Stock 5.0 pistons forged??????

[somis89gt]

So i heard that certain years of the 5.0 came with forged pistons. What years and were they ford pistons or were they aftermarket that ford put in?????

 

[juiced_94gt]

I believe 91 GT's and below had forged FORD pistons which are very good from what i understand.

 

[Pokageek]

Expanding on that..Yes but don't get caught up in the internet HYPE about "Hyp" pistons vs forged. Forged break too. And there are MANY examples of folks that use hyper pistons in there cars with blowers, turbos and of course n/a. Not IDEAL but definitely doable and the secret is all in the tune.

 

[somis89gt]

and maybe if i put this in the 5.0 forum it would help too!!!! sorry guys

 

[BlueOvalStangGT]

97-92 is forged, probably earlier too. 93-95 is hypercrap.

 

[HISSIN50]

It was until the last two months of the 92 model year that you got forged slugs.

A crude clue that is often accurate about the fox III's is that if the oil pan is painted grey (OEM), it's got forged slugs. If it's black (OEM), it's got hypereutectic pistons.