Ive heard that the ohc engines are more advanced? vs the 5.0 i guess. whats the advantage and why does the corvette and viper use ohv. Just curious, sry in advance if its a dumbazz question.

 

They may be more advanced, but they sure aren't more powerful.
OHC is gonna be the demise of fast Fords. lol
PUSHRODS FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

im jus trying to figure out why they changed it in the first placeI also like the sound of the 5.0 a little more

 

not to mention pushrods are easier and cheaper to mod (at least the 5.0 is)

 

yea im debating on what to do with the old 6er thought about a 5.0

 

if i were you, id try to pick up a 5.0. just because its cheaper to mod and ive never worked on one as my own project car, could be fun. if you wanna built your GT, id keep the sixer as a DD

 

SOHC < OHV < DOHC

 

Only thing that sucked about the 5.0 is that damn smog crap and crappy air pump.

 

not in all cases..look at the N/A DOHC vs the N/A pushrod LS1

 

Pushrod engines are aged US automaker technology, however because of their prevalence and that they have been around for years there's a lot of knowledge and goodies for pumping them up--they are also a lot cheaper to manufacture.[/align][/align]There's some prettydecent horsepower to be had from the 4.6L 2V, however the presence of the 3V and 4V engineshas put serious efforts to do so on the back burner--keep in mind that the sacred "5.0" is also a 2-valve motor (and don't get me wrong here--I REALLY wish Ford had made the 4.6L a "302" just for the sake of the legend if nothing else)...[/align][/align]As for the Viper it's engine is hardly a high-performance motor, it's just big... At 8.3L and460 rwHP it's pumping out a whopping 55.4 HP/litre--my lousy 4.6L 2V with cheesy bolt-ons (246.2 rwHP) is cranking out about the same at 53.5 rwHP/litre. [/align]