I was at the junkyard today and happened upon a '97 Explorer 5.0L. The intake manifold had a sticker on it stating that it was produced 06/97. Now, I've read Freaky's Official Explorer Intake Thread and it states that the intake you want for swapping onto a Mustang and still passing emissions was phased out around Feb. or March 1997. Is the intake is I found gauranteed not to have EGR provisions, or is there some chance it might still be the earlier style intake? It had the part numbers "HG354AB" and "632236 554" on the sticker.
Also, I quickly checked out the heads on the truck and noticed that the driver's side head had angled spark plugs, while the passenger side spark plugs came out almost straight at nearly a 90* angle. Are these P heads? (Wish I would have remembered to look for the 3 bars cast into the front of the heads).
Also, I quickly checked out the heads on the truck and noticed that the driver's side head had angled spark plugs, while the passenger side spark plugs came out almost straight at nearly a 90* angle. Are these P heads? (Wish I would have remembered to look for the 3 bars cast into the front of the heads).