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Originally Posted by dparm
Three other important comparisons to make:
1. Production numbers on the Voodoo 5.2L V8 are way lower than the S65, even if you just look at annual averages.
2. The S65 was a sized-down version of an existing engine, and design choices were made to correct earlier problems (the biggest being the switch to low-pressure VANOS). The Voodoo is only very loosely related to the Coyote 5.0 V8.
3. The Voodoo was rushed to production. Raj Nair, the former lead of Ford Performance, admitted that it had a short development timeline and was a bit of an emotional decision to do it ("we're doing this!"). This may have adversely affected their R&D / testing programs.
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Agreed 100% on this. This makes the extrapolation even worse. Whenever there is a comparison to the E9X M3 they always bring up the RBs.
Dave