Best Six VOTE!!! (Eights Nominations)

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Sweetest Six?

  • AMC/Jeep 4.0 L I-6

    Votes: 1 2.2%

  • BMW S54 I-6

    Votes: 3 6.7%

  • BMW N54 I-6

    Votes: 3 6.7%

  • BMW M88/S38 I-6

    Votes: 1 2.2%

  • Buick Fireball/3800/3900/GNX V-6 (turbo, supercharged, and N/A variants)

    Votes: 2 4.4%

  • Chevrolet 235 Stovebolt I-6

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • GM LY7 3.6L DOHC/VVT V-6

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Hudson Twin-H Power I-6

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Mercedes-Benz OM603/604 3.0L diesel I-6

    Votes: 1 2.2%

  • Nissan VQ-family V6

    Votes: 3 6.7%

  • Nissan RB-family I-6

    Votes: 9 20.0%

  • Porsche Air-cooled B-6

    Votes: 10 22.2%

  • Peugeot-Renault-Volvo V-6

    Votes: 1 2.2%

  • Renault 3.0L V-6

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Toyota JZ-Family I-6

    Votes: 6 13.3%

  • TVR AJP6 I-6

    Votes: 5 11.1%

  • VAG 3.2L VSI V-6

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    45
  • Poll closed .
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Oh, boy.

Well, after that little fiasco, I think we're finally ready to vote for Sixes. Sorry for the inconvnience, and I appreciate your patience.

Anyway....just for the record...

Champions
1&2 Cyl: Ducati V-Twins

Runners-Up
1&2 Cyl: Harley-Davidson V-Twin

See that I added a Runners-up category...just to see who's the best of second place.

And Now, the Sixes Nominees...

AMC/Jeep 4.0 L I-6
BMW S54 I-6 (M3 E46, others)
BMW N54 I-6 (335Ci)
BMW M88/S38 I-6
Buick Fireball/3800/3900/GNX V-6 (turbo, supercharged, and N/A variants) (GNX, Many others)
Chevrolet 235 Stovebolt I-6 ('50s/early '60s chevys)
GM LY7 3.6L DOHC/VVT V-6 (CTS, Aura)
Hudson Twin-H Power I-6 (Hornet, Others)
Mercedes-Benz OM603/604 3.0L diesel I/6
Nissan VQ-family V6
Nissan RB-family I-6 (Skyline, Stagea)
Porsche Air-cooled B-6 (911, others)
Peugeot-Renault-Volvo V-6 (DeLorean, Alpine, Others)
Renault 3.0L V-6 (Renault Clio V6)
Toyota JZ-Family I-6 (Supra, others)
TVR AJP6 I-6
VAG 3.2L VSI V-6

Now, time to Nominate the Great Eights!

My Nomination...

CHRYSLER 426 HEMI

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  • They Sounded GREAT
  • Underrated...for SAE Gross, anyway (About SAE net)
  • Hemi CLEANED UP on the Stock Car Circuit
  • Unbeatable Drag engines
  • Ford Copied the Hemi for their BOSS 429. Displacement and all.

Nominations Criteria:

  • ONE NOMINATION PER MEMBER. (including me)
  • Must be 8 cyl. Gasoline or Diesel engine
  • May be race, street, Aircraft, Marine, whatever
  • May be any configuration, except Radial.
  • Try giving some good reasons.

Happy Voting! Nominations End when the Eights Thread is up.

Current Nominations for 8-cyl:
AMC 290-401 V-8 (Javelin/AMX era)
BMW M62/S62/N62 V-8 (E39 M5, others)
Buick 215/Olds Jetfire/Repco F1/Rover V-8
Chevrolet Gen I Smallblock V-8 (265-350, Early Vortec series)
Chevrolet Big Block V-8
Chrysler 426 Hemi V-8
Ferrari F430 4.3L V-8
Ferrari Dino V-8 (288 GTO, F40)
Ford "Windsor" Small-block V-8 (351, 302)
Ford Flathead V-8 (Model B to early '50s)
GM Gen. II Smallblock V-8 (LT1, LT4, L99)
GM Gen III/IV Smallblock V-8 (LS1-LS7, Later Vortec series)
GM Duramax LMM 6.6L Diesel V-8
VAG 4.2L V-8 (Audis)
 
Best eight is certainly NOT the AJP8, that's the engine that gave the nomintaed and voted for by me AJP6 a hard reputation to overcome.

