You Make The Call

摘要

The dust has settled on the 11th Annual AMSOIL Engine Masters Challenge, and if you peeked ahead, you already know that four-cam Ford Mod motors made a clean sweep of First, Second, and Third Place. Kind of like Ford with the GT40 at LeMans in 1966. The complete dominance of the four-valve Mod motor should come as no surprise to engine experts-it's a simple matter of doing the math, and building the engine that the math demands. The superior ratio of unshrouded valve curtain area to displacement gives a four-valve V-8 a specific output advantage over a traditional two-valve engine. And because the AMSOIL Engine Masters Challenge is essentially a gussied-up yardstick for specific output, the four-cammer wins. It has to.