Engine Piston Identification Help(Roller 5.0)

This would be what I would do, keeping a budget in mind.
Check out the explorer engine, if the compression is good and it does not have a ton of miles I would yank the heads, and get a set of aluminum heads, nothing fancy, a voodoo cam for that classic idle and good low end torque, duel plain intake (nothing fancy, they all make about the same hp and torque) a 650 cfm carb, long tube headers and full exhaust. A 355 gear in a 8.8.
now if I am interested to spanking your buddies bmw then I'm gonna need a turbo. More work, bigger budget.
Now I will park that mustang in a parking lot car show next to that bmw and watch people gather around my stang, they will point at the bmw and whisper as they walk by but gather at my car and talk.
so the choice is yours, budget build that has you cruising for years or a bmw spanking, money pit that did not come with jack stands.
I'm am not against turbos, they can be a reliable very fun way lay waste to rear tires and embarrass many newer cars but it come with a price. And I have not even begun on the brakes, suspension and other stuff that needs attention when building a car. Any car.

Only advice I can offer is when choosing a Holley carb (or any other carb for that matter) look for upgradable options, some 570 and 600 cfm models do not easily upgrade, also look into head, cam, intake and carb kits, depending on your car use plan one of these 'kits' can save you money and are designed to work together.

Well the sve kit is less expensive with more stuff included, also gives you more info like cam specs and appears to be geared towards a roller block.
the cjpony kit is more money for less stuff, I think that the heads MAY be better, also no info on cam and says nothing about a roller block but with the 289-302 fitment in the title leads me to believe it is non roller. They likely make a roller version, check summit or jeggs for a bigger selection

I'd highly recommend reconsidering going with better quality parts. Not to say the SVE stuff is junk, but it is budget entry level equipment.

If you can splurge for the better quality stuff, i'd recommend it.

However, either way you will be happy with your power gains

83RagTop5.0 said:

Thank you for your input Mustang5L5. Would you have a kit that you would recommend over SVE?
I tried to do some looking into Jeggs but didn’t come across what I was looking for? Maybe I’m just blind?

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I prefer this kit, although in your case you'd be selling off the EFI intake ($630 new).

I'd also look into a different camshaft than the TFS1 (which is the same cam in the SVE kit). It's a decent cam, but I think there are better options.


or with black VC's and intake (I think the black intake would sell easier)