Building A 5.0 Engine

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First off if this is the wrong place I apologize don't really know the layout of the forums yet. But I'm building a 5.0 302 for my 83 convertible, and I was talking to a friend, who's very good at building engines and was giving me a lot of answers, but Im just trying to know if anyone' built a 302, and what parts have given you the best performance out of, I don't plan on making mine a track car, but I want it to perform pretty good, just looking for some general information part recommendations for my build, the 5.0 came out of a 90s f150
 
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First off if this is the wrong place I apologize don't really know the layout of the forums yet. But I'm building a 5.0 302 for my 83 convertible, and I was talking to a friend, who's very good at building engines and was giving me a lot of answers, but Im just trying to know if anyone' built a 302, and what parts have given you the best performance out of, I don't plan on making mine a track car, but I want it to perform pretty good, just looking for some general information part recommendations for my build, the 5.0 came out of a 90s f150
Welcome to Stangnet.

There are recipies from mild to wild and hundreds of sbf engines built on this site.

What kind of budget do you have to work with? What kind of performance are you looking for? Carb or EFI? Top end power or mid range
 
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A roller cam block will free up HP and cam design. It seems the truck 351 went roller in 93. But I am fuzzy on that and never heard when the truck 302 went roler. The 96-7 Exploders had GT-40p parts, so it is a good bet they were roller cams by then.

There are retrofit kits, but when I looked, a "seasoned" machined roller block for a 347 stroker kit could be cheaper.

And the Explorer intake is internally a cast GT-40 copy. If you want to drive, go faster than stock and save money, get the 96-7 with the right EGR passages and have Tmoss port the lower. Anything that makes more power probably does not do so in a wider power band, and probably has less street friendly torque.
 
I may have thrown a few together in my day. So......nobody hit the most important question. How much money are you looking to spend?

Kurt
 
Hello, I'm looking for a mustang garage to swap out my engine and granny and put in a modified engine with an automatic....I am disabled....is there a good garage to go to in the Pittsburgh area...thank you...
 
I hope that is a typo. In case it is not, what is wrong with your Granny?
Most swaps like this are so time consuming as to be cost prohibitive if not done DIY with a donor car on premises. I would suggest considering an entire car swap in this case.
 
When looking for a shop to work on your 'older' car I always suggest that you check out some car shows in the area or find a car club and ask around.
I don't want to see an example of their work from last month. I want to see a car the did a year or two ago. My convertible looked gorgeous but after about a year I started to notice things, granted I had body work done but the same goes for mechanical work.