Re: 4.7L vs. 5.2L settled!

From: Bob King (k85go76@erols.com)
Date: Mon Jul 26 1999 - 22:58:22 EDT


Just ask the guys in NASCAR Winston Cup what they think of their "wussy
little pushrod engines" vs. Cammed engines found in say F1 (15K rpm) or even
CART. Bet they'd take the torque over carpal tunnel syndrome from fanning
the gearbox!
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: SuperNagz@aol.com <SuperNagz@aol.com>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Monday, July 26, 1999 7:16 PM
Subject: DML: 4.7L vs. 5.2L settled!

>3 words to settle the 4.7L vs. 5.2L debate:
>
>4.6L vs. 5.0L
>
>I hate to bring up Fords.. but, all in all.. a motor is a motor... more
>specificaly.. a pushrod motor is fairly similiar to another pushrod.. and..
a
>cammer to a cammer (single)
>
>Anyways, Dodge is now doing what Ford did a few years back. (needless to
say,
>this is WHY I started buying Dodge)
>
>Pushrods will always be superior to cammers when it comes to heavy
>vehicles/trucks, and/or performance machines.
>
>The Ford 4.6 that replaced the 5.0 was only good for two things... fuel
>economy, and part complexity reduction- Ford replaced nearly all their big
>engines with overhead cammers with many interchangable parts)
>Those two things mentioned above are great for the car company... saves
them
>money, and makes them look good on the fuel economy.
>
>When it comes to performance... pushrod will just blow away the cammer that
>replaced it. Gobs of lowend power... and we all know that thats all that
>matters. Who cares if an overhead cammer has say 250 hp at 6,000 rpms...
>think about it.. that engines STILL has to rev across that entire
>underpowered rpm band to get to that high peak rpm.
>On the otherhand... the pushrod monster has instant power off the line...
>sure... a pushrod will run out of steam sooner than the cammer.. but who
>cares, by then, you've shifted to the next gear, and your back at your
lower
>rpm/monster power range
>
>



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