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| RE: The proof will be in the pudding. |
| By Gerry Proctor - 06/17/2003 7:43:10 AM; IP 207.133.188.254 |
The nostalgia market for obsolete engines just isn't that big. So H-M want's a slice of an already fairly small piece of pie shared by Shelby and, dispite their shaky beginnings, Genesis (you can also throw Dove in there as an unknown variable)?
Just my opinion, this seems more like a pipe dream than anything else. And I seriously wonder about the high riser approach since the genesis of FE heads has been the HR to the MR and to the TP so if there was to be development of the cylinder head technology, why not do a canted valve TP or even a proprietary FE port similar to the designs used on the Chevy Z06?
Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see anyone and everyone pouring and forging FE parts since the laws of supply and demand apply to FEs as well but there is a financial component that can't be denied.
And for what it's worth, Ford also considered running up the foundry for 427 Motorsport blocks but it never got off the ground. I know the profit margin considerations are different for Ford and an independent but even FoMoCo understood that the market is too small to support their investment in their own engine design.
Yeah, it would be great if you couldn't throw a rock without hitting a 427 block somewhere but I just don't see that happening. |
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