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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>Ford's all-new 5.0 V8 - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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A few years into what would become the nearly quarter century-long life-cycle of the "Fox" body Mustang, a fresh engine option revived the moribund pony-car class. It was known as the 302 when it was last seen in the late Seventies, but Ford was giving metric displacements to its motors by 1982 and the Mustang GT was fitted with new 5.0 badges on its front fenders and rear deck. <br />
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With an actual displacement of 4,942 cc, Ford was a bit optimistic in its rounding, but no matter. Over the next 14 years, the 5.0-liter V8 grew from a two- to a four-barrel carburetor and later added fuel injection to produce progressively more power and torque. The evolution of the 5.0 made it a legend in the realm of affordable performance and after a 15-year hiatus, during which Ford's 4.6-liter modular V8 served as the heart of the Mustang, the 5.0 is back and looks better than ever. <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/28/deep-dive-fords-all-new-5-0-v8/#continued">Make the jump</a> for deep dive into at the 2011 Ford Mustang GT's all new powerplant.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-5-0-v8/low/">2011 Ford Mustang 5.0 V8</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-5-0-v8/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/11mustang_50l_12_hr_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-5-0-v8/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/11mustang_50l_13_hr_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-5-0-v8/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/11mustang_50l_14_hr_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-5-0-v8/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/11mustang_50l_06_hr_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-5-0-v8/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/gt40_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/28/deep-dive-fords-all-new-5-0-v8/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Deep Dive: Ford's all-new 5.0 V8</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/28/deep-dive-fords-all-new-5-0-v8/">Deep Dive: Ford's all-new 5.0 V8</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:01:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/28/deep-dive-fords-all-new-5-0-v8/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19295109/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/28/deep-dive-fords-all-new-5-0-v8/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>Ford's all-new 5.0 V8 - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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A few years into what would become the nearly quarter century-long life-cycle of the "Fox" body Mustang, a fresh engine option revived the moribund pony-car class. It was known as the 302 when it was last seen in the late Seventies, but Ford was giving metric displacements to its motors by 1982 and the Mustang GT was fitted with new 5.0 badges on its front fenders and rear deck. <br />
<br />
With an actual displacement of 4,942 cc, Ford was a bit optimistic in its rounding, but no matter. Over the next 14 years, the 5.0-liter V8 grew from a two- to a four-barrel carburetor and later added fuel injection to produce progressively more power and torque. The evolution of the 5.0 made it a legend in the realm of affordable performance and after a 15-year hiatus, during which Ford's 4.6-liter modular V8 served as the heart of the Mustang, the 5.0 is back and looks better than ever. <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/28/deep-dive-fords-all-new-5-0-v8/#continued">Make the jump</a> for deep dive into at the 2011 Ford Mustang GT's all new powerplant.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-5-0-v8/low/">2011 Ford Mustang 5.0 V8</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-5-0-v8/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/11mustang_50l_12_hr_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-5-0-v8/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/11mustang_50l_13_hr_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-5-0-v8/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/11mustang_50l_14_hr_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-5-0-v8/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/11mustang_50l_06_hr_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-mustang-5-0-v8/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/gt40_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/28/deep-dive-fords-all-new-5-0-v8/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Deep Dive: Ford's all-new 5.0 V8</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/28/deep-dive-fords-all-new-5-0-v8/">Deep Dive: Ford's all-new 5.0 V8</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:01:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/28/deep-dive-fords-all-new-5-0-v8/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19295109/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/28/deep-dive-fords-all-new-5-0-v8/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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