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Originally posted by bnoon:
Originally posted by Steve Bassen:
The port geometry is vastly improved, but the lifter setup has been the same since day one. Why spend money on re-engineering something when the setup you've got works perfectly for the intended application (quiet operation, daily driving, and a <7000rpm redline) already?
For higher lift, longer duration, and extended redlines that spit out stock followers.  Quiet operation indeed... I wouldn't expect anything less from Ford though, who took the rod shift out because you could feel "to much of the transmission" through it. 
Yeah, I probably should have phrased that "Why would Ford spend money on..." 
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Originally posted by bnoon:
Originally posted by Steve Bassen:
The port geometry is vastly improved, but the lifter setup has been the same since day one. Why spend money on re-engineering something when the setup you've got works perfectly for the intended application (quiet operation, daily driving, and a <7000rpm redline) already?
For higher lift, longer duration, and extended redlines that spit out stock followers. Quiet operation indeed... I wouldn't expect anything less from Ford though, who took the rod shift out because you could feel "to much of the transmission" through it.
Yeah, how stupid of ford to try to improve things for 95% of thier customers . . .
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Originally posted by Rara:
Yeah, how stupid of ford to try to improve things for 95% of thier customers . . .
I wouldn't call it an improvement.
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Originally posted by todras:
Originally posted by Rara:
Yeah, how stupid of ford to try to improve things for 95% of thier customers . . .
I wouldn't call it an improvement.
The NVH police would 
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NVH police probably wouldn't like the solid motor mounts I stuck in there either, LOL!
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Originally posted by bnoon:
NVH police probably wouldn't like the solid motor mounts I stuck in there either, LOL!
LMMFAO!! Probably give them a collective heart attack! 
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Originally posted by Steve Bassen:
DOHC 4.6 debuted in the '93 Lincoln Mark VIII, which shared the same heads as the 96-98 Cobras 
The Duratec was designed around 1990 & debuted in a 1991 prototype.
First production Duratec was early 92 for 93 model year Mondeo's. Only the Contours waited until late 94 to be built...
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Originally posted by DemonSVT:
Originally posted by Steve Bassen:
DOHC 4.6 debuted in the '93 Lincoln Mark VIII, which shared the same heads as the 96-98 Cobras
The Duratec was designed around 1990 & debuted in a 1991 prototype.
First production Duratec was early 92 for 93 model year Mondeo's. Only the Contours waited until late 94 to be built...
4.6 development still started several years before that... 
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Originally posted by DemonSVT:
First production Duratec was early 92 for 93 model year Mondeo's. Only the Contours waited until late 94 to be built...
Demon, the 1st production of the Duratec at Cleveland Engine Plant #2 began in April 1994.
here is one reference to back it up:
http://www.fmcs.gov/internet/itemDetail.asp?categoryID=165&itemID=16291
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Then explain a 1993 Ford Mondeo???
I know the US build date was in 1994.
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