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I don't think flat plane crank engines will make as much torque down low as a traditional engine does so 1/4 mile times might suffer.
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It could have help via electric motors driving the front wheels...wink, wink.
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If you built two engines with the same heads, same camshaft specs for lift and duration, etc., and the only difference was the flat plane crank (and therefore the firing order) I doubt you would have any loss of torque with the flat plane crank. Ferrari just happens to build smaller V8s with a higher redline, so they make more power up top. The only difference is the firing order, and that the flat plane crank never fires two cylinders from the same bank in succession (such as when 5 fires right before 7 on the SBC). So, where does the myth come from? There are myriad articles in the internet about how a 90 degree crank fires every 90 degrees, but a flat plane crank v8 only fires every 180 degrees. Those same idiots claim that is why the flat plane V8 can make huge numbers at a ridiculously high rpm. They forgot to take into account that the BLOCK is still a 90 degree block. Think about it; if the flat plane crank V8 only fired every 180 degrees, there would only be two cylinders firing every revolution. It is still a four cycle engine, not an 8 cycle. The crank still travels 360 degrees per rotation, requiring four firings (360 divided by 4 = 90) every revolution. Every four cylinder tractor has a flat plane crank. They are all built for torque.
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I would have to say that valve timing events has more of an effect of where an engine makes it torque then if it has a flat crank or a bent crank. It will probably be disputed but the valve timing events trumps longer stroke length when it comes to producing high torque numbers in a high performance or race car.
Last edited by RobR; 06-21-2021 at 08:06 PM. |
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Z06 testing at the Ring.
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ehhh. still think the American flat plane crank V8 originator (Ford Shelby GT350) sounds better. https://youtu.be/Q_RIvqGCw5g or https://youtu.be/QrHCa2SPx1I
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I hate the way the GT350 sounds personally. Give me the Z06 sound over that all day.
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I'm standing by for the new owner crash videos.
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...or the falling off a dealer lift photos.
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