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Originally Posted by Mustang Fanboy
Exactly.
It's the fact that Ford put it in the hands of the common folk which makes it special.
I personally don't know how one couldn't drool over a ANY naturaly aspirated V8 with a 5.2L displacement pumping out 526hp at over 8K rpm. Is it the best flat plane v8 out there? Who cares, it's the only one that I could have the remote possibility of owning.
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I agree, other than the displacement argument. If it took .5 liters or 50 liters, I would still love an n/a engine making 526 hp.
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Originally Posted by ender2664
I agree. It is a high preforming good car, I never disputed that. I simply think it is silly when people praise the car for the motor given it is nothing special. Praise it for track times and response or the engine being well suited for the car it is in. It was a good choice to put that engine in that car, but the engine stand alone is truly nothing special.
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From an engineering standpoint, it is special. Generally speaking, FPC engines don't go over 2.5 liters for 4 cylinders and 5.0 for 8 cylinders because the vibrations are very difficult to control. You can't just throw on counter weights to tame them. Ford managed to do so, and do it well enough to guarantee it for a long time.
Throw in the fact that most engines making this kind of power are turbo or supercharged, it is special.
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Originally Posted by Mustang Fanboy
Using that logic, the engine itself has been around for over 100 years...therefore no engine is special.
Show me another domestic car that puts down 526 hp naturally aspirated. GM's ls7 puts down 505hp, but it takes an extra 1.8L displacement...and is still 21hp short.
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It's also 10 years newer, with twice the valves and four times the cams with a compression ratio a full point higher. Oh, and has to rev an extra 1000 rpm to beat the LS7.
Displacement between DOHC and OHV engines is apples to oranges, so that's not a valid argument.