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Ford Explorer 5.0 piston....

I'm looking for a single Ford Explorer 5.0 piston. No rod or pin, just the piston. Willing to buy or trade.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Ford Explorer 5.0 piston....

Reply #1 –
wow, throw stuff away a month ago an look who needs it,,,LOL

tossed the exploder pistons last month.

Ford Explorer 5.0 piston....

Reply #2 –
No worries, but thanks. I found one on Ebay two days ago, made an offer and he took it.  Gotta do some valve relief work.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Ford Explorer 5.0 piston....

Reply #3 –
On 1 piston?
Old Grey Cat to this.88 Cat, 5.0 HO, CW mounts, mass air, CI custom cam, afr165's, Tmoss worked cobra intake, BBK shorty's,off road h pipe, magnaflow ex. T-5,spec stage 2 clutch, 8.8 373 TC trac loc, che ajustables with bullits on the rear. 11" brakes up front. +

Ford Explorer 5.0 piston....

Reply #4 –
LOL. No.....I was going to use one to get the valve relief as I need it to fit the heads I'm getting from you. The AFR guy said my valve reliefs would need to be wider to accept the 2.02 valves. I am not swapping pistons. I can use an Isky tool easily.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Ford Explorer 5.0 piston....

Reply #5 –
last piston set i got would accept them just fine,, you using stock pistons like oem explorer or 5.0?  i thought you kept your flat tops back when it kissed a valve.. may be mistaken.
are you cutting while in the block?

if yes,, run a beed of shaving cream around the cirspoogeferance of the piston to catch the metal flakes,,

Ford Explorer 5.0 piston....

Reply #6 –
My flat tops were in my '86 engine. It has a '99 Mountaineer engine now. Yes, I'd cut them while the pistons are in. I've seen it done many times with an Isky tool.....or a 2.20 valve chucked in a drill with sanding discs stuck on the end. The guy at AFR said the valve reliefs will need to be wider, not necessarily deeper in order to accept the heads on my engine. The shaving cream tip sounds like a good idea. I had a plan on taping a sheet of plastic with a pre-cut hole over the block so nothing but that raised piston is showing. May do them both.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Ford Explorer 5.0 piston....

Reply #7 –
ahh, i see,

avery sticky back paper 8 1/2 x 11, stick that down.  its pretty durable.  I use it to make various cut out lables all the time...on just about every project.  sold at just about any box store
 

Ford Explorer 5.0 piston....

Reply #8 –
Another good idea. I'll try that when I get the heads paid off.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..