I would have to nominate the Buick 215 that later became the Rover V8, it had a pretty big influence over the years and it was a good engine. It even gave birth to that might V6 that powered the Metro 6R4 and the Jaguar XJ220.
 
Nevermind. Only one nomination...(yuck) so I choose the LTx series from GM.
 
JCE3000GT
Nevermind. Only one nomination...(yuck) so I choose the LTx series from GM.
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Would you ind if I nominated that as the Smallblock Series as a whole? (Or, we could do Gen II Smallblock, Instead)
 
No doubt the Chevrolet pushrod V8 (Smallblock 1955+), it should be plainly obvious why I nominated it.

Not sure if you want to include the 4 or so generations of the same basic engines into one for voting.

*EDIT* heh, little late.
 
Well, Let's take a straw poll.

Should the Smallblocks be all Together, or seperated into Generations?
 
I say together, but I dont mind either way. Seeing as the Smallblock was nominated twice before my post I would like to nominate the Chevrolet Big block V8 instead.
 
Lump them up.

It's basically what we did for the 3800/Fireball engines, so it makes sense for the smallblock (to be consistent).
 
Imo I'd say as long as it's the same block it's the same engine, for example the Buick 215 and Rover V8 were not identical, but they were the same block hence the reason I nominated it as the Buick 215 not the Rover V8.
 
I'll second L4S's Rover/Buick V8 nomination.

I'll also add to the list of cars it's powered - the Repco Brabhams that won the '66 & '67 F1 World Championship, when Ausi firm Repco fited a single overhead camshaft per bank to it.
 
I'll add "Repco" Behind "Jetfire" and before "Rover".

By the by, I found that Generation I, II, and III/IV engines all have substantially Different Blocks. So, I might have to seperate the generations, like we did with the Air cooled/Water Cooled Porsches.

The Gen I smallblock included Most V-8s, from the 265 to the 350, and Include the early Vortec engines
The Gen II smallblock was the LT1, LT4, and L99, a 4.3 for the Chevy Caprice. (The LTs were Nominated earlier, and will Be put up.)
The LT5 in the ZR1 was largely unrelated to any of the others, and thus is it's own engine.
The Gen III Smallblock was the LS1 and LS6, and Vortec 4800, 5300, and 6000
The Gen IV Smallblock includes the LS2, LS4 D.O.D. in the Impala and Monte Carlo, and that LS7, Plus Holden's L76

THe Nomination of Smallblock will thus be changed to Gen I, and the others are up for Nomination.
 
Jim Prower
I'll add "Repco" Behind "Jetfire" and before "Rover".

By the by, I found that Generation I, II, and III/IV engines all have substantially Different Blocks. So, I might have to seperate the generations, like we did with the Air cooled/Water Cooled Porsches.

The Gen I smallblock included Most V-8s, from the 265 to the 350, and Include the early Vortec engines
The Gen II smallblock was the LT1, LT4, and L99, a 4.3 for the Chevy Caprice.
The LT5 in the ZR1 was largely unrelated to any of the others, and thus is it's own engine.
The Gen III Smallblock was the LS1 and LS6, and Vortec 4800, 5300, and 6000
The Gen IV Smallblock includes the LS2, LS4 D.O.D. in the Impala and Monte Carlo, and that LS7, Plus Holden's L76

THe Nomination of Smallblock will thus be changed to Gen I, and the others are up for Nomination.
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If the Fireball can be lumped with the 3900, which has a different block and different crank, then I think the small blocks can all be together...

EDIT: and, (not that I'm nominating it) but if the 360 was nominated would it not include the 5.9 Magnum? DCX claims the 5.9 Magnum is different (all new part numbers) but you can still swap parts between them...
 
