Help Me Chose Your Dream 5.0

[jivalst]

I'm a fairly experienced mechanic yet have never built and FI 5.0...I've purchased a 90 lincoln with a 5.0 for $300. Motor runs great. I have plans on pulling the motor stripping it and building. I'll likely put it in a 67 fastback that I have long put off restoring. I have no fixed budget for the motor and want to build the best and strongest engine I can ($10K-15K). I will not however be carbing the motor but will retain the FI with a fresh wiring harness for the 67'. What I need to know is what you guys consider to be the best heads, cam, crank,NOS intake, tb size, supercharger, injector size and other suggestion to get the most power. Please only reply to this thread if you have experienced several of these motor rebuilds and have a basis of parts compairson. Thanks for your help.

William

 

[BLOWN 5.0 FOX]

well unfortunetly, your off to a bad start if you have a quest for the best. Stock blocks dont handle the power that the "best" heads/sc/cams can dish out. Sell the old 5.0 and start with a stronger block.

 

[Sicarius428]

Yeah... Unfortunately the stock blocks typically split at about 450hp. With that budget I would opt for an aftermarket 351 block and and stroke it. A nice set of AFR 185 or 205 depending on displacement, carb and a good intake and you are set. You should be under 10k without much of a problem. Rick, a member here builds some great motors. Here is his website http://www.rnhperformance.com/
Kevin

 

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

I agree, if you don't have a set budget, start with an aftermarket block such as a Dart, World Products or the Ford Racing Boss 302 block. Those blocks will cost you but in the long run you can stroke them out (in some cases such as the Man-O-War block from World Products can support 370ci in 302 form) and be extremely strong to handle any supercharger/nitrous/turbo setup you might run, not to mention lots of RPMs.

Beyond that, i can't advise much for the fuel injection stuff...i'm a carbed guy. There are LOTS of options though.

 

[jivalst]

ok no problem...

I've found the man o war block and that sounds like what I'm looking for. Any req. on deck width or bore. What would the benefit of the aluminium block be in comp to the steel for my application.

 

[Mustang5L5]

The lincoln has a 5.0 Standard output motor in it. Not really an ideal foundation for a good build

 

[jivalst]

block would be the same as HO yet I've now decided to go with the manowar

 

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

Aluminum would be lighter, but i don't know anything about those. Being an aftermarket block i'd have to assume they're strong, but i'd stick with iron personally. They are a bit heavier than a stock block but you can get a tubular K member and fiberglass hood to drop some weight off the front to make up for it.