460 OR V-10??? please help!!
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460 OR V-10??? please help!!
>
>If I was looking for easy,
>I would still have the
>old piece of s**t 351M
>. Who ever saw "easy"
>in my post??? I
>recall "best" as an option.
> Remember I only want
>to know whats "best".
>Maybe either are best, it
>may be a decision based
>on "how unique" do you
>want it. As for
>the "push rod engine"
> my point was only
>that they are geometrically
>inefficient! common sense says
>a cam on top of
>a valve is better than
>all the corners the energy
>must turn to open the
>valve from below. yes
>the 10 has 2 more
>pistons and 8 more valves,
>but so what it still
>has less valve train leverage.
> that has been the
>weak link for years.
>Less valve train leverage =
>HP . Fish is
>correct in saying, I have
>the ability to do either,
>was only looking for best
>
>
> Thanks Guys!!
> Brent
>THE SURGEON GENERAL NEVER SAID A
>THING ABOUT SMOKIN' A CHEVY!!
>
Keep in mind that the pushrods don't become troublesome until you get to high RPMs. If you're towing, you wouldn't want to be up there anyway.
Daywalker
92' F-250HD 351 4x4 xlt 4.10 ZF 5speed supercab longbed
>If I was looking for easy,
>I would still have the
>old piece of s**t 351M
>. Who ever saw "easy"
>in my post??? I
>recall "best" as an option.
> Remember I only want
>to know whats "best".
>Maybe either are best, it
>may be a decision based
>on "how unique" do you
>want it. As for
>the "push rod engine"
> my point was only
>that they are geometrically
>inefficient! common sense says
>a cam on top of
>a valve is better than
>all the corners the energy
>must turn to open the
>valve from below. yes
>the 10 has 2 more
>pistons and 8 more valves,
>but so what it still
>has less valve train leverage.
> that has been the
>weak link for years.
>Less valve train leverage =
>HP . Fish is
>correct in saying, I have
>the ability to do either,
>was only looking for best
>
>
> Thanks Guys!!
> Brent
>THE SURGEON GENERAL NEVER SAID A
>THING ABOUT SMOKIN' A CHEVY!!
>
Keep in mind that the pushrods don't become troublesome until you get to high RPMs. If you're towing, you wouldn't want to be up there anyway.
Daywalker
92' F-250HD 351 4x4 xlt 4.10 ZF 5speed supercab longbed
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