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Things about 5.0L V-8's you didn't care about
« on: June 01, 2007, 08:38:25 PM »
Call me weird if you must, but seing karma numbers that are engine dispacements, makes me think about the bore and stroke combinations that produce those sizes.

In the late 60's , both Ford and Chevy made 302 V-8's that were made for Trans-Am racing.

Ford took their 289 with a 4" piston and 2.875 "stroke crankshaft, and increased the stroke to 3"

Chevy made 2 5.0L V-8's in the 60's by combining the 283 and the 327. The 283 had a 3.875" piston with a 3" stroke and the 327 had a 4" piston with a 3.25" stroke. Chevy made their 302 Trans-Am engine (using the fender tag code, Z-28 yes, that's where the term comes from) By taking the 327 block with it's 4" bore and intalling the shorter 3" stroke crank from the 283. The low-performance 5.0L, the 307, was made by taking the 283 block with it's 3.875 bore, and installing the longer 3.25" stroke crank from the 327.

In the late 70's Chevy decided to homoginize engine production, so they came up with the 305. The 305 was designed to use the same crankshaft as the 350 (3.48 stroke) so the engine was given a 3.736 bore.

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Re: Things about 5.0L V-8's you didn't care about
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2007, 08:42:29 PM »
That was really interesting truly.
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« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2007, 08:47:05 PM »
what was their HWY MPG?
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Re: Things about 5.0L V-8's you didn't care about
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2007, 09:25:37 PM »
That was really interesting
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Re: Things about 5.0L V-8's you didn't care about
« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2007, 09:48:07 PM »
dont what?

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Re: Things about 5.0L V-8's you didn't care about
« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2007, 10:01:26 PM »
sorry man, i know cars are yer thing. i just cant get into them, i dont know if its because i cant drive or what

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« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2007, 10:06:20 PM »
sorry man, i know cars are yer thing. i just cant get into them, i dont know if its because i cant drive or what

It's all about math and numbers. There's lots of math in building race cars.

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« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2007, 11:02:58 PM »
dont what?
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That was really interesting
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« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2007, 11:12:39 PM »
Gosh, and I thought you two were together
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I'm confused.... I thought you and Kevv were getting maried!!  :laugh:

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« Reply #12 on: June 01, 2007, 11:13:57 PM »
Gosh, and I thought you two were together
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I'm confused.... I thought you and Kevv were getting maried!!  :laugh:

Yeah, I was about to call it off, and cut Richard's balls off.

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Re: Things about 5.0L V-8's you didn't care about
« Reply #13 on: June 02, 2007, 08:05:27 AM »
DirtDawg's karma is at 468 Which is a 454 bored .060" over.  8)

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« Reply #14 on: June 02, 2007, 08:06:50 AM »
PMS Elle's karma is at 406, which is a 400 bored .030" over.  8)