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more about #v8 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 » Turboner: I'm sure the irridium spark plugs had so much to do with it. more » Ryan K. Light: Put this in the coupe asap and i will buy 2! more » If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face: Wow, because nobody has ever found a way to squeeze less than half a dozen horsepower from an engine by tinkering with the manifolds before. more » pauljones: I still have a hard time believing that they didn't design the Genesis coupe big enough to accept the Tau V8. more » Turboner: LIVO just kicked in, YO! more » Pessimippopotamus: Hooray for small displacement V8s! Alfa needs to make the spiritual successor to the Thema 8.32 ASAP and I'll rob a bank for it. Or just plain rob th... more » Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .: "Fiat is basing the 166, the sedan this image is being developed for, around the next-gen 300C. " By "image," I take it you mean "engine." Also, Alf... more » -
#engineoftheday
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 » -
#newcars
2011 Hyundai Genesis: "Tau" V8 Gets A 10 HP Bump
The Hyundai Genesis Tau V8 is getting massaged for 2011 with a bump of ten ponies, bringing it up to 385 HP. How? More valve lift, intake manifold tweaks, low-friction coating on the pistons, and iridium spark plugs. Nifty. -
#overthebackfence
Alfa Romeo Developing 3.0-Liter Twin-Turbo V8, Could Come Stateside
According to Autocar, Alfa Romeo's hard at work on a new 3.0-liter V8 engine based on Fiat's "Multiair" variable valve technology. Question is, will this engine find its way to the US? More » -
#adwatch
The Official Ford Scorpion Diesel Engine Mascot. No, We're Not Kidding.
Apparently Ford contracted an out-of-work Detroit-area album cover artist for 80s hair bands to do the mascot for the 2011 Ford F-Series HD's all-new 6.7-liter V8 turbodiesel Scorpion engine. Or they were channeling the band of a similar name. [Pickuptrucks.com] -
#ringtimes
Ride Along On Radical SR8LM's Second Record-Breaking Nurburgring Record
In case you had any doubt the 455 HP Radical SR8LM is street-legal, they drove it from England to the Nurburgring to break their own record with a 6:48 lap time. Here's the you-were-there ride-along footage. More » -
#engineoftheday
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 » -
#engineoftheday
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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#engineoftheday
Engine Of The Day: Oldsmobile Generation 2 V8
Maybe it didn't make financial sense for GM to have each division design its own engines- a policy that continued into, and sometimes beyond, the Malaise Era- but the results were some excellent pushrod V8s! More » -
#projectcarhell
Project Car Hell, Fun With Engine Swaps Edition: Hero Of Billetproof!
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! We haven't done a serious Engine Mix-&-Match PCH for a while, so let's burn!
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#engineoftheday
Engine Of The Day: General Motors LS
Nobody does pushrod V8s like The General, and the LS is proof that you don't need some crazy Rube Goldberg tangle of chains and camshafts clattering all over the place to make 21st-century power. More » -
#enginepr0n
Testing AMG's Awesome 6.3-Liter V8 Engine
We've already shown you the Mercedes AMG 6.3-liter V8 engine, the world's most powerful naturally-aspirated eight-cylinder engine, exploded, showing us its bits n' pieces. But we found this testing photo earlier today and frankly, thought it was cool. More below. More » -
#dailydui
In Morgan's New Convertible, It's Drinking And Driving
We’ve already told you about Morgan’s $187,000 Aero SuperSports with its T-top and 4.8-liter BMW V8. What we didn't mention is the twin champagne bottle holder behind the leather bucket seats — complete with flutes. More » -
#overthebackfence
New Lotus Esprit To Feature 500 HP Lexus LF-A 4.8-Liter V10
When the next-gen Lotus Esprit arrives in 2012, it'll receive some pretty epic power options according to EVO, including the yet-to-be-released 500 HP, high-revving V10 out of thevaporwareupcoming Lexus LF-A. More » -
#newcars
500 HP Ariel Atom V8 To Cost At Least $160,000
Want to outrun Bugatti Veyrons in an open-wheeled roadster? It'll cost you at least $160,000. But with a 0-60 time of 2.5 seconds, with the Ariel Atom V8, you'll at least be getting your money's worth. More » -
#crazyeurocarboy
Crazy Euro Car Boy’s First Oldsmobile
You told us about your first Oldsmobiles. Our turn now: before becoming smitten with Lamborghinis and Zondas, our crazy Euro car boy did something very un-European—he spent his formative years in an Oldsmobile. More » -
#engineoftheday
Engine Of The Day: Mercedes-Benz M100 V8
The Mercedes-Benz OM617 5-cylinder diesel is quite the engineering marvel, but we mustn't forget that Mercedes-Benz also made one of our favorite V8s of all time. More » -
#engineoftheday
Engine Of The Day: Ford 385 Family V8
Today we're going to give EOTD honors to one of FoMoCo's all-time workhorses: the longest-lived of the Ford big-block V8s, most familiar to us in 429 and 460 c.i. displacements. More » -
#crazyeurocarboydoeslondon
Ferrari 612 Scaglietti: Track-Tested, V12-Powered, Kid-Approved
We have looked at Ferraris, Lamborghinis and even a Maserati wagon in our search for the ultimate family super car. Let’s wrap things up with the overlord of them all: the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti. More » -
#jalopnikreviews
2010 Mercedes E-Class Coupe: First Drive
Replacing the CLK, the 2010 Mercedes E-Class Coupe adopts a similar look to the new E-Class Sedan and most of its mechanicals. It's just a shame it's not as fun to drive as the four-door. More »
