After a long search, I found a low mileage 5.0 from a 1995 Mustang which had only 65,000 miles for my 64 Falcon. I did a VIN history check ($10) before buying the motor and the miles were correct. After getting the motor home, I took the valve covers off and the oil pan off. As you can see from the pictures, I don’t think the oil was ever changed in this motor. Luckily, I made an agreement with the salvage yard that if I find anything like this, I would return the motor. I was able to get my $800 back. Since Ford don’t make pushrod V8’s anymore, salvage yard motors usually have high miles and requires a rebuild.
http://vincarhistory.com/
Say what you want but at this point, I am strongly considering GM 5.3LS which are dime a dozen with low miles going for $500-$700 with aluminum heads and makes 300 hp right out of the gate. When I took the Ford 5.0 back to the yard, it was placed right next the 5.3 LS and they are about the same size!
It’s a simple matter of economics. Thank you Ford for the mod motors.
Time to do some thinking…
http://vincarhistory.com/
Say what you want but at this point, I am strongly considering GM 5.3LS which are dime a dozen with low miles going for $500-$700 with aluminum heads and makes 300 hp right out of the gate. When I took the Ford 5.0 back to the yard, it was placed right next the 5.3 LS and they are about the same size!
It’s a simple matter of economics. Thank you Ford for the mod motors.
Time to do some thinking…
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