With Hurricane back on, and Ford's statements that it will find it's way into trucks and "some passenger cars", what do we think will happen to the Mod Motor?

 

I've heard of it, but what's the "hurricane" engine?

 

I'm guessing much the same thing that's happened to Chrysler's version of what was supposed to be their OHC V8 "mod" motor. Overshadowed and regulated to the background.

 

Will the Hurricane series be OHV or OHC? Could Ford not just be enlarging the bore spacing of the Mod motors? That would allow them more displacement with the same height and width as the current Mod motors.

 

We don't really know for sure, but the speculation is OHV. It will be 6.2L.

 

Seems to me if they (Ford) develops an OHV motor now, then the last 10 years worth of OHC V8's have been a waiste of time.

 

Can you imagine how big an ohc 6.2 would be? A 4.6 is already the size of a 460 and some of them are damn near as heavy.

 

It makes sense that Ford follow the same route as GM, DC in offering an OHV... at least they would have a yardstick for engine development. The Hemi is almost identical in componentry to LSx ... imitation is the sincerest form of flattery as they say.

If Ford go the OHV route it would hopefully end the age old and counterproductive DOHC vs OHV arguments that seem to perpetuate. Ford would have been there, done that on both sides.