How Do You Build A 5.0 Engine?
This article is intended to give a complete procedure for the rebuilding of a Ford 5.0 or 302 cubic inch engine. Follow these procedures in their entirety and the finished product will be as good, if not better, then the original. The cost will be close to 1/3 of a new or already rebuilt engine and last 200,000 miles plus. You will be proud of the quality you have produced. Step 1 Tear the engine down to the bare block. Make sure that you replace the rod caps on the same rod that they came from. Make a box, or better yet, get a milk carton and mark it for the relation to the cylinders. You want the rockers to go on the same spot they came off of since they have developed a wear pattern. Step 2 Take the short block, the heads, crank, and the pistons to the machine shop. This is what you want to tell them to do: A] Hot tank the short block. This will clean out the years of sludge and rust buildup in the engine and clean out all the oil passages that are not accessible so that you restore
