Hello people, I'm hoping some of you can help me.I just inherited a 1996 f150 xlt with a v8 5.0 under the hood.The truck is in very good condition inside and out.
I'm asking for ideas on how to improve this engine for better general performance and reliability.I don't want to turn it into a race truck or anything like that.Oh,it was a k & n fipk allready.if that helps.
I thank you for taking time to read this and appreciate any help,suggestions received.

 

good plugs, wires, rotor, cap, oil, oil filter, pretty much tune it up but with the best products your able to buy.... o and go ahead and dump some fuel injector cleaner in your gas might help

 

see: True Dual Exhaust??

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As far as reliability goes, you already have one of the most reliable engines ever produced by any Co! Just keep it in good tune, & you will go like forever!.........

 

i got the same truck 5.0 xlt larait. except its an 89.
me and some buddies just did a tune up on mine.

new plugs/ wires/ oil/ shocks/ and some of that fuel injecter cleaner. and seems no different to me to be honest.

 

hope it works for you

 

korey-make your sig a little smaller cause u will probably get **** for it like i did

 

oh and i bought a k&n air filter and new breather filter forgot to add those. and i would but i dont know how to make it smaller

 

Put a Comp Cams cam in it. Nothing big. One of their High Energy cams will be perfect. Call them for exact one.

 

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anybody? id like to know a few things?

 

If I were you, I'd go onto www.corral.net and look for 5.0L performance improvements. There are many thing you can do that won't cost you a penny. There are many more that will only cost you a few bucks.

Oh, BTW Taylor brand wires are better than the Ford Motorsport wires. I ran the Motorsport wires for years, until I was educated by better. I have performed ohm testing on both wire sets...and Taylor are way better. Stay with new OEM sparkplugs, is my personal recommendation. If you want to do an ignition system upgrade, go with a hotter coil. A higher profile cam would be a good purchase and power adder. Another thing to test....take off the distributor cap. Grap the shaft which the rotor is attached. Make sure it does not shift from side to side....if it does, get a new distributor...this will cause misfires at high rpms.