
It is fitted with a "drive-by-wire" electronic throttle body with variable runner control. The intake plenum of the plastic intake manifold is located low between the two cylinder banks. Cylinder head covers are made of plastic. The Coyote 5.0 became Ford's first V8 engine with its cam-torque-actuated (CTA) Twin Independent Variable Cam Timing (Ti-VCT), which also can be found in Ford's 3.5-liter and 3.7-liter V6s that were presented in 2011. The intake and exhaust valve are actuated by camshafts via roller finger followers equipped with hydraulic lash adjusters. There is a three-layer metal gasket between the engine block and each cylinder head, providing reliable sealing in between. While the iconic Ford 5.0/302 had a cam-in-block pushrod two-valve valvetrain, the 5.0 Modular engine features four-valve aluminum cylinder heads with dual overhead camshafts (DOHC) driven by an individual timing chain for each head. The 5.0 engine block also has piston-cooling jets. The connecting rod length is 5.933 in (150.7 mm). The 5.0 is equipped with a forged steel crankshaft and forged powdered metal connecting rods.

It has four-bolt main bearing caps and a deep crank-case.

The new 5.0L Modular V8 is built around a brand new aluminum cylinder block with pressed cast-iron cylinder liners and a 90-degree angle between cylinder banks.

While the 5.0L version shares no parts with its predecessors, the 8.937 in (227.0 mm) deck height, 3.937 in (100.0 mm) bore spacing of the 4.6L V8, and bell housing bolt pattern was kept, allowing the engine to be machined and assembled on the same production lines with using pre-existing Modular engine production tooling.
