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<blockquote data-quote="bfperez" data-source="post: 1042460" data-attributes="member: 75048"><p>I believe the power difference is the difference in exhaust manifolds and tune. The Mustang intake is clearly different, but I don't know about the exhaust.</p><p>The Explorer block is iron and Mustang is aluminum.</p><p></p><p>I got bored and started comparing part numbers on RockAuto.com and found that the the cams, pistons, rods, and valves were the same.</p><p></p><p>I can't find the thread, but in another Explorer forum, I remember reading about one member installing a Mustang long block into their Explorer. All of the Explorer parts bolted up, but the mounts were different - one had to have another hole drilled to make it work and the other side needed more fabrication. I understand the oil pans were different - baffling for sure, and maybe shape. They also found that the Mustang heads were updated and didn't use the crappy two-piece sparks plugs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bfperez, post: 1042460, member: 75048"] I believe the power difference is the difference in exhaust manifolds and tune. The Mustang intake is clearly different, but I don't know about the exhaust. The Explorer block is iron and Mustang is aluminum. I got bored and started comparing part numbers on RockAuto.com and found that the the cams, pistons, rods, and valves were the same. I can't find the thread, but in another Explorer forum, I remember reading about one member installing a Mustang long block into their Explorer. All of the Explorer parts bolted up, but the mounts were different - one had to have another hole drilled to make it work and the other side needed more fabrication. I understand the oil pans were different - baffling for sure, and maybe shape. They also found that the Mustang heads were updated and didn't use the crappy two-piece sparks plugs. [/QUOTE]
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