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2020+ Shelby GT500 Mustang
Anyone else frustrated with Ford over the next GT500?
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<blockquote data-quote="tt335ci03cobra" data-source="post: 15808334" data-attributes="member: 68944"><p>I’ll chime in on this in a bit, I’m trying to compress what I want to say so it doesn’t take a year to read.</p><p></p><p>Yes, the LT4 is heavier. By a small amount. No myth or “gotchya” there.</p><p></p><p>An LS7 is voodoo weight with 7l and much more headroom to make power.</p><p></p><p>Packaging goes to the ohv’s</p><p></p><p>Mpg currently goes to the ohv’s</p><p></p><p>Cost goes to the ohv’s</p><p></p><p>Ability to shed weight from valve covers, hci and headers and deleting emissions/tech like cylinder deactivation goes to the ohv’s</p><p></p><p>Tuning goes to the ohv’s</p><p></p><p>Centerline of weight ohv’s</p><p></p><p>Ease of repair ohv’s</p><p></p><p>Tq/lbs ohvs</p><p></p><p>L/lbs ohvs</p><p></p><p>Ease of hitting and fitting 400-800hp for and into any given project car while keeping a budget and minimizing complexity goes to ohv’s</p><p></p><p>Hell instead of fleshing any of this out I’m just going to go to work and let the internet community decide to chime in</p><p></p><p>Notice I say ohv, I have nothing against Ford for going Dohc but they did it at a time that made little sense to do so. It’s very easy to hit 200-300hp with ohv, and it’s far less complicated. Had ford kept a large line of windsor or retooled to keep making competitive ohv, profits and costs benefits would have been ahead of where the entire dohc parade took them. Sell as many f series as you had, but shave 1-200lbs of the nose, make easier hp, and get innovative like Chevy and Dodge did. The dohc concept is great but big vehicles need displacement and American cars are big. Our small cars make European cars look like mini’s.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tt335ci03cobra, post: 15808334, member: 68944"] I’ll chime in on this in a bit, I’m trying to compress what I want to say so it doesn’t take a year to read. Yes, the LT4 is heavier. By a small amount. No myth or “gotchya” there. An LS7 is voodoo weight with 7l and much more headroom to make power. Packaging goes to the ohv’s Mpg currently goes to the ohv’s Cost goes to the ohv’s Ability to shed weight from valve covers, hci and headers and deleting emissions/tech like cylinder deactivation goes to the ohv’s Tuning goes to the ohv’s Centerline of weight ohv’s Ease of repair ohv’s Tq/lbs ohvs L/lbs ohvs Ease of hitting and fitting 400-800hp for and into any given project car while keeping a budget and minimizing complexity goes to ohv’s Hell instead of fleshing any of this out I’m just going to go to work and let the internet community decide to chime in Notice I say ohv, I have nothing against Ford for going Dohc but they did it at a time that made little sense to do so. It’s very easy to hit 200-300hp with ohv, and it’s far less complicated. Had ford kept a large line of windsor or retooled to keep making competitive ohv, profits and costs benefits would have been ahead of where the entire dohc parade took them. Sell as many f series as you had, but shave 1-200lbs of the nose, make easier hp, and get innovative like Chevy and Dodge did. The dohc concept is great but big vehicles need displacement and American cars are big. Our small cars make European cars look like mini’s. [/QUOTE]
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