[Badcaiman]

I am about to order my engine and tranny...I was going to order the 5.0L GT40 345hp performance Head long block assembly from ford..But come to find out it may not be emission legal..(Not sure if the heads have the holes for the air pump or if it will even bolt to it)..Seems like the only emission legal engine I can go with is a new stock 225hp 5.0 and maybe install a Supercharger....Also which tranny..I Have a choice world class T5 or the tremec..Pros and con on either..I know the tremec needs some work to bolt up...

If you have an opinion or recommendation I want to hear it..Thanks in advance

 

[Badcaiman]

ttt

 

[Ozona]

Get a good shop to build you the same engine with TFS Twisted Wedge heads or AFR 185's. Both have the air passages. If you stick to a mild cam (E303) and have cats, and it's tuned right you should pass the sniffer.

It shouldn't be too much more $$ either.

 

[Richard Oben]

The SVO motor has the holes for the egr tube. Cheers Richard.

 

[Badcaiman]

Richard Oben
Member # 52 posted September 10, 2002 09:14 PM
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The SVO motor has the holes for the egr tube. Cheers Richard

Where can I find a SVO motor..Thank you

 

[kevin dwyer]

i wouldnt even think of anything else but a tremec call mike forte, i think he has a sale going on for the 3550, and he does all the machining for you. a bolt in!! i got one from him and love it!!

 

[Shawn Whalen]

Ditto on Kevin's Mike Forte reply! Mike is the man with respect to any high performance parts and tech help with those parts!He is also one of the few Ford Motorsports Racing dealers around. If you are in Mass. or the Northeast he is the way to go!

 

[Badcaiman]

ttt

 

[Ozona]

I peeked in the 2002 FRPP catalog, the engine has X303 heads on it, the pictures show no EGR.

However I have not seen these heads in person so it's "bench racing" or catalog info.

The catalog does state that the engine is not 50 state legal.

TFS Twisted Wedges carry Carb EO# D-369-1

Granted MA ain't CA, but the heads are legal begal.

The E303 has a EO# too, use a cobra intake, cats, and you should be fine if it's tuned properly.

It wasn't a consideration for my build so I used Victor Jr's.

 

[Badcaiman]

TTT

 

[Shep]

What are you going to do for an exhaust? I guess all us poor fools who live here have to now use Cats. Anyone know if there are alternatives to the stock FFR sidepipes that can accomodate Cats? Can't see how they'd be possible with a 4 into 4 setup.

 

[Badcaiman]

I am going to run cats and the air pump..

 

[LT1FFR]

If you run cats, why can't a replacement bypass tube be installed in their place when the sniffing is done??? I've only heard of them called "test tubes" down here. I know Random Technologies has no problem installing custom flanges on their high flow cats.
Just a thought...

 

[Badcaiman]

I might just put J pipes back on or 4into 4..But my question is does the Aluminum GT40 heads have the air passages drilled for a simple Airpump install...Thank you

 

[Shep]

The 2002 FRPP catalog shows all of the GT40 style heads, including the P model, as not being smog legal. The P head listing even states that there are no air passages. Don't know about you, but these new emissions rules are really putting a crimp in my plans.