Re: No Pistons for 4.7

From: Steven T. Ekstrand (cyberlaw@earthlink.net)
Date: Thu Mar 02 2000 - 21:21:35 EST


| Try else where. If they modified the 4.7 into a 5.4L then there has to
be
| someone done it.

Venolia or JE will custom make them for not much more than their already
outrageous prices. I prefer Venolia, but JE and Ross have served friends
well.

What I really wonder is any builder has started playing around with the
cylinder heads. With no push rods to worry about, I wonder how much room
there is to play with ports.

I haven't seen the combustion chamber design. I'm wondering how large of
valves you can fit without serious shrouding. Bumping up to a 1.92 intake
and 1.60 exhaust with a more aggressive cam and a little porting would be
interesting. Add headers, and hipo exhaust, bigger TB, and free flow
intake, and the 4.7L ought to be a real performance engine.

Same mods and an SC or NO2....hmmmmm!

Steve Ekstrand, Pasadena, CA Driver: '00 Dakota CC SLT+ 4.7L 3.92SG 255's
Stacey's Driver: '00 Inferno Red Intrepid ES-3.2L-24V Autostick w/Leather
Race Car: 69 1/2 Road Runner 440-6 (ex-NHRA SS/GA future B or C/SA???)
Project Car: 69 Barracuda Notchback (Orig. 318, now 360w/Edelbrock Heads)
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