Introduced for 2020 as the replacement for the 6.8-liter V10 from the Modular family, the 7.3-liter V8 that Ford calls Godzilla is also offered as a crate engine. The Blue Oval wants $7,000 for a brand-new motor excluding the control pack and accessory drive, which isn’t exactly a lot for a heavy-duty pushrod V8 with 475 pound-feet (644 Nm) of torque.
Amazingly, the camshaft, rods, and pistons were all left stock.
Ford s fabled 7.3-liter Godzilla V8 engine has proven to be capable of producing higher levels of power than anyone ever imagined. The V8 pushrod engine is offered in the Ford F-Series Super Duty pickup trucks, where it produces 430 horsepower and 475 lb-ft of torque.
Now that Ford offers it as a crate engine, Godzilla has been used to power some unique restomod projects. Thanks to some modifications, former Ford Racing director Brian Wolfe managed to extract 789 hp from the V8 pushrod for his Fox-Body Mustang drag car project without resorting to forced induction.
Twin-Turbo Ford Godzilla 7.3-Liter V8 Makes 1,100 Horsepower
Dec 14, 2020 at 4:13pm ET ++ The gift that keeps on giving.
Earlier this year, Ford made its ‘Godzilla’ pushrod V8 engine available as a crate motor. While the modular V8 concept is nothing new, this offering is simply different gravy. The guys from Merkel Racing Engines easily produced 1,114 horsepower (830.7 kilowatts) from the motor thanks to twin-turbos and not much else. Yes, that’s not a misprint, four-digit horsepower with very minimal modifications.
So what makes this powerplant such a potent package? To the uninitiated, it’s a 7.3-liter pushrod V8 which puts out 430 hp (320.6 kW) from the factory. That might sound fairly dismal for such a big engine, but we’d be remiss not to mention that it normally sits under the hood of the 2020 Ford F-250; as such, it puts out 475 pound-feet (644 Newton-meters) of torque at 4,000 rpm. For all intents and purposes, it�
Ford Godzilla Twin-Turbo V8 Engine Develops 1,134 HP on the Dyno 14 Dec 2020, 20:24 UTC ·
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Developed for the F-Series Super Duty, E-Series, and medium-duty trucks, Ford s Godzilla V8 is more than meets the eye. Thanks to a cast-iron block and a forged-steel crankshaft, the 7.3-liter leviathan is capable of hair-raising performance without taking the heads off. 41 photos
Coming courtesy of Johan Rauchfuss, the following video shows us a Godzilla crate engine on the Merkel Racing Engines dyno with a pair of 7875 VS Racing turbos, an OBR Control Systems controller, as well as a larger throttle body. The setup also includes a pair of intercoolers along with eight 1,000-cc injectors that force more fuel into the combustion chambers.