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17-03-2006, 01:22 PM | #1 | ||
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Heard on grapevine that yesterday Ford has just received 20 push rod engines (either 6.2 or 6.3ltr) for testing. Are they going to drop the 5.4 in leiu of the new beasts to reduce problems they have wih 5.4??
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17-03-2006, 01:23 PM | #2 | ||
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problems with the 5.4?
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17-03-2006, 02:06 PM | #3 | ||
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Why would they drop the QOHC for a pushrod?
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17-03-2006, 02:10 PM | #4 | ||
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i would have thought to boss engines would be far more advanced than a push rod engine both in terms of power, econ and emissions.....
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17-03-2006, 02:17 PM | #5 | ||
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For more power. Technology aint important, results are!
For the record, I'm a refinement/economy person before a V8-powaahhhh! hoon, but I still would like to see something better than what the Boss is coming up with. "6.2Lt BOSS: Make the Boss work for you." Geez, this marketing thing isn't very hard is it! : |
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17-03-2006, 03:32 PM | #6 | ||
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Talk is the Quad cam set-up is too pricey, and not much point having it if they rev limit it to 5950Rpm ot whatever it is, the poor thing just gets going then the damn fuel cuy out kick in.
6.2L Boss Sounds nice... |
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17-03-2006, 03:35 PM | #7 | |||
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I think if they do anything a bigger bore/shorter stroke mod engine would be better than going back to pushrods... |
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17-03-2006, 08:01 PM | #8 | ||
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I wouldnt like to see Ford/FPV go back to pushrod engines, especially since they made the technical advance to DOHC on both I6's and V8's(Boss V8s). There has now been 2 threads on pushrod engines but i dont know of any pushrod engines in the current ford US line up, unless its some kind of truck engine which i dont know of. Ford were planning to develop a new engine called the hurricane v8 which was 6.2-6.3 litres of capacity but im sure that had overhead camshafts as well, anyway that engine development was cancelled. There was a thread from a user on this board over a year ago that FPV got to test supercharged v8's for orion. I think we will see a more aussie developed boss DOHC v8 for orion or a supercharged Boss DOHC v8.
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17-03-2006, 08:24 PM | #9 | ||
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Don't forget, Ford like GM is in big trouble financially and the bean counters don't care what the engine is if they think it presents a more profitable business case.
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17-03-2006, 08:43 PM | #10 | |||
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I am afraid you might be onto something there. We all know that both the General and Henry are bleeding badly and during these situations the bean counters are listened to, not the engineers...... sadly it is a case of short term thinking by the corporate types. Peter
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17-03-2006, 08:59 PM | #13 | |||
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17-03-2006, 09:20 PM | #15 | ||
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i was under the impression it was a weight problem not a boss problem ???
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17-03-2006, 09:45 PM | #18 | |||
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I didn't think Ford had anything in this capacity (big block aside).
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18-03-2006, 04:10 AM | #20 | |||
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The GenIV LS2 in Corvette form makes 400hp 400ftlbs. That's 299kW 542Nm. In HSV form it makes 398hp 391ftlbs. That's 297kW 530Nm. Why? Commodore and Corvette are very different cars underneath and therefore the exhaust system layout differs. They did not deliberately de-tune anything.... :
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18-03-2006, 12:06 PM | #21 | |||
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Actually the standard C6 vette is detuned for emissions. The 6L V8 has heaps more potential than people actually realize. |
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18-03-2006, 12:58 PM | #22 | |||
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18-03-2006, 01:14 PM | #23 | ||
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Could the new engine be like whats in the new Chrysler V8's where the computer can shut down 2 cyclinders for better fuel economy?
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18-03-2006, 01:17 PM | #24 | ||
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the chrysler V8's shut down 4 cyls, and this is what i would be thinking of ford were to introduce a pushrod engine....
the chrysler technology works by the lifters for the one bank lifting themselves away from the cam. i dont know how the rest of it works but..... i dont think this would be easily implemented on an OHC engine.... |
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18-03-2006, 01:23 PM | #25 | ||
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The reason why HSV did not fit extractors to the LS2 was due to the sound, i am not sure exactly what sound it would be. They said americans prefer the sound of the engine with the extractors and the australians wouldn't, because it might have sounded like something was wrong with the engine.
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18-03-2006, 03:03 PM | #28 | ||
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This thread topic is one of the most stupid rumours i've ever seen on this forum, and there have been some dozzies. Ford do not make pushrod V8's anymore, so how FPV would get hold of one, make it emission compliant and then make it fit is beyond me. The 6.2 they wanted to make was SOHC, before it was cancelled. The only other way to get to 6 litres is with a different block with bigger bores, like the SHM alloy version.
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