5.8 L V10 Prototype
A prototype variant of the Ford 4.6L V8 is a 10 cylinder V10 that shares the same bore and stroke as the 4.6L. Project lead Kevin Byrd describes it, "The 6.8 truck crank is a split-pin crank, like you'd find in a 60-degree V-6., we went to a common-pin design based off the Cobra crank, only instead of four pins, we have five. The crank is set at a 72-degree pin offset, but when you put that in a 90-degree block, it doesn't line up to a 72-degree firing. It ends up to be a 90/54, so you get that odd-fire sound, but it blends together beautifully."
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