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| Re: Before Godzilla ... |
Subject: Re: Before Godzilla ...
by D on 2019/8/12 3:26:49
there were better made flatties by other makes
especially with more main bearings and better
cooling solutions. There are easily 2 dozen
Flatties that came before and after that were
better than Fords leading mass produced items.
Today newly cast ford flathead blocks have all
its issues solved are are making over 400hp
Packard and Chrysler 6 - 8 had around 5 litres
and straight from factory made 270-300lbs of torque
at a lazy 1600 rpm just like diesel engines but
with 6:1 to 8:1 compression ratio.
Direct injection of today with twin sparkplugs
and serious ignition could bring compression up to
11:1 and even more with swirl designs as used by
Jaguar v12 and Mazda Skyactive principles or boost.
Better heat proof coatings, electric water pumps
and M/Benz styled pre chambers on the runners leading
to the sidevalve would be easily implemented and
theoretically take such a platform to 40+% efficiency
However its reliability would be too good for the short
life cycles and servicing manufacturers prefer to
make after sales profits.
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