The 5.0's are catching up....
 

http://www.svtperformance.com/forums...p-h-c-i-n.html

H/C/I 5.0, breaks 500 rwhp.
I was just telling a buddy yesterday that it would only be a matter of time before we are seeing big power H/C 5.0s, and then I stumbled across this.

Thoughts??

5.0s are sick 410+ with just boltons now 500 h/c/i,its just a matter of time before they surpass the ls1

Surpass the ls1? maybe hell its only been out since 97' , the ls3 vs 5.0 would be a better comparo

yeah its not really a accomplishemnt when your comparing a new to 2011 engine to a 97 one that hasnt been in production for 8 years

Agreed. I do however still want to race one.

It appears to have traded a fair amount on the low end for the gains up top, and they spun it pretty high (7500 RPMs) to get there...the torque is still pretty low (410-ish if I'm reading the graph right), and is about what you'd expect for a 5.0 liter engine.

Impressive, but not unbelievable.

The problem with the 5.0L is that it is very limited on future displacement growth because of short cylinders and small bore spacing. Once they surpass 500rwhp, the ponies are going to be very expensive NA. The LS engine on the other hand can go 500ci if the user wants to stay NA. Best bet for big power with the 5.0L is going to be force induction without a doubt.

Im not that impressed if you are comparing it to any of the motors in the LS series considering they can do the same HP with more TQ. I would just keep my Cobra instead of getting a new 5.0 if I was in the market for a new toy.

Not much love for the high RPM stuff I see....

I agree on the displacement issues, but it is obvious these things have some incredible cylinder heads.

There are still plenty of people here trying to figure out how Patrick got 500 rwhp from a stock 6.0, this is the same power with a stock 5.0 displacement bottom end, food for thought.

Not sold on it just yet..... This is coming from a previous Stang owner of 2 04 Mach 1s, 1 03 SC Cobra and 4 Foxes. By far it is the best NA engine Ford has brought to the table that comes in your base GT. Personally I want to see more results.

I do know a local that works for Steeda (great guy) and he runs the shop car at my local track. With the Steeda track Pack (I think that's what they call it) he is running 11.88 around 117-118. He spins is 7600 iirc....

With that being said I have watched two 99-00 Camaros with bolt-ons, very minimal weight reduction and converters run 11.98 and 12.03 in the past few months at the same track.

Not for a street application, especially when you are trading off the low end. That could easily be fixed with some tall rear gears, but 99% of the driving I do wouldn't be where it makes the most power, though, so it wouldn't be ideal for my application.

There's no doubt that Ford done good with this one.

They for sure make great power and I think they sounded badass. But if there going to play hard I just have to play harder:devil:

Sweeeet! Now call me when they break the 600 mark N/A like the LS3 has.






Kidding, kidding. The 5.0 is nice. :D

We dynoed a stock auto 5.0 at my old work and it was making 370 after hushpower muffler install.

Good result for the Stang. Going to be a fun car with decent gearing.

I crack up on the linked thread that ricer math shows up before 10 people can offer congrats or post a technical question. :gtfo:

those heads flow like crazy!

I've been saying this since they came out and I learned the specs and c/r. I was saying that the heavy builds will prolly be out of (pocket) reach of the average owner who will most likey stick to bolt-ons. The deeper crowd will be the ones who rebuild for lower c/r and add the FI to it. It's got quite high c/r as it is, so it won't stomach much boost on a stock bottom end. But I do give Ford some BIG props for a solid 6b main! :) About time!

But the heavy rebuilds are going to cost some coin for sure, and they'll have to wait for the aftermarket to catch up a little. The H/C builds alone will be expensive which is probably why FI is so attractive. Probably just a larger CC version of stock heads would be a good idea. I wonder what it would make in stock form with 10.5:1 c/r NA.

They've been needing something to climb back up, but I've got a VERY competitive side and a bit of a jealous streak, so I'll be looking for an L99 block soon or an LQ or LS2 block to try and help my numbers out.

-=EDIT=-

Wow.. :eek2: Yeah, $1500 for one head.. 0_o

Flow #'s on those JPC heads.. Not bad!

RGR Ported
.100 52.3 35.0
.200 193.3 155.4
.300 262.8 197.5
.400 298.6 208.3
.500 318.4 220.7
.600 332.6 227.7

Very impressive. It's nice to have a genuinely good N/A competition with a Mustang GT. It just comes down to the owner building it correctly. I'd be hard pressed to pick between the 2 if I was buying new.

I don't want to read the whole thread, but does it say the cam specs anywhere?

^ Sadly enough, I'd take the Stang over the Camaro. The interior quality is much better. I don't think I'd actually DO it though.

I don't care about the weight or the layout of the interior on the Camaro, I'm just talking about product choice and quality.. GM in the last couple of years has just been too much cheap cracker-jack plastic. Could get the same stuff in a Revell Model.

Anyone who says negative about this is a hater! Think of how many people on here (including me) chase 500rwhp trying different combo's, bigger and better heads, more compression, more cubes etc. - dude hit it right off the bat with stock cubes, cnc'd factory heads, and factory intake. That is impressive!