Re: Ford's New V8 Going To Rock You Like A Hurricane!

Hmm, you might be diappointed then. Word around Ford is that Hurricane
is truly just an extension of the Modular family: larger bore spacing,
shorter deck, but essentially a new generation of the Modular motors. I
don't know for sure, but right now it's my impression that that means
more than one cam, around 3 valves per cylinder at minium, and VCT/VVT.
I recall a story from year ago speculating on an OHV setup but that
wasn't really the case as far as I know. According to what I have
heard, this a "stretched' out Mod motor. The length has been increased
to widen the bore spacing and allow the deck height to lower a tad. So,
dimensionally, there will be a little bit of extra room vertically with
less room longintudinally and a slight reduction in overall width.

The quote I heard was, "it's set up to fit into anything that accepts
the 5.4 Modular today" and "it's supposed to provide some more
displacement in a volume similar to the 5.4". The extra bore spacing is
enough to support over 7.0L with, I think, a stroke roughly equivalent
to the current 5.4, maybe a tad shorter stroke.

It will easily match anything anyone else is producing right now, but
I'm wagering it's still got that bugaboo some of you guys don't like:
overhead cams :). Personally, I'm looking forward to a 427 cammer ;).

Dan
2003 Cobra convertible
With some stuff and things

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