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Blew the head gasket on my 5.0 mustang today

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Old 12-22-2007, 09:26 PM
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Well I took my 5.0 up to the dyno with the new (used) motor after the crank snapped in on the last one with a 125 shot. Last time I dynoed I made 235rw and 288rwtq and 305 and 350 or somthing on a 125 but the clutch was slipping bad. So now with the new (used) engine I made 238 and 288 and I added a better clutch had the spray set for 3000 on and 5700 off the guy hit it nitrous kicked bang the upper radiator hose blew split right down the center so I went up the street got a new upper hose and all seemed ok then I noticed the car was using alot of coolant and noticed a leak coming out of the driver head gasket. The car was making big power on a 100 shot like more then it should its not like 800hp big or nothing just more then it should make on a 100 shot it made 330hp and 485tq and then was like as soon as the nitrous turned on so it was probably under 3600 rpms where it made power so it was defiently more then 100hp hit. The nitrous kit hits extremely hard its a homeade kit with a hsw nozzle nos solenoids and lines. Im not really sure what happened maybe someone can chime in the car had 100hp jet and 125 fuel. I did take it down the road and spray it with a 75 which is more like 100 in that car for some reason and it seemed fine. The car a/f seemed went alittle lean on the hit and then it was starting to richin up.
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Bottle Pressure???
Old 12-23-2007, 09:02 AM
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Thats weird, mustangs are usually pretty harty with nitrous. My 5L had a vortech and I only once had a head gasket issue and it was my fault (timming error). I would have the injectors checked sometimes you run into a bad injector that doesn't supply that cylinder with enough fuel.

FWIW, I would recommend fel pro 9333pt1 for a head gasket cheap and strong. I ran 15psi of boost and never had a issue.
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Bottle pressure was 1000 psi. Im wondering if it might of been a timing issue its weird though ive sprayed so many vehicles and this is the only one that seems to have a problem also the spray hits really hard in this car. My buddy has a 95 5.0 and his 100 shot doesnt hit nearly as hard as mine does on similar bottle pressure. The dyno pull went to probably around 3500rpm and by that time the car had already made 330 and 486 and it only went 238 288 on motor.

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