88 5.0 efi

[Lift]

Ok well i feel really dumb... Im not much of a v8 guy but my rotary engine blew in my rx7 and i figured id pick up an efi to throw in it. Well i picked one up and it turns out it wasnt the Mustang GT HO engine... It turned out to be an 88 ford Thunderbird efi. I did some research and found out those were 150hp motors and not the 225hp motor. Well thats just pointless.. i might as well throw a stupid rotary engine back in..

If i changed the head, cam, intake and used a gt ecu will that get me that hp back? or am i effed and need to just sell it and buy the real deal?

 

[stegomon]

stick with the wankel engine

 

[RangerSVT]

Yep, cam, intake and heads will get you back up. If you have an A9L or A9M ecu, your set...

SVT

 

[shane96ranger]

Yep, cam, intake and heads will get you back up. If you have an A9L or A9M ecu, your set...

SVT

Did you mean A9P? Never heard of the A9M.

 

[RangerSVT]

Yeah, that's the one...I knew it didn't sound right...

SVT

 

[Lift]

How much will it get me back up? 230hp? isnt the bottom end weaker then an ho ?

 

[RangerSVT]

The short blocks are the same except for pistons, the 87-93 mustang Ho received forged pistons, all other blocks got cast...

SVT

 

[shane96ranger]

93-95 Mustangs are supposed to be hypereutectic pistons. However, a friend had a 92 with them.

 

[Teddyzee]

I guess RX7s with a 5.0 are okay...

 

[adsm08]

stick with the wankel engine

Why waste the effort on a wanker?