{"id":244,"date":"2011-02-06T11:07:04","date_gmt":"2011-02-06T16:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.squarebore.com\/?p=244"},"modified":"2011-02-06T14:56:49","modified_gmt":"2011-02-06T19:56:49","slug":"livernois-motorsports-builds-high-compression-5-0-liter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.squarebore.com\/?p=244","title":{"rendered":"Livernois Motorsports Builds High-Compression 5.0-Liter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squarebore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Liv-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-245\" title=\"Liv 01\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squarebore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Liv-01-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squarebore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Liv-01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squarebore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Liv-01.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Naturally Aspirated Combo helps Deliver 11.15-sec. ET<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dearborn-based Livernois Motorsports (livernoismotorsports.com) has wasted no time in cracking open Ford\u2019s new \u201cCoyote\u201d 5.0-liter to draw out more power. They\u2019ve built a high-compression version, using a prototype Ford Racing intake, which pumps the new 302 engine\u2019s output from the factory 412-hp rating to more than 500 horses. Here\u2019s how they did it:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Custom Livernois-designed pistons with \u201cstegosaurous\u201d-style tops \u2013 peaks at the center of each valve relief that displace more air in the cylinders to increase the compression ratio from 11:1 to more than 12:1. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Forged H-beam connecting rods in place of the stock powdered-metal rods, measuring the stock 5.93-inch length<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">CNC-ported intake and exhaust ports in the factory four-valve heads <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ford Racing Performance Parts prototype high-rise intake manifold, similar in design to the forthcoming Boss 302. Its tall, straight intake runners deliver greater velocity at high rpm, much like an old-school tunnel ram.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squarebore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Liv-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"Liv 02\" src=\"http:\/\/www.squarebore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Liv-02-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The engine retains the stock camshafts and the exhaust blows through 1-7\/8-inch long tubes. Backed by the stock six-speed automatic transmission in Livernois\u2019 in-house test \u2019Stang, the engine was good for 441 rwhp \u2013 or about 520 at the crank. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cIt\u2019s an experimental engine to see what works,\u201d said Livernois\u2019 Dan Millen. \u201cAlready, we can see that the engine needs more camshaft. The intake delivers at high rpm, but we need the camshafts to reciprocate. We\u2019ll work on that next.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squarebore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Liv-021.jpg\"><\/a>With the custom pistons, this recipe isn\u2019t necessarily the most cost-effective way to add 100 horsepower, but it provides a glimpse at where the burgeoning new 5.0-liter world is headed. And the all-forged rotating assembly is the right foundation for forced induction (except for \u201cbumpy\u201d high-compression pistons heads) \u2013 although the 5.0\u2019s super-thin, 0.060-inch-thick factory cylinder liners may be a cause for concern under boost. Nevertheless, this naturally aspirated combo works. Livernois\u2019 Mustang has already posted an 11.15 ET at 122 mph, with a non-too-svelte race weight of 3,680 pounds. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naturally Aspirated Combo helps Deliver 11.15-sec. ET \u00a0 Dearborn-based Livernois Motorsports (livernoismotorsports.com) has wasted no time in cracking open Ford\u2019s new \u201cCoyote\u201d 5.0-liter to draw out more power. They\u2019ve built a high-compression version, using a prototype Ford Racing intake, which &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.squarebore.com\/?p=244\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,85,16],"class_list":["post-244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-5-0-liter","tag-livernois-motorsports","tag-mustang"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.squarebore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.squarebore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.squarebore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.squarebore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.squarebore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=244"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.squarebore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":253,"href":"https:\/\/www.squarebore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244\/revisions\/253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.squarebore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.squarebore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.squarebore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}