On Thu, 17 Jul 1997 16:51:01 -0700 Bill Gegg <billgegg@ci.antioch.ca.us>
writes:
>My 289 will not pass smog due to excessive emissions and after 15
>years
>of service, I am not suprised. I am looking at one of the Ford
>Motorsport engines(Model E50) as a replacement engine. Has anyone
>used
>one of these engines in their Tiger?
>
I'm contemplating one of those too. Have you checked, are they still
available? From previous posts, it appears Ford shut down the line
for 5.0L motors.
>Also after having seen all of the recent water pump questions, does
>anyone know if the water pump on these Motorsport engines goes the
>reverse direction which might entail additional work?
>
Pretty sure you need to junk all that stuff and just put the old style
front cover/pump, etc. on.
At least thats the easiest way...
Gary
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