Why would you?

>>16690848
>I-head
way to talk like a fag.

> From what I understand you can only pull 2/3 the torque out of an I-head engine as a DHOC engine of the same size.
Because a DOHC engine will never be the same size.

>>16690848
> DHOC
> Dual Head Over Cam

>>16690865
Sorry for that typo.

>pros
size
weight
>price
>cons
everything else

>>16690865
Fund it!

>>16690848

Look at a LS V8 compared to a VW 4.7l V8. The LS is physically smaller and puts out more power more reliably. DOHC is a meme.

>>16690865
>>16691029
Somebody get HakunaMiata in here.

>>16690848
what the fuck is an i-head

>>16690865
So the LS engine is a Dual Head Over Cam engine, right?

>>16691074
DOHC has better throttle response, though. That's not something that shows up in a spec sheet, but it's something you'll notice when you drive it. And no, throttle response is not how fast the car accelerates when you put your foot in it.

Also:
>German
>V8
Kill it with fire.

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>ice in 2017
lmao @ ur life

>>16693401
German V8 > muh vee ate

>>16691074
If we compare the 4,3L LS1 (OHV) with the 4,2L Audi V-8 FSI (DOHC) we see that the Audi has 309kW, when the LS1 has only 221kW.
So the DOHC engine has more power, in this case almost 50% more than slightly bigger OHV engine.
It is able to archive that due to a higher rev range and better flow.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_R8_42#Motor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LS_based_GM_small-block_engine#3.921_in_bore_blocks_.282014_.E2.80.93_current.29

>>16693374
An OHV engine I'm guessing

>>16693663
>>16693374
I Think OP means L-heads also known as flatheads.

>>16693680
If you manage to kill a flathead then you know something the rest of the world doesn't.

>>16693710
Try to boost a old flathead or don´t check the valve clearance for some time and it is fucked.

>>16693715
Nigga I've watched flatheads with stuck valves run like a champ.

>>16693715
>Try to boost a old flathead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dskutHwOy7U

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>>16693724
my god
that is glorious

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>>16693718
the weakpart of the flathead is the crank
if i recall it had only 3 main bearings

>>16693730
>when the blower is bigger than the engine.

By all accounts flatheads should rip out the crankshafts if boosted but cars were made with some stout metal back then

>>16693738
4*
And even though that's the case, blown flatheads are fairly common.
They were even supercharging them back when flatheads were relevant.

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>>16693747
i really dont know how the bottom end just doesn't explode. anyway if i wanted a special snowflake engine i would get an air cooled diesel and build it.
i saw one once in a C20 and thought it was just amazing to see no radiator.

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>>16693768
tfw no aircooled v8

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>>16693775
but no turbo! id pass.

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>mfw no flat 6 turbo
>aircooled

>>16690848

ill pushrods up your arsehole boy.

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>>16693816
its about 800hp
all air cooled