I think because of smog regulations; or so that's what I heard.

 

Ok here we go, you knew I couldn't resist this:

Start with a Ford FE 390. Add two cylinders, make it a V10. It would come out to 487.5 cubic inches of displacement.

Run 14:1 compression, and run it on Ethanol. Use a cam with the specs of the Crane 343941, but in a roller cam. Run aluminum heads that flow like the current stock Edelbrocks, with CJ size valves. Run headers, and mufflers. Use sequential fire fuel injection, and all the latest fuel injection technologies.

The ethanol would clean up the exhaust to keep the greenies happy, and the high compression would get you your mileage back that you lost from Ethanol. Plus, you wouldn't have to buy Gasoline any more! Start up your own ethanol fuel still, and produce your own fuel.

Desktop Dyno says it would make 697hp @ 6000rpm, and 718ft-lbs @ 4000rpm. You've still got 614ft-lbs @ 2000rpm, so you can get whatever load moving you need to. Stick it into the F250 and higher as an option.

 

A hydrogen fueled quad rotor....

Simple like no other motor, no emissions, and rediculous amounts of power.

 

4.9.........................

 

Unfortunately an internal combustion engine fueled by hydrogen will produce emissions. And it ain't just water either. There will be production of oxides of nitrogen (NOx, not the go fast laughing gas racers use either) a component of smog. From what I've heard quite a bit of NOx is produced, maybe even more than in a gas motor.

 

A SOHC 427 side oiler.

 

There will be some NOx yes, but if developed correctly this would be reduced to around current gasoline car standards.
Here in Australia, due to our large land mass, and low population NOx isn't much of an issue either, CO2 is the main problem. For us anyway.

 

How about a ceramic engine?
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/1614/

Some properties of the ceramic engine:
• no lubrication
• no cooling
• +150 % more power
• neglegible wear and tear
• -75% lower fuel consumption
• no pollution
• -50% less weight for same physical size (which means -80% for same power output)

Problem is, that when they fail, they tend to shatter into a million pieces...making it pretty much impossible to find out why it failed.

 

Dream engine? I love the Duratec...so obviously the Aston Martin V12 with a Twin-screws supercharger and all the primping of the Aston Martin. It might not be the fastest, but its the pinnacle of luxury.

 

I'd like to resurrect my favorite truck engine of all time..4.9 inline six.

Change a few things, give it all the new upgrades, multi-port EFI, variable valve technology and a crossflow head. Run it on regular unleaded. Nice truck motor, and should have enough horsepower to keep it up with todays V8's.

I think with the new F-150..it could be a possiblity.

 

Desperado- that would be cool. With the addition of OHC you would even be able to pull some RPM's with the thing! And Fordzlla- That ceramic engine thing sounds neat, but I can't help but think it is either a hoax or a very far-fetched idea. I can't see how friction would not be a problem. I don't care how smooth two pieces of material are, rubbing them together at 5000 rpm with a load on them will cause them to heat up and fail. There would have to be some kind of an oil film or something to act as a barrier between all the moving parts.

 

I'd design a nuclear reactor into the engine compartment under the hood of my truck, and a generator for power 4wd with electric motors at all 4 wheels, and an auxillary generator for 120v on demand power.

 

Hey, how come nobody has mentioned one of the most produced engines ever.




Briggs & Stratton.

 

Briggs & SCRAPiron? Oh, whoops!

 

I could remember when I was a kid, all you saw on the gardeners trucks were B&S powered equipment.

And they're still around.

Hey, a 300 HP Briggs in a F150?