The biggest problem I have with the newest stuff out there is that it is so dang expensive to work on. A decent H/C/I combo on a mod motor is going to cost you nearly double that of a fox for about the same power gain. Not to mention it's fun as hell taking a fox that's 20 years old and building it well enough to smoke the newest baddest stuff without even working up a sweat. As for the sound of the 5.0's, I don't think I could ever get tired of that sound in a million years. Granted tons of stuff new and old out there sounds damn nice, but I haven't heard an S197 car yet that I thought sounded as sweet as a good old pushrod 5.0 motor. I'll just simply never get tired of the classics. As far as the value going up is concerned, I think the value will eventually be there for ones on great condition, but once it's that valuable I'd still probably hang on to it. Just my .02.
once you get a good h/c/i all that modular stuff goes right out the window. I dont know how I drove around with stock hci anymore.
DOHC + HCI = 380 rwhp that sounds sickk and makes people wonder... wheres the blower!!
not to sound rude but it sounds like your 5.0 might be a real peice of crap. I dont know about yours but mine is mint, black on black and is a bad mofo. I think 5.0's are meant for the quarter mile. With 5- 10 k into the engine you could blow away anything that gets into your path. Yeah if you have faded paint, tore up seats, ****ty trim inside the car and duct tape holding your head unit to the dash than yeah, you should go modualr. My 5.0 is only a weekend warrior and I plan on keeping it till i go to the grave. This is my 3rd stang. One of which was 03 cobra. 5.0 ftw. Sell your 5.0 now. Your not worthy
With 5-10k in a Civic you can blow away any production stang ever made!
With 5-10k in a Civic you can blow away any production stang ever made!
Find me that HCI for that DOHC and I'll show you Avril Lavinge is my girlfriend.
I can tell you that there's no substitute for the sound and grunt of a built pushrod engine, I'll own my 93 until I can't drive anymore.
Isn't the highest built SOHC N/A numbers like 350rwhp or something like that. Not very impressive
If you want i can dig up my 5.0 vs my cousin's 4.6 with very similar mods before i put the blower on and i completely kick the living **** outta him, i guess the foxes aren't that old i also had ALOT less in my fox then he has in his. Unless you buy a built SOHC or a car with a DOHC motor and plan to boost it i really don't think 4.6's are worth a ****.
That 350rwhp is about as high as the 'highest' 302/306...and they have .4 Liters to do it with.
You can gain 50rwhp with a PI headswap on 96-98 cars and do it cheap, me personally it will ring up around $300 for 50rwhp. Not bad.
Foxes are old, things go wrong with them. If I was to do it over again, I'd get an sn-95 with the 5.0L if I had to have a 5.0L.
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99-04 Gt will beat a stock 5.0L of any year. If not, the modular guy can not drive. I have owned both and drove several of each, I knowTrack times, dyno, sotp...
Yeah but dude, if your into the whole fart can 4 cyclinder thing. Last I checked, most of our interest are in v8 powered mustangs. Now your talking about fart machines. You have multiple personalities or something?
My notch is faster in the 1/8 than my 01GT and all it has is exhaust, maf and a TB. :shrug:
If you're thinking of a 99-04 GT for speed you are sadly mistaken. If you want all out speed either buy a Kewbra or buy an F-body.
I only race on 1/4 mile tracks!Now whos faster?
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