Which monumental motor will make the most horsepower... the Chevy 454 or the Ford 460? Joe and Mike build one of each in the HorsePower shop. Then, a showdown on the dyno will determine which is the baddest.
I love the sound of that 454 - like Bob Falfa's Chevy in American Graffiti. Vrooom! Interesting, though, that the Ford's stock crank can handle 700 hp vs only 500 on the 454. Sounds like the Ford is the way to go.
Make sure you get that Chevy motor upgraded rotating assembly because she'll come undone with the factory stuff. Now it's even. Factory Ford rotating assembly and aftermarket Chevrolet rotating assembly
Ford factory 460 heads definitely leave something to desire...they don't flow as well as factory 454 heads.Thats a big reason why the Chevy made so much more power not to mention the cam was a little bigger 😎
Not a fair comparison unless you put comparative identical parts. When you put better parts ( even though budget the same) you will get better performance.
You can not have fair comparison unless every part is the same on each engine like having a modified points distributor on ford but a hi output mallory on chevy as the mallory has better spark output and curve also cams have to have same lift, duration and lsa. Piston design also changes performance
Then you'd be building two identical engines and there wouldn't be much point. Also, at the stock power and rpm level, there won't be much difference between points and hei. What the main difference here is likely heads. Even truck heads on a 454 are probably a little better then truck heads on a 460. Once they built them up a little they essentially performed the same.
All I see is hidden parts for the Chevy, missing pictures for the heads intake ports too. Missing information on the cam, and SUDDENLY getting the results you want. If those are even the real numbers. After reading the comments, you can tell NOBODY is fooled. How to lose customers and views is the reason RIGHT HERE in this video.
Nice video but I dont agree with the cam choice for the Chevy. They should have used Hydraulic on both engines. The torque on the Ford boils down to cubic inches though. Nice engines definitely, but worlds apart based on Camshafts.
So they swapped pistons. The crank. Gave the Chevy a bigger roller cam & it made a little more horsepower than the stock bottom end. Hyd roller Ford motor. Seems legit.
Love the show bin build motors for long time personally myself I play with big block Fords but I've built many big block mopars many big block Chevys big block Buicks Pontiacs even a few Oldsmobiles and there was nothing comparable from the beginning of these builds to the end of these builds that was the same between these two engines they were completely different from beginning to end find that rather disappointing that they didn't pay closer attention to detail with compression distributor camshaft design Ford had a hydraulic Chevy had a solid roller way way difference there alone plus compression ratios from beginning to end otherwise I wish you guys have a lot of fun next time if you want to compare engines compare engines appropriately thank you
Thats a biased build the chevy cam was bigger than the ford and the chevy pistons had a very small dish ...come on guys build a fair comparison same pistons same cam same heads then lets see the numbers
Budget build Ford cost $80 more. Performance build the Chevy got a new crankshaft. Seems like the performance Chevy build cost a lot more than the Ford. Prices not listed. Chevy only did better above 5,500 rpm. The Ford would do better on the street or in a 1/4 mile drag. Chevy wins on the dyno or on a long track.
You told the cam lift spec on the Ford, then you told the cam duration spec on the chevy. Chevy probably got way more lift too. How do you say that's a fair dyno war?
Almost no difference. Gear driven are just too damn noisy, when you can go with a double roller and see no benefit from one or the other. Base your choice on cost.
If I had to choose between Ford and Chevy, I'd choose Toyota. To be serious I would get the Chevy LS 350. Not going to go high performance, just reliable V8 from America.