HP rateing for 98 5.0L X??

[Bowser]

Does anyone know what the horsepower rateing is for a 98 5.0L? torque?

Also, what can I expect to get from this motor milage wise? its got 90,000 on it now.

 

[Robert]

215 HP @ 4200 RPM, 288 lbs.ft. @ 3300 RPM

 

[DarkFox1]

www.kbb.com can give you a better estaimte.. but I guess $10-12k in value

I'm not sure if 98 is when they changed.. whatever they changed.. but most 5.0s have 210.. and some have 215. (HP) torque is in the 280s.. 288 is probablly right. I dont know what the 210hp ones had for torque.. can't remmeber

 

[section525]

302s will run forever!

 

[SaleenEXP]

Darkfox - your Mounty has 210hp and 275tq, they changed in 98' to 215hp and 288tq.

Your 302 Bowser will go way beyond 90,000 reliable miles

 

[DarkFox1]

I never got an answer to this that I know of.. what in the world did they change to gain 5 hp?

 

[section525]

I heard it was the "P" heads....

 

[expo5.0]

you'd think that would be it, but i've seen dyno testing of modified stangs that didn't make that much of a gain switching between the gt40 and the gt40p so i don't know how we'd get more than them. maybe the exhaust and the computer tuning etc. changed a bit too?

 

[DarkFox1]

can't be.. I have the gt-40p heads on mine..

 

[Bowser]

I cant say for the Explorer 5.0 but in the Mustang world, Ford plaid with the cam for polution and enviromental reasons. from 86 to 93 the mustang went from 190hp to 225 and then back down to 215. They did nothing but cam changes. That would be my guess on the X 5.0 also

 

[expo5.0]

half of the 97s have the p's and half don't ford switched em during the year. thats partly why its so confusing for the companies who try to market headers for us and they always have the wrong years listed.

i wonder if that means that your truck should have the higher output? you could have the 215/288 combination... well the lemon version of that.

 

[DarkFox1]

why can't they leave things alone? thats why my dad doesn't like ford..

you can strap a 97 350 out of a chevy camaro into a 67 chevy truck.. you can't swap intakes with a 95 mustang from a 95 explorer.. that just urks me! just give the explorer 300hp at the flexplate and leave it at that.. stop tweaking.. heh

I have 170RWHP with a catback and kkm.. whatever that equates at the engine.. its not near enough

 

[expo5.0]

it's not the cam, we all have the same one. well i don't, cause i swapped it, but you know what i mean.

btw- where is brighton? i thnk thats where you said you were from?

 

[section525]

Maybe since in '97 they used both GT40 and GT40P heads (I think they added P heads towrds the end of the year) they went with the lesser rating of the two for that year? You know?

EDIT: Damn you guys respond quick. Imagine this is up after DarkFox1s post /\

 

[expo5.0]

thats what i was saying section.

 

[DarkFox1]

probablly so yea..

btw I did not have the cone filter like most 95-97s.. I had the stock box filter that comes on the 98-ups.. I remember that being odd when I ordered my kkm.. the guy asked me which I had.. and it just confused me that they would have 2 filters in 1 year

lol, I reply so fast cos I'm basically sitting here staring at this post refreshing my email.. I'm waiting on a reply from a company in my email, and I'm too lazy to start doin my HW yet

 

[expo5.0]

well your lucky then. you have the higher output 5.0 set up in your explorer! i'm jealous.

 

[DarkFox1]

ack.. well thats even more reason why I should not have to complain that its slow! lol

 

[Bowser]

expo5.0.... Brighton is about 30 minutes north of Ann Arbor, and 30 minutes east of Lansing. Right where US.23 and I-96 meet.

Well, Ill put my foot in my mouth on the Cam thing, sorry for the misinfo.

 

[expo5.0]

you should come up to the Roseville hooters and hang out with a few explorer owners in a few weeks. if you're interested click my homepage and look around a little.