It is pretty easy to make a stroker Windsor or Cleavor and have quite a bit of reliable torque and HP.
Just sayin. :biggrin
The New 5.0 is going to put a hurt'n on the pushrod market. Guys have made 507 rwhp Na with h/c/i, run 9's in the quarter with an stock auto and blower and minor bolt ons. I think with some better cams than stock regrinds and I could make 550 rwhp with the 5.0 with the cnc'd heads and Boss intake. It'll turn 7750 all day long with no problems and get 22mpg. The motors are $6500.00 from ford and the throttle pedal and computer is 1300.00 Make 440 rwhp and can be beat like a dog, There is some data on the internet of what these motors went threw in durability testing, 15000 miles worth of drag passes, lots 12 and 24 hour endurance racing testing etc.
Im going to be building a light weight GT here in the next year aswell with a coyote motor. More compression than 11 to 1 though, cnc'd heads and a boss 302 intake (Which came from the Daytona protoype Program) Just gotta make a billet oil pan so the stock GT oil pump will work. Pretty sure i can get a gt to weigh 2800-900lbs with out all the blower stuff, i/c stuff and with a carbon body. I think that 600-620rwhp will be attainable and it will make a killer street and track car. Roush/Yates Gets 50000.00 for the motor that goes in the Maytech cars. They are detuned to 550 hp @ the flywheel for compitition. The new Boss 302 motor designed for road racing will make 440-460 rwhp and is real close to that 550 Na and its less than 10000.00. Yes you could turn a GT motor into a Na motor also, but the varible cam stuff really makes the new 5.0 shine. Plus a Na intake for the GT is going to be expensive to have made. Im having a complete billet manifold made now for a GT motor and its not cheap......
Anyways i'll take lots of pics of the install, Motors are leaving here shortly so the motor mounts can be made. Then im dropping it in, hopefully in the next few weeks