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Old 07-01-2007, 05:54 AM
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Ok well my brother has a 93 stang and on the engine it say 5.0 HO. Does the HO stand for hight output andwas it fords higher perfomance mustang in 93? Dont flame me please.
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Old 07-01-2007, 06:12 AM
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yes its High Output and all of the mustang motors were HO
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Old 07-01-2007, 11:01 AM
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all mustangs were HO. ford also made non HO 5.0's for other cars such as the explorer
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Old 07-01-2007, 01:20 PM
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the later explorers had the HO too......which was actually a higher power 5.0 lol
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Old 07-01-2007, 03:10 PM
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Actually the higher performance stang in 93 was the Cobra rated at 235hp,it was also a 5.0. The GT was only rated for 205 and used cast pistons. From 87-92 it was rated at 225 and used forged pistons. All of them were HO.


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Old 07-01-2007, 04:56 PM
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Actually the higher performance stang in 93 was the Cobra rated at 235hp,it was also a 5.0. The GT was only rated for 205 and used cast pistons. From 87-92 it was rated at 225 and used forged pistons. All of them were HO.


the power was the same throughout those years, ford just changed the way they rated the motors. the different types of pistons have nothing to do with it
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Old 07-01-2007, 05:29 PM
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make sure your running premium gas, a buddy of mine is a engine re builder for village ford and i guess with the H.O. your supposed to run premium fuel, didn't know that till i replaced the H.O with the crate engine (always wondered why it ran like s***)
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Old 07-01-2007, 05:38 PM
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make sure your running premium gas, a buddy of mine is a engine re builder for village ford and i guess with the H.O. your supposed to run premium fuel, didn't know that till i replaced the H.O with the crate engine (always wondered why it ran like s***)
ive have never heard of that before. i think your buddy is just confused. the 5.0 was made to run on regular gas. i dont know why your car ran like $hit but premium gas didnt fix it
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Old 07-01-2007, 05:43 PM
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he might be the guy smoked a little too much exhaust during school Now i have to run premium anyways.
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Old 07-01-2007, 08:07 PM
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High octane will only help you if you advance the timing, it prevents pre detonation.
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