What;s the deal on the different 5.0's?

[JD93GT]

A common misconception about the 93 5.0 and the 94... the 93 5.0's were rated at 205 hp, while the 92 was rated at 225 hp. Thus causing everyone to think that the 93's were slower, in all actuality, they are pretty much identical. Ford changed the way they measure horsepower in 93, instead of measuring peak hp, they measured average hp, thus the drop. And when the 5.0 ho's came out in 87, they tested them, and then just carried over the stats each year until 93. There were small changes through the years that dropped horsepower, and raised it here and there, and like previously stated, the change from speed density, to maf did account for about a 3 hp drop. And in 94 they rated the 5.0's as 215, partly to help boost sales so that ford could claim that the 94 5.0's were "new and improved." The 94's arent much different than the 93's engine wise, but are heavier, thus slightly less performance.