and have more power for about 10k plus labor. I bet he spent more than that to get all the custom stuff figured out, like the aforementioned lack of power steering.. if he did a complete front drivetrain and suspension swap it might work.. steering rack, k-member, control arms, etc.. but then he is probably into it for $20k at that point after all is said and done, and for half that he could have more power and a proven engine.
It's expensive to be "first"..
And while the 5.4 3v would be a dumb choice, the 5.4 4v gt500 motor would drop right in and have more power for about 10k plus labor. I bet he spent more than that to get all the custom stuff figured out, like the aforementioned lack of power steering.. if he did a complete front drivetrain and suspension swap it might work.. steering rack, k-member, control arms, etc.. but then he is probably into it for $20k at that point after all is said and done, and for half that he could have more power and a proven engine.
It's expensive to be "first"..
09-02-2010, 02:06 AM
#25
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Detroit Rock City!
Posts: 15,618
we know what you mean...
What I don't get is what is the point? I mean, the first official supercharger I have seen for the 5.0 is the whipple that makes all of 530 crank hp.. thats the same you can get from a safely blown 4.6.. Not only that, the whipple kit is 7 psi of boost to make that.. I made that much power on 8.5 psi with a 4.6.. tells me the 5.0 just isn't set up right for a supercharger. So for his money, he could have probably done a B302 with a blower and had more power with the 5.0 tag.. The only thing he gained was about 85 rwhp and a badge that doesn't mean much of anything. Pointless unless he had some excess money he needed to spend for tax reasons..
And while the 5.4 3v would be a dumb choice, the 5.4 4v gt500 motor would drop right in and have more power for about 10k plus labor. I bet he spent more than that to get all the custom stuff figured out, like the aforementioned lack of power steering.. if he did a complete front drivetrain and suspension swap it might work.. steering rack, k-member, control arms, etc.. but then he is probably into it for $20k at that point after all is said and done, and for half that he could have more power and a proven engine.
It's expensive to be "first"..
And while the 5.4 3v would be a dumb choice, the 5.4 4v gt500 motor would drop right in and have more power for about 10k plus labor. I bet he spent more than that to get all the custom stuff figured out, like the aforementioned lack of power steering.. if he did a complete front drivetrain and suspension swap it might work.. steering rack, k-member, control arms, etc.. but then he is probably into it for $20k at that point after all is said and done, and for half that he could have more power and a proven engine.
It's expensive to be "first"..
09-02-2010, 06:02 AM
#26
3rd Gear Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
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I don't think any Mustang owner is stupid anough to put a 5.0 badge on their car without any meaning....If I saw that on an 08 I'd know somethings up..........
....although I've seen some really Riced up Stangs with those "R"'s so you never know.......
....although I've seen some really Riced up Stangs with those "R"'s so you never know.......
09-02-2010, 06:30 AM
#27
To me, our 'Stangs are supposed to have an American feel to their appearance, not a drift car feel.
And the classic "5.0" badge brings back memories of when I was a kid in the early '90s and craved to have a 5.0 Mustang of my own.
Regardless of this guy putting on a 5.0 badge on a poser car or whether he put them on because he actually has one under the hood, that invokes those memories of American muscle!
09-02-2010, 03:27 PM
#28
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Location: Clermont, FL
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09-03-2010, 12:25 AM
#29
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: NW Arkansas
Posts: 13,322
And you know it was a 5.0 under the hood with the
'so quick I could not get a pic' look you got?
Did you CC the heads and measure the stroke of the crank?
Not doubting but as Judge Judy would say, if it seems kinda
doubtful it probably is not true...
'so quick I could not get a pic' look you got?
Did you CC the heads and measure the stroke of the crank?
Not doubting but as Judge Judy would say, if it seems kinda
doubtful it probably is not true...
10-11-2010, 07:50 PM
#30
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: TX
Posts: 10
If you start searching around junk yards, there are people already who have crashed that brand new 5.0, just buy the engine, harness, comp and trans from the junk yard and well you have what you need to drop in your current car, I am in the process of that as we speak...found one wrecked and I am paying $4000 for things mentioned above.
