5.0? 5.7? badges?
#11
03-20-2009, 11:50 AM
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: IN, or hell whichever, wait, its too cold to be hell
Posts: 222
glad to see someone else who is like minded, that way I dont feel so alone. 
If my car didnt already have a 5.0 badge on the bumper I wouldnt care but I dont really want to take it off without something to replace it.
If my car didnt already have a 5.0 badge on the bumper I wouldnt care but I dont really want to take it off without something to replace it.
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#14
03-20-2009, 03:55 PM
ya gotta take black with a grain of salt, or just ignore him.
but as for the 5.0 and 5.7. like JR ( i just thought of Indiana Jones.. lol) said, all 350's are designated 5.7 by GM. the 5.0 is the 305. They did, however, have a 302 back in the day that was also a 5.0. And they consider the LS1 a 5.7 even thought the CUID is 347 i think, or 348. Its just a rough area, not really to scientific.
I was like you though, i was gonna find a set of 5.7 Tuned Port badges for mine, but decided against it because im gonna try and get rid of all the badges for a nice clean look. Besides, i dont even have a motor that these cars used now. lol
but as for the 5.0 and 5.7. like JR ( i just thought of Indiana Jones.. lol) said, all 350's are designated 5.7 by GM. the 5.0 is the 305. They did, however, have a 302 back in the day that was also a 5.0. And they consider the LS1 a 5.7 even thought the CUID is 347 i think, or 348. Its just a rough area, not really to scientific.
I was like you though, i was gonna find a set of 5.7 Tuned Port badges for mine, but decided against it because im gonna try and get rid of all the badges for a nice clean look. Besides, i dont even have a motor that these cars used now. lol
#15
03-20-2009, 04:31 PM
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Canada
Posts: 973
5.0L, 5.7L is just the metric measurement of the engine displacement.
So technically, a 305 is 4.998L, rounded up to 5.0. A 302 is 4.94, rounded down to 4.9L.
And a 350 is 5.735L, rounded down to 5.7L, and 346 is 5.669, rounded up to 5.7L.
Math~
So technically, a 305 is 4.998L, rounded up to 5.0. A 302 is 4.94, rounded down to 4.9L.
And a 350 is 5.735L, rounded down to 5.7L, and 346 is 5.669, rounded up to 5.7L.
Math~
#17
03-20-2009, 07:07 PM
Put the 5.7's on and ignore the pundits.
My car was black with silver gound effects and had black "5.0 High Output" stickers on it when I bought it.
I repainted the car black with Corvette Yellow ground effects. When I did, I put new stickers on, but wasn't happy with the stock black ones.
So I went to the local graphic shop (they make up signs and such) and asked if they could duplicate my stickers in a yellow that matched my stripes (took pictures and measurements with me).
They came out looking factory original, but in a color that matched my cars color scheme.
Total cost was like $20 and took about 3 days. They even gave me a few extras in the deal.
Good luck whatever you decide to do.
Its your car, you paid for it, dress it up how you like. Just my 2 cents.
My car was black with silver gound effects and had black "5.0 High Output" stickers on it when I bought it.
I repainted the car black with Corvette Yellow ground effects. When I did, I put new stickers on, but wasn't happy with the stock black ones.
So I went to the local graphic shop (they make up signs and such) and asked if they could duplicate my stickers in a yellow that matched my stripes (took pictures and measurements with me).
They came out looking factory original, but in a color that matched my cars color scheme.
Total cost was like $20 and took about 3 days. They even gave me a few extras in the deal.
Good luck whatever you decide to do.
Its your car, you paid for it, dress it up how you like. Just my 2 cents.
#19
03-21-2009, 12:10 AM
um, want to explain why the DZ 302 is considered a 5.0 then??? same with the 302 powered Mustangs???
#20
03-21-2009, 12:23 AM
Well if you want to go this deep into this conversation then, 302ci is actually 4.94889L. So I guess ford or whatever just rounded up from the 3rd decimal, but 5.0 does sound bigger and better than 4.9 so maybe they just did it to sound cooler. I don't know, but I do know that math doesn't lie.