So what are some engines that every noob should know about? What made them so great?

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Quote, originally posted by Mehr_PSI »

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Here are my two contributions:

- The Wankel Rotary -- Only Mazda still builds rotary-powered road cars. References to "12a," "13b," "16x" and "Renesis" are to rotary engines.
- The Ford 260, 289, and 427ci V8s -- the V8 family that lead to the defeat of Ferrari at Le Mans.

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More and more evidence is piling up that Europeans are nothing more than Americans with more colorful money and funny accents.

Speed:Sport:Life

Agreed.

Offy

the car lounge daily trivia game, everyone is welcome !

and obligatory:

Any LSx

S52 BMW

Modified by W. Sobchak at 3:25 PM 11-6-2009

Modified by W. Sobchak at 6:30 PM 11-6-2009

I hate you. I came in here specifically to post that. My day is ruin.

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You want reliability, check out a mk4. I haven't had to fix anything on my Jetta in at least 5 days.

Also, lern yoself sum rotary. Go to http://www.nopistons.com and lurk like a motherhumper. DO NOT listen to anecdotal tales of woe. Stuff like "Well my best friend's cousin's case-worker had an RX7 and the apex seals blew if you left the turn signals on for too long. Also, i think it kicked his dog once." is pretty common fare and should be ignored like a stepchild's requests for fewer beatings.

Modified by jackboots at 3:16 PM 11-6-2009

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The Voss Nose Haupt/Grandmother V12. At over 19,000 long tons, it was the most economical power-plant built in the undying forges of the Voss Nose Fancy Juices Division. First fitted upon the '96 VN Box Box, it was used in over 84 different models, finally being summarily canceled in 2011 after it became hard to find loopholes in pedestrian safety laws large enough for the Haupt/Grandmother V12 to pass through, because it would occasionally electrocute the pedestrians with its prehensile spark plug wires. Nevertheless, the engine's fame was such that the fan club eventually became a full-blown cult, whose practices are seen above in a rare engraving from Il Boticelli's 1511 "Codex Holy Balls." Modern dietitians are unable to determine whether the bleating flock of Haupt/Grandmother disciples in the illustration are bowing or pooping.

Why has the "Hemi" such a big deal for Dodge? Is it still a relevant platform, or was the recent flood of Hemi cars just a marketing hail-mary?

BMW M20/M30 inline sixes
Ferrari Columbo-design V12 and spawn
Ferrari flat-plane V8's
Porsche aircooled flat six
Mazda/NSU rotary
Audi inline five
Honda VTEC four

Oh and I forgot RB26DETT

Modified by WolfsburgGTR at 4:19 PM 11-6-2009

GO HOKIES!!

The LT5 was 349 CI, or 5.7l


Modified by 16v_43v3r at 3:52 PM 11-6-2009

1955 Chevrolet 265ci V8

Not the most powerful things in the world, but they sure have potential, and they're about as indestructible as a 4.0. Seriously. I drove mine for an unknown number of miles down the interstate with a broken oil cooler (the engine was pumping all the oil out), came off the interstate, drove through a town, drove several miles down a rural highway, and it died at a stop sign. The entire back of the car was covered in oil and the engine was empty. The next day I took off the fan shroud, found the oil cooler problem, got the flange welded back on, and drove it 6 hours at freeway speeds to get back home. I drove it for quite some time after that, until I parked it due to rust, but the engine was still strong with good compression when I parked it.

Edit: Now that it's in my head, I keep thinking about it. To the OP's point, for someone who wants to know about engines and how they work, the ACVW engine is particularly noteworthy because of how it's built and when it was designed. It's truly an awesome engineering feat, even if the inner workings are '30s technology. Three different metals (heads are aluminum, cylinders are cast iron, case is an alloy with a high magnesium content), with different coefficients of thermal expansion, and bolt them together into an opposed engine that doesn't even have head gaskets, but is extremely reliable and durable. I can't think of another manufacturer who built the same basic engine for as many decades. The SBC probably comes close, but even that has seen more redesign than the Beetle engine, I think.

Modified by blue70beetle at 8:15 PM 11-6-2009

[Oo=\X/=oO] The Jetta

Highest HP per liter when it came out, 9k redline, ultra high for a NA piston engine, uses old Honda F1 Tech.