6.8 V10 stroker
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From: Fort Worth,Tx
Originally Posted by Neal
HI!... Wrong once again.............
So with your thinking a 351-W is a stroked 302? They use the same heads, water pump, timing chain cover, they have the same bore and same style intake manifold.
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So with your thinking a 351-W is a stroked 302? They use the same heads, water pump, timing chain cover, they have the same bore and same style intake manifold.
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u made absolutely no point or correction in what u just said.
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Originally Posted by Faster150
u made absolutely no point or correction in what u just said.
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From: western washington
Originally Posted by Labnerd
Pete, I don't profess to know all about a V10 as I've never had one for a project, personally or professionally, but my nephew was on the developement team for the V10. His comments are that the V10 Triton is already a HIGH (he repeated this many times) stressed engine. Any performance gains that you might get will only shorten engine life- by a lot. He doesn't recommend any stroker kit or supercharger. If you need more power for pulling, get a different truck built for the application. If you are looking for a hot rod, any V10 architecture is a poor choice. Ever notice that the GM V10 didn't hit the streets? And where is the Dodge V10? Better choices out there. Might also look at a 385 series engine. You can build some serious HP from one of those. I had one making 2800HP in a squirt boat.
I don't agree with much of what you said here. The 6.8 crank may be stressed more, but the rest of the reciprocating assy. has no more stress than a 5.4. I am quite sure that they made the crank stout enough. You just don't hear of failiers of the Ford V10. Different truck for the application???? The Ford V-10 out pulls the newest durapig and cummins according to some trailer magazines. gm didn't produce the v10 because of costs more than anything. Instead they use a very large bore v8 that has a hard time making emmision standards because of the bore size. gm is cheap when it comes to development costs. Why do you think they still have pushrod engines? I do agree with you about the big block Ford V-8's.. I would love to have a bored and stroked 460 in a Mustang.....
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Originally Posted by chris1450
I don't agree with much of what you said here. The 6.8 crank may be stressed more, but the rest of the reciprocating assy. has no more stress than a 5.4. I am quite sure that they made the crank stout enough. You just don't hear of failiers of the Ford V10. Different truck for the application???? The Ford V-10 out pulls the newest durapig and cummins according to some trailer magazines. gm didn't produce the v10 because of costs more than anything. Instead they use a very large bore v8 that has a hard time making emmision standards because of the bore size. gm is cheap when it comes to development costs. Why do you think they still have pushrod engines? I do agree with you about the big block Ford V-8's.. I would love to have a bored and stroked 460 in a Mustang.....
i know of 3 people on mustang forums that did a v10 swap tried to rev it to 5,000 rpm with light bolt ons and it shart the bed!
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Originally Posted by Faster150
i know of 3 people on mustang forums that did a v10 swap tried to rev it to 5,000 rpm with light bolt ons and it shart the bed!
yah.. ok.. but for towing, why rev it to 5k? that isn't what they are ment for. Last I checked we were on a FORD truck forum... you know... TRUCKS.. not wanna be sports cars. my fathers 2001 F250 V10 pulls his 29 ft fifth wheel around like a toy. Now he ordered a 08 F350 V10 to pull the same... Nothing but torque baby!! I guess if you want a street/strip truck, the v10 isn't for you. but for towing, you can't beat it.
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From: Seabrook,NH
Originally Posted by Faster150
they put them in mustangs thinking the bigger motor with more power would be faster but it wasnt.
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From: Fort Worth,Tx
Originally Posted by Norm
Then they weren't very smart people were they? The 6.8 was not built for speed. It was built for trucks that work like trucks.
i say the same thing about the 5.4
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From: Farmington, MO
Originally Posted by Faster150
i say the same thing about the 5.4
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From: western washington
Originally Posted by glc
I'd rather have a low tech pushrod motor in a TRUCK.
Why? The over head cam motors are far better. You can't do things like variable cam timing in a pushrod motor. You can't optimize the flow of the heads for speed, or torque with a pushrod motor. The pushrods are in the way of making the shape of intake port you can maximize with a over head cam engine.
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From: kentucky
Originally Posted by chris1450
Why? The over head cam motors are far better. You can't do things like variable cam timing in a pushrod motor. You can't optimize the flow of the heads for speed, or torque with a pushrod motor. The pushrods are in the way of making the shape of intake port you can maximize with a over head cam engine.