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04-09-2006, 01:01 AM
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What do you like about your 5.0?
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Mustang Evo NEWB
Join Date: Aug 2004
City: millville
State: New Jersey
Posts: 4,976
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My main likes:
- Ease of repair
- Ease of modification
- Fairly cheap aftermarket 
- BROAD/Flat torque curve..
- Reliability!!
- How it sounds with flowmasters, a mild cam and an X pipe
My main dislikes
- The weak T5 bolted to it
- The design of the oil pan and K member (have to basically pull the engine to drop the oil pan
I didn't go into much detail with my list but feel free to elaborate on your ideas.. I'm just curious to see why everyone loves their 5.0s..
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1992 Mustang LX hatchback.. 1 of 542 black on black
2003 Regal GS - the beater/daily driver - somewhat stock. No its not a mustang, at least it's blown.
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04-09-2006, 02:18 AM
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Re: What do you like about your 5.0?
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Bob is Good.
Join Date: Jun 2004
City: Greenville
State: Texas
Posts: 5,222
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It's fast.
It's lightweight.
It brakes well.
It handles well.
It's extremely easy to work on.
I know absolutely everything that's on the car.
It (in my humble opinion) looks good.
It (once again, in my humble opinion) sounds freakin' awesome.
I've never had any real mechanical problems out of it.
It's just a 5.0L fox body. What more could you want? |
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04-09-2006, 09:52 AM
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Re: What do you like about your 5.0?
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Banned
Join Date: Jun 2003
City: Severn, MD
State: Maryland
Posts: 3,920
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It looks good sitting on a stand. |
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04-09-2006, 11:05 AM
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Re: What do you like about your 5.0?
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anger is a gift
Join Date: Sep 2005
City: Milford
State: Connecticut
Posts: 168
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I like that it turns heads
I like thats its loud
I like that it looks nice
I like that fast
I like that its light
I dont like the 650 double pumper carb
I dont like the interior
I dont like putting $30 of 93 gas to fill it up |
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04-09-2006, 12:14 PM
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Re: What do you like about your 5.0?
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Mustang Evo NEWB
Join Date: Aug 2004
City: millville
State: New Jersey
Posts: 4,976
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 I spend $40 twice a week to fill the buick with premium my mustang is so much more fun to drive.. it costs $30 every 2 weeks to fill (though I don't drive it as much..) its more than worth it ...
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1992 Mustang LX hatchback.. 1 of 542 black on black
2003 Regal GS - the beater/daily driver - somewhat stock. No its not a mustang, at least it's blown.
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04-09-2006, 01:32 PM
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Re: What do you like about your 5.0?
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Banned
Join Date: Jun 2003
City: Severn, MD
State: Maryland
Posts: 3,920
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30 bucks fills a stang? it costs me about 55 to fill my thunderbird. |
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04-09-2006, 02:22 PM
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Re: What do you like about your 5.0?
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2006
City: San Antonio
State: Texas
Posts: 291
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MonteCitan
My main likes:
- Ease of repair
- Ease of modification
- Fairly cheap aftermarket
- BROAD/Flat torque curve..
- Reliability!!
- How it sounds with flowmasters, a mild cam and an X pipe
My main dislikes
- The weak T5 bolted to it
- The design of the oil pan and K member (have to basically pull the engine to drop the oil pan
I didn't go into much detail with my list but feel free to elaborate on your ideas.. I'm just curious to see why everyone loves their 5.0s..
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Same as above except, I still have the T5 in mine with no issues.I can also drop the oil pan without pulling the engine..............Tubular K member makes this easy.  T5's will take a beating if they aren't powershifted and are properly set up. |
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04-09-2006, 05:18 PM
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Re: What do you like about your 5.0?
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You want to **** me?
Join Date: Jun 2003
City: Kansas City
State: Missouri
Posts: 12,414
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mine kinda fits in here...
looks good
makes decent power
handles nice
turns lots of heads
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04-10-2006, 08:04 PM
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Re: What do you like about your 5.0?
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sʞɔns ʇuǝɹq
Join Date: May 2003
City: Macon
State: Georgia
Posts: 10,775
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GO BRAVES
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04-10-2006, 09:25 PM
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Re: What do you like about your 5.0?
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Bob is Good.
Join Date: Jun 2004
City: Greenville
State: Texas
Posts: 5,222
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After today, I take back every thing I said earlier... my car's a piece. |
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04-10-2006, 11:06 PM
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Re: What do you like about your 5.0?
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Mustang Evo NEWB
Join Date: Aug 2004
City: millville
State: New Jersey
Posts: 4,976
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can't leave us hanging like that man.. what happened?
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1992 Mustang LX hatchback.. 1 of 542 black on black
2003 Regal GS - the beater/daily driver - somewhat stock. No its not a mustang, at least it's blown.
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04-11-2006, 12:08 AM
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Re: What do you like about your 5.0?
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
City: Severn
State: Maryland
Posts: 1,805
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basically believe all the positives monte listed.
dislikes:
poor design for the crank (i.e. 2 bolt mains) lets the crank wiggle a little bit causing the rear main to die quicker...overly common problem.
needing to buy new 1/4 windows to fix the dry rotted molding unless they are refinished
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Member #5 of the ME.com 5.0 Club
Current:
1985 Mustang GT Hatchback
Past:
1990 Mustang GT
1988 Mustang LX 5.0
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04-11-2006, 12:29 AM
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Re: What do you like about your 5.0?
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Bob is Good.
Join Date: Jun 2004
City: Greenville
State: Texas
Posts: 5,222
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Eh... nothing major. I was working on my speakers and re-did the wiring on them. The guy I had install them didn't do it exactly how I wanted. It's just a 4-channel amp pushing two 6x7s in the back and two 6-1/2s in the doors with the 3-1/2s in the dash running off the CD player amp. Nothing special.
But anyway, my interior is held together very poorly, especially in the back hatch area. So I can't turn up the bass at all without getting extremely annoying vibrating sounds. I guess that's what I get for buying a drag car whose interior was originally torn to pieces. 
BTW, all the sound deadening was taken out of the car and there were holes cut for the roll cage out of the interior panel just under the rear speakers, so I'm sure all that doesn't help matters. |
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04-11-2006, 08:38 AM
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Re: What do you like about your 5.0?
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
City: Severn
State: Maryland
Posts: 1,805
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when im around 1/4 tank it only costs around 20 to fill it back up with regular, yay for stock timing lol.
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Member #5 of the ME.com 5.0 Club
Current:
1985 Mustang GT Hatchback
Past:
1990 Mustang GT
1988 Mustang LX 5.0
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04-13-2006, 02:17 PM
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Re: What do you like about your 5.0?
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2006
City: Columbus
State: Mississippi
Posts: 50
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comparatively speaking, it's fairly easy/cheap to mod |
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05-11-2006, 03:27 PM
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Re: What do you like about your 5.0?
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ME hometown supporter
Join Date: Feb 2005
City: Harvest
State: Alabama
Posts: 971
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X3
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5.4 liters of pushrod 
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05-11-2006, 06:00 PM
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Re: What do you like about your 5.0?
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Mustang Evo NEWB
Join Date: Aug 2004
City: millville
State: New Jersey
Posts: 4,976
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usually looks better on a stand IMO haha.. but then you can't enjoy using it..
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1992 Mustang LX hatchback.. 1 of 542 black on black
2003 Regal GS - the beater/daily driver - somewhat stock. No its not a mustang, at least it's blown.
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