blykins,
don't come in here early in the morning claiming like you know what in the hell you are talking about. are you just making this stuff up? did you just sketch out that basic child math on a piece of paper and then turn it upside down and start typing?
seriously, i wonder how many engines you have built. or how many times you have divided 6000 by 2 to get 48. but don't come in here all high and mighty asking stupid questions and acting like you know something.
just kidding - obviously.
Eric,
If that was an attempt at tact, wow. I hope you are better at building engines.
Randy is right, you seem to know some things, but you also seem to think you joined a forum of complete morons. If that's the case, then go home. There are plenty of smart people on this forum who seem to know at least as much as you (some may have even "forgotten more than you will ever know") ..haha.. but usually when someone comes in and makes a false claim, the "knowing" class tactfully and respectfully sets us straight.
No need to berate anyone. I urge you to go back and look at every post that you have torn apart to shreds - nobody has come at you maliciously.
Something like 3 of your 4 posts have been quite assholic. Thank you for bringing some very interesting points to light so that the rest of us can debate the merits and analyze it like grown adult human beings that respect each other and have a common bond.
In the meantime, I probably do not speak for everyone, but I probably speak for a majority - Calm down, take a breath before you post, maybe make a little *bigger* effort at TACT, or go away forever.
Constantly mean and inappropriate posters aren't very welcome here.
That aside, why the firing order change? Which is truly better?
Ford isn't a bunch of 8th graders building engines in shop class. I am guessing that they made the change for a good reason. It doesn't seem to me like they could have saved millions of dollars by making the change. If I'm CEO and I can save millions and millions and maybe there is a slight decrease in quality or performance but nothing really noteworthy, I'll probably do it. But this couldn't have saved anyone any money to CHANGE what was already going down.
Ergo (by the way, throwing some latin in your post doesn't make you come off any more polite)....
I have to imagine that perhaps a WEE WITTLE BIT of R&D went into Ford changing the F/O to the new configuration.
I have an idea... everything is completely maximized right now and we can't do it any better. Let's spend some bucks, start grinding new cams, and switch the firing order to something that is absolutely no better at all, perhaps worse. This idea will make us millions. We will start tomorrow.
Give me a break!!
This all started with someone (WHO KNEW) saying that the old F/O cam was a "bit cheaper" than the new one.
Then Eric gets his panties in a knot over an accusation that he screwed someone out of 12 and a half measley cents.
This is extremely interesting and I would LOVE to see some more research into this. When I get back from out of state this weekend, I will even spearhead some of it.
Peace "dudes".... please!