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A flat plane crank actually has surprisingly minimal benefits, and they are GREATLY outweighed by the downfall of using it on an engine with such large displacement. Flat plane cranks work in cars like Ferraris and McLarens because they use small displacement engines that have relatively low piston speed and less rotating mass, thus not suffering from the harmonics impact of a FPC as much as a 5.2L behemoth. It simply doesn’t work in the GT350, which is why a Voodoo only makes as much power as an Aluminator while being less reliableYou make good points, but I do wonder if you know and appreciate the merits of a flat plane crank engine. Calling it “useless” is probably not the best analysis.
There’s a reason why Ferrari and McLaren use it. It’s a much more advanced engine design.
Flat plane crank was a buzzword for Ford to amp up hype about the car, plain and simple. If it didn’t have it, nobody would be complaining that it “just has a cross plane crank”, and most people wouldn’t even know the phrase “flat plane crank”
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