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how many miles are fords 5.0s good for

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Old 12-18-2006, 09:42 PM
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Default how many miles are fords 5.0s good for

im looking into buying a new car for myself as a daily driver, ive found a few matches for what i want, 5.0 5 speed 1990 and up, and i was wondering what these engines are good for as far as milage goes.

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Old 12-18-2006, 09:43 PM
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depends on how it was driven. with regular services and mild driving you'll get 250k easy
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depends on the driver.mantinance and upkeep decide that. theyll run as long as you let them.
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63946032940692346 miles.
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63946032940692346 miles.
somewhere round there, yeah
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Old 12-18-2006, 09:45 PM
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63946032940692346 miles.
i have just about that haha

i have 136k and mine is running really well

depends on the maintenance, etc like they've all stated before
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156k still going strong... and its a 94 with hypereutectic pistons
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136 is mabe, just about broken in, my stang has alot more than that, tranny and motor act like they were build yesterday.
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i bought mine with 140000 from a buddy. been hard on it ever since and nothing wrong with it NO smoke at all. but i have a rebuilt block i am going to put in soon. cause i know its only a matter of time
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Old 12-18-2006, 09:56 PM
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175k on my 84 and she gets a lot of hard love from me on the streets and the track not a problem with the motor at all infact im gunna be adding heads cam and intake soon and full suspension
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