I think you need to do a lot more research if you're not sure on that question.

 

its a quad cam cmon man

 

Nuh uh, its a penta cam, didnt yall know that 5.0 stood for 5 cams? lol

 

oh, **** see I knew it was somthing like that. I feel so cool now, I can brag to all the ricers that I have 5 cams!

 

hey, all i asked was a question... All i expect is an answer to that question, NOT this remark right here! And have you noticed how much research ive done if i have all this information already posted about everything i need and need to do. Im not too knowledgable on this motor and im working on it, give me time!

 

no time! get it in yet?

 

I get the motor tomorrow so the work starts then :)

 

Lol, we are just kidding around man. Everybody has got to start somewhere. Notice I didn't give you any crap when I answered your question... I even gave you a brief overview as to how to swap the cam. :-)

 

oh i know, its all good.. Kinda hate when ppl poke their head in on a thread who never posted before and shoot a smart *** comment like that when it does nothing to help me. Trust me, ive searched on the cam, but never really had a solid answer so i asked! :)

It was to that ENVY dude anyway.. you guys have been helping so no beef with you all

 

If your still kinda unsure on how to build different parts of the motor, there are a couple of excellent 302 rebuild books out there. I use mine quite frequently. Very helpful to see how to do each part of the motor build/rebuild and the appropriate torque specs. The other book I have found very helpful is a 302 Dyno results book. Tests everything from cam, intake, to heads. Really useful when trying to compare different products on the market.

 

hmm ill have to look into that, thanks

 

I'm just saying I think if I was going to swap in a certain motor into my vehicle I'd want to know everything about it before I started the project. The design, the pit falls, the years it was made, the interchangability. I'd want to know a motor top to bottom before I thought about swapping one into my vehicle.

 

Ok so you are telling me that 80% of the people shouldnt drive because they dont know what motors are in their vehicles or know it from top to bottom? Dude im not building a race truck here.. Im simply putting an explorer motor into the ranger. I dont know crap about my 3.0 motor besides that it's slow and garbage now. Im introducing myself to a new motor(new to me) in my truck because i decided to upgrade. Considering the fact that i wanted a fairly EASY swap with little to no modifications needed, I thought this motor would fit my needs perfectly. It has great torque numbers, lots of parts are available for it and its been around for a lonnnnnnng time. You really cant learn a motor over night. It just doesnt happen. I know pretty much the basics. Internally im learning slowly and will get there one day. People were throwing out options to get this 5.0 to perform to its greatest possibility with bolt on's. I asked questions from there. This is my DD and Im going to keep this motor fairly stock with the exception of a few minor bolt ons. If i was swapping in a fully built motor i know nothing about in to my truck then i could take that critisim. Here is me tryin to get my truck back on the street with a bigger better motor thats all... Back on topic please :) Thanks for the input

 

Whatever. The best of luck to you making it work. I'm just saying I think I'd read up some more before I decided to swap something else in.

 

Well said, bud :-) I do have to say - with the knowledge you have recieved, and have given in this thread - It is rather annoying to read people posting 1 line smart aleck responses concerning your questions..

While I myself don't know anything about this engine, I did just now find a rather interesting read about the short block 302:
Ford 302 V8 Engine Buildup- Car Craft Magazine


Perhaps something in there will help you out!

 

oh great, thanks mike. NOW i have to buy new heads so i can get an extra 100 HP.... :( damnnnn you jk :-P

 

The heads off the explorer should be much better than GT mustang heads. Explorer heads are GT40 P heads which are a big time improvement over all other stock small block ford heads, excluding Boss/351C heads.
People on the stang forums say the GT40 P heads are worth about 40 hp over E7's/stock 5.0 heads.

 

But the heads they made a 100 hp with arent stock... Better valves resulting in better flow means more horsepower.. But If i were to get the GT40p heads port and polished and better valves then I might see these kind of gains in the explorer heads.

 

You can't normally run a GT40 P head because it has a different spark plug angle that is not compatible with alot of headers, but i'm not positive with the Torque Monsters. The explorer does come with Gt40 Heads though which have bigger intake and exhaust valves over E7 heads, with high flow numbers.

 

I just bought the torque monster headers and they are made for these gt40p heads and made to access the spark plugs as well. Its definetly a work of art theose headers are.

 

Yeah I saw they weren't stock. You can't make power with stock GT/E7 heads. They're terrible. The GT40p heads are pretty decent for a stock head, about up there with a stock Chevy 350 head in terms of flow #'s. I personally wouldn't invest a lot of money in them though trying to get performance. You might spend $700-1000 to get new valves, the heads freshened up and get them ported. You can probably get a set of aluminum heads for about $1000 for a 5.0. The GT40p heads would be a pretty decent head for a DD. Although if you can afford better heads then go ahead and do so. If you can got the money better heads and less cam is always a good thing for a daily driver.

 

The Explorer motor im getting has GT40p heads on it already! I think ill just stick with these heads for the time being!

 

You could clean them up a little bit yourself. Not quite as helpful as a professional job, but can help smooth out the flow paths and remove some air restrictions without the hefty price.

 

IMHO... Unless you are racing, aluminum heads are not worth the money as is Polishing th eports on OEM heads.
If you race the truck/engine then go for it; both of these mods start working when you hit the higher rpm ranges not in the 1500/3000 rpm range that most of us drive in especially on the trails.
Stock GT40 head from an X will work great as is on the street, OK maybe get them cleaned up, new valves or a good valve job, new head gaskets and seals but keep it simple unless you have the need.

 

You can run the P heads with most headers... you just need a 90 deg plug boot/wire.

The thing that blows is you have to pull the header to change the plug.

ps... for cheap used hop ups check out the clasifieds on corral.net. The mustang guys are always trying to ditch their old parts when upgrading.