Best Six VOTE!!! (Eights Nominations)

[JCE]

Wait, the 351ci had the Windsor and Cleveland designations. I never heard of a 302ci Windsor or Cleveland.

/me runs to Wiki

Nevermind, wow Wiki rocks. There is a crapload of different sizes of these designations. I learned something new today. Edit, there was only the 351ci & 400ci Cleveland by the way so I was half right.

 

[skip0110]

And then there's the Clevor, Cleveland heads on a Windsor bottom-end. Ford used this in some 351 Stangs.


The Cleveland can use a lot of Windsor parts. Like the rotating assembly. The Cleveland had unique heads and a water jacket redesign for more even cooling. Thats why you can't put Cleveland heads on a Windsor motor without machining.

EDIT: and cheers to the person who also voted for the Buick Fireball! Don't forget, the GNX was faster than the same-year Vette!

 

[JCE]

The GNX is faster than alot of cars made today!

 

[Keef]

I nominate the 2007.5 model year Duramax 6.6L V-8 (code: LMM). Highest output of the Big Three's diesels, at 360 hp and 650 lb-ft. Meets newest US diesel emissions standards. It's used in the Chevrolet Silverado HD/GMC Sierra HD. Those are the only noteworthy applications.

Don't get me wrong, I don't like it, but it's a killer workhorse of an engine.

 

[High-Test]

I'll take the role of the bass-ackwards bonehead and say the Ford Flathead.

 

[red70mach1]

My eight cylinder nominations are the Chevy small blocks 265-400, Chrysler Hemi (all years), Ford 5.0 HO, Rover/Buick aluminum V8, and the AMC 290-401.

 

[Tornado]

Blasphemy! You may only nominate 1!

 

[TheCracker]

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.

Far more awesome than the V8 in the F430, and it even holds multiple records!

Not wanting to be pedantic, but the Cizeta's V16 wasn't just two Ferrari V8s joined by a common crank, that's a bit of an urban myth. It was designed by the same guy, i forget his name, and it did use similar sized pistons and share a similar architecture - but it was a clean sheet design.

Its a bit like the Vette ZR1's engine being a alloy, multi-valve version of the contemporary small block. It wasn't. Again it was a clean sheet design by Lotus, but with stipulations by GM to follow a similar design to the small block.

Similarly, the V10 engine found in the Audi A8 and S6 isn't the Lambo Gallardo's V10 engine. Audi's V10 shares more in common with it's V8, V6 and even the inline 4. It does share certain valve and cam componants with the Lambo, but not much else. All modern Audi engines share the same bore size and spacing across the engine range (makes them cheaper to produce) - the Lambo V10 doesn't follow this rule of thumb. It's not something that Audi shout about, the idea that some of their cars are Lamborghini powered does nothing to hinder sales or image.

 

[Jim Prower]

My eight cylinder nominations are the Chevy small blocks 265-400, Chrysler Hemi (all years), Ford 5.0 HO, Rover/Buick aluminum V8, and the AMC 290-401.

and, since versions of most of the engines you mentioned (All smallblocks, One Chrysler Hemi, Ford Windsor, Rover/Buick/Olds) already had nominations...yours is the AMC 290-401.

NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED.