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07-11-2003, 05:02 PM | #1 | |
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4.9L mustangs are slow as ass on the highway!!!
Ive race a hand full of mustangs with the 4.9L engine and they can take me off the start but if I got one on the highway, see ya later. Im not sure what their top speed is but when im up aound 130-135 their putting on the breaks and givin up. I own a 95 Prelude VTEC with intake and wires and thats about it. I replacing the current engine with the Jdm type S engine. The last engine had too many miles on it 185,000. If anyone has pointers or ideas on the project feel free to let me know.
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07-11-2003, 05:05 PM | #2 | |
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since when do mustangs have 4.9L engines?
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07-11-2003, 05:08 PM | #3 | |
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the most recent engines in the mustang are 4.6L and 5.0L. there is no such thing as a 4.9L mustang. wow.
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07-11-2003, 06:04 PM | #4 | |
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Actually, the olde school "5.0" Mustangs were in fact 4.9L engines.
The Ford 302 cubic inch motor works out to exactly 4.94889 Liters - so depending on how many decimal places you round to, it could be 5.0 or 4.9 (but TECHNICALLY it was a 4.9). And yes, the early-mid 90's 5.0L & 4.6L V8's were terribly inefficient motors - not hard for a modern import motor to outrun on the freeway. |
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07-11-2003, 06:08 PM | #5 | |
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it is understood to be a 5.0L just like the 351 windsor which ford called the 5.8L. really it was a 5.7###L engine.
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07-11-2003, 06:31 PM | #6 | ||
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The good ol' 302 had these specs: Bore: 4.00 inches Stroke: 3.00 inches Cylinders: 8 Which equates to 302 cubic inches of displacement or 4.94 liters. Don't know if that's what ol' boy is talking about, but a lot of people who know better call that motor the 4.9 instead of the 5.0. Edit: DVS beat me to it.
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07-11-2003, 06:34 PM | #7 | |
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i know that it is technically 4.9##L but go look on the side of a fox bodied mustang gt and what does it say.... 5.0L. it is distributed as a 5.0L v8.
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There is a nice little winky smiley with his thread title...
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Ya, this was like only the biggest joke/scam of the 1980's Pony car scene - that the mighty "5.0" Mustang's were really 4.9 liters!, and the Chevy 305's were the only "REAL" 5 liter's on the street.
Would a 355 be a "REAL" 5.8L????? |
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07-11-2003, 06:59 PM | #10 | |
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not sure about the 355 ci being a 5.8L or not. they might just round it up like the 351 windsor.
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07-11-2003, 07:51 PM | #11 | |
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Ford made the 351W a 5.8 because chevy was so famous for a 5.7L. They wanted to be different than chevy of course.
And since the 302 displaced 4.948 liters, that rounds up to 5.0 geniuses. Cutting off at the 4 means truncating, not rounding. |
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07-11-2003, 08:28 PM | #13 | ||
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And I have to agree with PWMAN here. Again do the math out and a 350CI motor comes out to be 5.7365L, or 5.7L. Now a 351CI motor comes out to be 5.75289L, or 5.8L.
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There are however, quite a few times that I have called it a 4.9 due to some cocky kid talking smack about his 5.0. I also know people that call the car as such... ...Funny thing is, they're all Chevy boys. PWMAN: The condescension was totally uneccesary. I know about the real numbers and how they should be properly rounded-off. The post I made was for the entertainment of the Mustang boys that I KNEW would flock to this thread. This 4.9-5.0 thing has been a long running joke ever since the pony wars.
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07-12-2003, 05:50 PM | #15 | |
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so carrnutt you were just trying to be a jackass? j/k
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