Viper SOHC question

[Zrow]

As far as I know, the Dodge Viper is SOHC. This doesn't make sense to me, anyone have any reasoning as to why it isnt dual?

 

[-Fred-]

It's actually OHV (over head valves) with pushrods, if my memory serves me correctly. OHC heads take considerably more space than OHV heads, and DOHC heads even more. You'd have to raise the hood line considerably to make them fit.

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[Cobraboy]

Hmm. Pushrod V10, I didn't know that...

 

[Jugend]

Thank god it's not a sidevalve engine!

/D

 

[Jay]

even if it was sohc it makes sence not to have it dual
because the engine is allready big and emagine the size of it with dohc
just look at the ford 4.6l dohc, i could fit a 426 hemi in the amount of space that takes

 

[Attila_Da_Hun]

don't push rods have a tendency to bend slightly at high rpm's?

 

[-Fred-]

Originally posted by Attila_Da_Hun
don't push rods have a tendency to bend slightly at high rpm's?

That's why a Viper redlines at about 6k rpm.