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Old 04-27-2012, 07:37 AM   #300
cbass

 
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The LSA is at a disadvantage here since GM saved money by not going all forged internal like they did w/ the LS9 and Ford did w/ the 5.4 and 5.8.
I don't understand why GM didn't forge that motor. That's one of my disappointments with their approach.

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Another thing is I don`t know why they don`t stroke the new 5.0 motor and forge it. Its a much better motor than the old 4.6, 5.4, 5.8 architecture.
That's simple. They can't. The 5.0 is at the maximum and cannot be stroked and possibly can't even be bored:

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Because a fully populated Coyote crankcase is packaged tightly as coach airline seating-the already abbreviated piston skirts come close to the crankshaft counterweights-there is no room left for stroke increases.
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