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Originally Posted by wkooiman
My non-expert comments…
Plus, you can forge in one process, whereas on a "normal" crank, they are forged and twisted.
Plus, you should be able to have a lighter crank - I think anyway.
Plus, you can sell a flat-plane crank engine for more - because it sounds cooler (the real reason).
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Bingo! Basically, Ford's
PR department struck a home run with this one. But there are some things unique about Voodoo. While flat plane crank V8s have been around for a long time, the larger the displacement the more difficult the vibration issues become, so Ford's value add on a 5.2L FPC V8 is that it is the largest displacement in its class... That said, some of the voodoo and black magic (pun intended) that they had to come up with is applied EXTERNALLY to the engine. And these magical twists are why there won't be a Ford Performance Parts "crate engine".