'88 T-Bird 4.6 DOHC swap.
Reply #28 –
I'm a Ford guy, through and through, and then some.
But when Ford people say that GM stole, bought, borrowed, or were looking at the 5.0 windsor....they're full of shiznit. shiznit.
I even believed the rumor...till I looked at facts.
Yeah, the LS heads will bolt onto a 5.0/5.8....so what? Cleveland heads will too, with a bit of work.
Coincidence, nothing more.
The LS is a decent little engine, no argument, but it's only a well executed design...it's only taken GM what...50-some years to get it right? Ford had the Cleveland in the 60's and 70's....there are STILL die hard GM guys who get that glassy-eyed look, as if they've been huffing 110 high test and permatex fumes, and speak reverently of how badly a 351c Torino or some such whupped their ass on main street in 1971.
Also, share your info of these alleged chevy engineers who borrowed the design. I doubt that contractual agreements, and protocol would allow them to admit even if they had. Besides, as solid as the 5.0 has been, it's still basically a 60's design...that leads right back to the Cleveland heads. IF GM were to copy anything.....
There's also the rumor that Yates designed the LS heads...
Man, I want some of those guys have been smoking. It has got to be some good shiznit...like Charlie Daniels sings....the shiznit they smoked in 'Nam.