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more about #engineoftheday more comments → ozyran: Chevrolet *had* a prehistoric V8? Had. Right. more » Mobius: And they also used to have horse-cart suspension, didn't they? Oh, and GM and Ford... more » HurtsSoGood: FTFA: Advanced in design, the 1917 V-8 had a central camshaft operating vertical overhead valves in each bank, a counterweighted crankshaft, and deta... more » tonyola: BMW had also intended to use the V8 in a top-line limousine called the 505. There is a story that BMW showed German Chancellor Adenauer a prototype of... more » CurlyQLink: My brother had a 1959 502 sedan that he bought used in the late 60's. It was probably a serviceman's car brought back home from Europe. The car was bl... more » FantozziUgo: My engine of the day is the Alfa Romeo Montreal 230 hp, 1970 dry sump V8... more » LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard: WOW! With this sort of cutting edge technology, BMW could play NASCAR. I wonder why they don't? more » Six Flags Over Tomsk: Step 1: Cram this engine into a Dixi Step 2: Chop top of and remove fenders from said Dixi Step 3: ? Step 4: Profit! more » Xelmon: Oohhh yeaaah, love that engine! #studebaker more » British_Looks_British_Reliability: I've seen the 'Plain Brown Wrapper' Studebaker run the 1/4 mile (pictured above and in the links). Many a big-block muscle car has been shut down by ... more » Murilee Martin: At least the Studebaker Pines can still be seen from space! #studebaker more » MadHungarian: Those blown Hawks would run 0-60 in about seven and a half seconds -- still respectable today, and back then it would out-drag just about any car exce... more » mdensch: You would have to bring up Studebaker. How about this one, the last one to roll of the South Bend line. (If you ask real nice I'll show you my pictu... more » oldgraygeek: I was driving my Saab 96 across Oklahoma on I-40 one fine day about thirty years ago, on a long uphill stretch. I looked in the mirror and said, "What... more » alowishus wants to run a Saab Sonett III at LeMons: The Avanti is probably my number-one dream car. Just look at it. It's gorgeous, striking, and subtle all at the same time. And it's American. It's a j... more » -
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Engine Of The Day: BMW OHV V8
A pushrod, carburetor-fed V8 from BMW? Sure, but you have to go back about a half-century. More » -
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Engine Of The Day: Studebaker V8
After World War II ended, Americans knew what they wanted: overhead-valve V8s and plenty of them! It took a few years, but almost every manufacturer had one by the mid-1950s. Studebaker joined the V8 club in 1951. More » -
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Engine Of The Day: Ford Kent
We've already honored the Ford "Pinto" OHC engine here, but what about the pushrod four that served as the early Pinto's base engine? More » -
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Engine Of The Day: Toyota JZ
After we had Engine Of The Day Overload last weekend, I got the usual flurry of emails pointing out the really important stuff I'd overlooked. One engine kept coming up, though: the mighty Toyota JZ! More » -
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Engine Of The Day Overload!
We've been doing the Engine Of The Day series for a couple of years, so it's time we put all 74 EOTD honorees together! More » -
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Engine Of The Day: Buick V6
If we ever get around to doing an Ultimate Engine Survivors list (to accompany the Survivor Cars list), this engine will surely be near the top. 47 years and counting! More » -
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Engine Of The Day: Nissan VG
With 20 years of service, installation in dozens of different vehicles, and an excellent racing record, the Nissan VG definitely deserves Engine Of The Day honors. More » -
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Engine Of The Day: Saab Two-Stroke Three-Cylinder
Two-stroke engines for cars have always been on the smoky and noisy side, but they sure do make a lot of power for their size! More » -
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Engine Of The Day: Chrysler Flathead Six
How long does an engine family need to survive in front-line use to become a legend? 42 years, like the Toyota R? 47, as with the small-block Chevy? Today's engine may have them both beat! More » -
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Engine Of The Day: Fiat SOHC
We get quite a few suggestions for EOTD honors and we try to get to all of them, but a tip from a Fiat X1/9 racer always gets jumped to the front of the line! More » -
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Engine Of The Day: BMW M20
In this series, we'd like to honor the engines that were made in vast quantities and/or remained in front-line service for decades (in addition to low-production Ass-Kickin' Engines), and the BMW "Little Six" definitely qualifies. More » -
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Engine Of The Day: Big-Block Chevrolet V8
Here we've got an engine that The General has been building for more than 50 years (if you count crate motors), and which powered some of the all-time wildest machines during the Muscle Car Era. More » -
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Engine Of The Day: Audi 4.2 V8
While The General may be King Of The Pushrod V8, those Yurpeans have cooked up some pretty good overhead-cam competition. How about a straight-from-the-factory V8 that redlines at a lunatic 8,250 RPM? More » -
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Engine Of The Day: BMC A
The BMC B engine was built for nearly 30 years, but its little brother remained in front-line service for close to 50 years. That's up there with the legendary Toyota R! More » -
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Engine Of The Day: Ford FE V8
One fun thing about this series is the vast quantity of big-displacement V8s built by Detroit during the second half of the 20th century. We'll never run out! More » -
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Engine Of The Day: Ferrari Dino V6/V8/V12
We've been doing this Engine Of The Day business for a couple years now, yet we haven't seen a single Ferrari engine? Whoops! More » -
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Engine Of The Day: Coventry Climax FW/FP
An industrial engine from a forklift company that went on to win at Le Mans? The four-cylinder, SOHC Climax FW started out powering water pumps on fire trucks, then had some serious diversification. More » -
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Engine Of The Day: GM Iron Duke
Built in large- in fact, vast- quantities from 1977 through 1993, the 151-cubic-inch Iron Duke four-cylinder served The General well, though generally without much recognition. More » -
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Engine Of The Day: Saab H
This Swedish inline-four debuted in 1981, but it was essentially a redesign of the 1972 Saab-Scania B engine, which itself was based on the- wait, can this be right?- Triumph Slant Four engine. More » -
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Engine Of The Day: Mitsubishi Sirius
Mitsubishi hasn't been well represented in this series, so let's follow up its Astron engine with another Mitsubishi four-cylinder: the Sirius. More »
