differances in 5.0

84_GT350 · 08-23-2001, 03:28 AM

I believe the engines in trucks are the 302s and the mustang engines are the 302 HO (or 5.0). The only real engine difference is the cam base circle which is smaller on the 302 (the 5.0 shares the 351W base circle diameter). The truck intakes face the opposite direction of the 5.0s, the headers are different, and a different cam/firing order. The Mustangs with E7TE heads actually borrowed those from trucks. The letter "T" means they were originally designed for a truck line and "E7" means 1987. So Mustangs got some truck head designed in 1987. Weird, huh?

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1984 1/2 GT350 (#842 Hatchback w/ T-tops), 302HO, Comp cams Xtreme Energy cam, Carter 625cfm carb, Weiand Stealth intake, MSD distributor, MSD coil, FMS 9mm wires, 1 5/8" MAC unequal shorties, 2 1/2" MAC Prochamber H-pipe, Flowmaster 2 chambers, KYBs, 16"x8" 4 lug Cobra Rs, Falken 245/45ZR16s

So I pushed it up to 110,
That flathead motor was about to give in,
I crossed my fingers and prayed to the lord,
Don't let me down you fuct up ford!"

"5-Oh Ford" by The Reverend Horton Heat

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08-23-2001, 03:28 AM	#3
84_GT350 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Overland Park, KS, USA Posts: 1,631	I believe the engines in trucks are the 302s and the mustang engines are the 302 HO (or 5.0). The only real engine difference is the cam base circle which is smaller on the 302 (the 5.0 shares the 351W base circle diameter). The truck intakes face the opposite direction of the 5.0s, the headers are different, and a different cam/firing order. The Mustangs with E7TE heads actually borrowed those from trucks. The letter "T" means they were originally designed for a truck line and "E7" means 1987. So Mustangs got some truck head designed in 1987. Weird, huh? ------------------ 1984 1/2 GT350 (#842 Hatchback w/ T-tops), 302HO, Comp cams Xtreme Energy cam, Carter 625cfm carb, Weiand Stealth intake, MSD distributor, MSD coil, FMS 9mm wires, 1 5/8" MAC unequal shorties, 2 1/2" MAC Prochamber H-pipe, Flowmaster 2 chambers, KYBs, 16"x8" 4 lug Cobra Rs, Falken 245/45ZR16s So I pushed it up to 110, That flathead motor was about to give in, I crossed my fingers and prayed to the lord, Don't let me down you fuct up ford!" "5-Oh Ford" by The Reverend Horton Heat