10/27/2026
Coyote 5.0 VS Godzilla 7.3 in a Raptor or truck in general β¦.
Long read and we don't usually do this β¦.. but if you are a motor head or interested in some knowledge read more β¦.
Four hundred and forty five cubic inches against three hundred and seven. The Godzilla is nearly half as big again as the Coyote.
It loses the horsepower contest by fifty.
Four hundred and thirty against four hundred and eighty. The smaller engine wins, and it is not close when you measure it properly. The Coyote produces 95 horsepower for every litre it displaces. The Godzilla manages 59.
Ford knows exactly how to make the big one competitive. It is the same company, in the same decade, and the Coyote is the proof. Four camshafts, thirty two valves, twelve to one compression, port and direct injection working together, and the freedom to spin to 7,250 rpm.
The Godzilla gets two valves per cylinder, one camshaft in the block, port injection only, and ten and a half to one.
None of that is a limitation Ford failed to overcome. It is a list of things Ford decided not to buy.
Because look at where each engine does its work. The Coyote makes its peak at 7,250 rpm. A Super Duty with eight tons on the hitch does not visit 7,250 rpm, and the driver would not want to hear it if it did. The Godzilla is finished thinking by 5,500 and lays down 485 lb-ft, seventy more than the Coyote, somewhere a loaded truck actually lives.
Then there is everything that does not show up on a dyno. Two valves need one camshaft, not four. No timing chains running up to overhead cam towers. A cast iron block that tolerates heat, hours at full load and an owner who changes the oil when he remembers.
An engine with fewer parts has fewer parts to replace, and a fleet buyer counts that before he counts horsepower.
So Ford built the worse engine on purpose, and sells it to the customer who is paying for a different thing entirely.
Now take that 7.3 and start to have some fun, add the correct cam for the way you intend to use the vehicle , add some ported heads with the chambers and runners cleaned up , add a good set of springs for the higher rpms and cam choice . Don't forget about the lifters and pushrods to support the others , maybe a bigger TB to pair with some long tube headers and lastly β¦ the correct convertor β¦. maybe a rear gear change due to tire size based off where the motor is going to make its power in the rpm range and your intended use .
Now that under Horsepower rated more just asking shot past the coyote and is making close to 170 plus crank horsepower more at a way lower RPM and lets not forget about the torque ! In a heavy vehicle loaded down in deep sand, silt Turing big tires needs all the grunt it can get and down low fast ! Not when you have to rev to the moon just to get half of what you could be having . Less moving parts , and a more simple design .
Both have their strong points and their purposes, to keep up with a head and cam Godzilla you would have to boost the Coyote and then it would still be close until you really started laying into the coyote β¦ But again don't sleep on a boosted Godzilla . stock bottom end has already seen 1600+Hp boosted on a Dyno and wanted more !
Ant the end of the day you need to factor in all variables and then decide on what's the best plan and route for your use and intended plan for that vehicle . Any questions please hit us up and ask ! Remember we were doing coyote swaps in Gen 2 raptors with boost way back in 2018!
Looking forward to more in-depth videos and info as we progress this Godzilla swap world ! π«‘πΊπΈ