I've been doing some research on different 5.0 engines for a swap I'm working on and have come accross something that baffles me. The "88 through '92 mustangs had 225Hp with the 302 engine. The "88 through '90 Lincoln Towncar, and F250 had seemingly the same 5.0L engine rated at 150 Hp. All three vehicles had Ford's 302 engine. Not to mention the F250 had dual throttle bodies to allow for better air intake. What's the difference? Can I tweek a Lincoln computer to get the same Hp out of the towncar engine as the mustang? Small performance upgrades?

 

can anyone tell me what ford did to boost the hp?

 

Heads, Cam, Distributor, Intake and Injector wiring is all that's different.

 

Essentially, the 150hp engines are different engines in a way. They had different pistons, heads, cam, upper intake, throttle bodies, injectors, EEC's, exhaust manifolds...everything

The things they shared is the block, crank, rods, lower intake, fuel rails (depending on car), and just a handful of other things.

 

They can be classified as "HO" and non HO. Mercury grand marquis also had the same engines (non HO) and probably more.

P.S. Those grand marquis are such slow POS

 

The Ford Crown Victoria (2000) has 200 hp and the Mustang GT (2000) has 260!!! cams, heads, throttle, exhaust...ect.

they both have a 4.6

 

you guys think that the 4.6 is a better engine? I've heard alluminum warps in major temp changes.....

 

ive never heard of warping...you can't beat 260 ponies out of a 4.6 though

some simple bolt ons and 300hp can easily be attainable

more room to work

newer engine, less problems

 

Thanks all!! I've got another unrelated question: My project car has a rearend in it with 3:73 gear ratio. It was set up to the original 2.3L. Will it handle v8 power?

 

just for insurance, id get a master bearing kit and convert to 8.8 rear...just in my opinion