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Engine Tech / Limits of cast pistons in T-bird 5.0
But alas, apparently the bike I offered in trade wasn't big enough for the T-bird owner, so it looks like my search for four-wheeled transportation is still under way.
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But alas, apparently the bike I offered in trade wasn't big enough for the T-bird owner, so it looks like my search for four-wheeled transportation is still under way.
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Engine Tech / Limits of cast pistons in T-bird 5.0
The poster claims it's an LX, but Wikipedia says that the LX has the v6, and the Sport had the 5.0
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Engine Tech / Limits of cast pistons in T-bird 5.0
I recently found a good deal on an '88 t-bird LX with a 5.0 and a t-5 swap on my local craigslist.
For the time being, I wouldn't plan on doing much in the way of modification, but In the future I'd like to do some mild modification with a new set of heads and cams.
Upon doing some research, I found out that the T-bird 5.0's have cast flat-top pistons compared to forged pistons with valve cutouts on fox body mustangs.
Apparently there are some head/cam combinations that can work without worrying about valves contacting the pistons, but I'm curious as to what the power/torque limits of the stock pistons are?
I'm not really interested in doing any bottom end modifications, or going extreme with the power, but would 300rwhp be obtainable without worrying about damaging the piston heads?
Also, secondary question, is there any way to tell, externally, whether the short block is an HO or SO version without removing the heads and looking at the piston faces?