[Shotimes] (OT) Marauder

Mark Kelley mrkelley64@earthlink.net
Mon, 4 Nov 2002 17:01:28 -0600


The 4V heads for the Ford 5.0 I mentioned in an earlier post worked exactly
as you described.  They had a Y-shaped rocker and any standard 5.0 cam would
work with them.

Mark

> 3 cam profiles per cylinder?  On the surface you would think 2
> valves- 2 cam lobes, 4 valves- 4 cam lobes.  However since OHV
> engines use rocker arms I would think a Y-shaped rocker arm could
> easily operate 2 valves with one pushrod.  An enterprising person
> could have built a 4-valve head for a V8 chevy long ago (may have
> even been done for all I know).  The only drawback would be a
> little more valvetrain mass, but this would be counteracted by 2
> springs per cylinder instead of 1.