1990 Grand Marquis 5.0 EFI motor - need input.
Okay guys.. here goes.. I need to know the difference between an HO and non-HO 5.0 EFI motor. Guy has a 1990 grand marquis with like 86k miles on it and says I can drive the car to see that its a good running motor. I know the intakes face the other side..(why?) but other than that looks exactly the same. Says if I come pull it out I can have the entire motor manifold to oil pan for $250.
So whats the difference? Would it have a forged bottom end being a 1990 motor? Where the heads just different? Should still be a roller cam motor? I don't see a 1990 302 being a non-roller. Can someone please tell me if buying this motor as a backup block/motor thats in running condition for $250 being a good deal? I want to use it for mock-up reasons for a project with my motor but also as a back-up block/motor incase mine fudges up. Thanks for any insight guys. I know its not an HO but is it a good deal? |
Yes its a roller block heads are the same Should have the dual sump pan. In my book its worth the 250.
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someone on mustangforums.com said the same thing about a double sump pan. Whats good about that? All I heard from mustang forums is that its the same motor but with a different cam. Put a b303 cam or even stock HO cam and it'd be just as much power.
Question though.. being a 1990 motor why did they put the intake on teh other side? Just because they did for that model of the motor/car? Also.. besides cam is it gonna be a forged bottom end being a 1990 car? I'm gonna try to talk the guy down to $200 since I have to pull it. |
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he made it sound like I could throw in a different cam and just change the firing order to a HO. Sure that isn't possible?
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:think: The crank? Cam swap is all you have to do to convert a non h.o to a h.o. Crankshaft doesn't care they are all the same. |
Lol so whats the answer? I got mixed oppinions. So just a HO or upgraded like b303 cam and changing the firing order of the distributor would convert it to HO?
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Yes, all you would need to do is swap cams and rewire the plugs. |
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