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If the Fireball can be lumped with the 3900, which has a different block and different crank, then I think the small blocks can all be together...

EDIT: and, (not that I'm nominating it) but if the 360 was nominated would it not include the 5.9 Magnum? DCX claims the 5.9 Magnum is different (all new part numbers) but you can still swap parts between them...
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Why didn't anybody tell me that! :grumpy:

I still think they should be seperate. From what I read, very few parts can be interchanged between generations. As for that Buick...I'm not starting this all over for this one engine.

The 5.9 is the old "A" engine, don't be fooled.
 
Jim Prower
I still think they should be seperate. From what I read, very few parts can be interchanged between generations. As for that Buick...I'm not starting this all over for this one engine.
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Okay, sure, I can see why you would want to do that. Seperated it is.

And I don't care about that Buick V6, it's probably not going to get that many votes anyways.
 
i nominate the BMW M62/S62/N62 V8.

not only does this engine power various BMWs including such great cars like the 650, Z8 and e39 M5, but it is also the engine of choice for other carmakers like morgan with their aero 8 and ascari with the KZ1 and has even powered cars like the range rover and the bentley arnage at times.
 
...Well, I'm obviously going with the Chevrolet/GM small-block here. I've made it's case far too many times before, and to be completely honest, I'm not going to do it all over again.

BTW: All of the generations of the Chevrolet/GM small-block may as well be rolled together. They are still considered by some to be essentially the same engines (although they are technically different), and given how closely they are related, why not?
 
I think they should be seperated, (The engines don't share many parts between generations, you can't put LS1 heads on an LT1) though, looking back, Most people want them lumped together.

Anyone else? (I'll put them together for now...but it's driving me nuts.)
 
So, many good 6 cylinder engines out there, BMW i6, Porsche Flat 6, Nissan RB, Nissan VQ and of course the TVR i6. The Honda C32B wasnt even nominated, great great engine, awesome noise too.

As for 8s, there are definately less quality ones out there. I nominate the best 8...
f430engine.jpg
 
Jim, about your nomination, the R/RB series did not include the Hemi. The Hemi was it's own engine. It had a 426, but it wasn't the Hemi. It was a different block altogether.
About the small-block fiasco, I submit dividing them into two:
Iron block and aluminum block.
And my nomination?
The Ferrari Dino V8, used in every small Ferrari until the F430, and also used in the Cizeta (just doubled), the 288GTO and the F40.
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Far more awesome than the V8 in the F430, and it even holds multiple records!
 
Well, I changed the Hemi Nomination...But, Let's put your Chevy idea forward....

Should we divide Smallblocks into Aluminum and Iron block versions, Like Toronado says?

If not, then it stays one category, as is.
 
Look the choice is yours, you've had a lot of people myself included telling you to change this and do that and it must be getting right on your tits by now :lol:. What I'd advise is for you to set a rule now as to what makes engine a different to engine b, is it going to be the block it'self or the design or whatever and stick to that no matter what anyone else tells you to do.
 
live4speed
Look the choice is yours, you've had a lot of people myself included telling you to change this and do that and it must be getting right on your tits by now :lol:. What I'd advise is for you to set a rule now as to what makes engine a different to engine b, is it going to be the block it'self or the design or whatever and stick to that no matter what anyone else tells you to do.
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Absolutely right. It's time to grow a backbone.

For this case, I have decided to divide the engines as Wikipedia divides them.

Generation I Smallblock
Generation II "LT" Smallblock
Generations III and IV "LS" Smallblock

(And the ZR1's LT5, If anyone wants to nominate it.)

THIS IS THE FINAL DECISION.
 
I'll nominate the Ford 302 Windsor small block. One of the most easily upgradable motors of all time, the 302 and its derivatives were used in everything from the Mustang to the F-Series pickups.
 
Copy that, I'll fix it.

((By the By, ever felt like you've just had a HUGE burden taken off of your back? That's the Chevy thing for me.))
 

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