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Yeah the GEN3 motors seemed to have the problems with the #5 crank bearing. Hopefully fixed with the Gen4 725 engine.

What sort of failures did they have?

Here is some interesting information I found while reading about the History of Ilmor and the V10. 2004- line of V-10 engines since entering the market in 2004 2007, we sold about 200 engine units, which puts us at about 10 percent of the market at that time We were looking at building more...

The 2013 Viper 640hp is 10.2:1.

Stock MV-10 650 and MV-10 725 require 91 octane anyway. Yep, so cool. http://horsepowerkings.com/reports-are-coming-in-saying-supercharged-v10s-have-been-delivered-to-chrysler-viper-update-coming/ But they are not starting with 650 or 725 hp like the Ilmor's. The 725 has had a mild cam and...

Don’t Supercharge Your Ilmor Engine Created: Wednesday, 24 February 2010 21:00 Written by Matt Trulio A recent discussion thread on seriousoffshore.com, a leading high-performance powerboating site with compelling message boards, caught my attention. The thread revolved around supercharging...

I know an old thread from 5+ years ago, But has there been any more news along this front? Everyone always talks about high hp numbers, but what I see the Ilmor needing is low boost and additional 150hp and more importantly 150 torque. Only really need 3-4 pounds boost. So will say why bother...