Stock, its simply a 5.0 liter stand in engine that makes an Explorer GT40P 5 liter or 1993 SVT Cobra like performance. You don't think Ford would ever be dumb enough to take away Small Block Ford V8 supremacy by making the Super Coupe 3.8 liter harder, faster and more bad a$$ than a Mod 4.6, 5.0 or whatever.
It was built for cost, quietness, emissions, then just enough performance to spike sales. Vey much like the first 351 Cleveland.
Unlike that engine, Ford tankfully didn't "cheap out" on the thinwall engine block.
Ford did restrict the basic sizes of the ducting, but it didn't have to support 400 hp. Only 210 factory, but well over 240 actual.
The systems un bottled quickly go from the 242 hp net flywheel and 332 lb-ft any stock 5 speed 1989-1990 can make to 290 and 420 lb-ft real quick with just the stock parts below in this picture.
That's what really gets me excited about the potential gains....the M90 is so restrictive, and no one un bottles the potential of an M112 on this engine. Although, I'm not sure the M112 is where the aftermarket would have ever gone with an engine so hard to understand.
The aftermarket does things to avoid re CARBing the engine, so an MPX isn't going to cause issues. The focus has always been stock up grades.
From this
to this
This stuff is a Quantum Leap in power and torque, so M112's haven't been an item of interest.
Great, sexy looking tube upgrades have been lacking too. In a Fox, the real gurus have done the work in the garage, like Area 51 Aliens, and you don't see the truly excellent systems on line.
The Eaton Blown Essex 90 is simply a scary MF of an engine, and if Ford did one thing right, it was the engine block. The ducting, well, that requires its own kind of art to update.
A stock SuperCoupe has the makings of pure crazy coolness. No one really "gets" how progressive Ford was with the MN12 SC. Its a landmark of smart potential.
To make its private parts, Sexy Parts, that's artistry.
Dave, you've seen the future. Enjoy yourself, and follow your own path.
I think he said he wants to see your sexy privates....
