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Top 10 engines of all time
On all Cylinders ^ | January 26, 2014 | David Fuller

Posted on 10/02/2015 12:59:05 AM PDT by Cowman

(#10): Ford 427 SOHC (#9): Ford 351 Windsor (#8): Chevrolet 454 (#7): Cummins 5.9L I6 Turbo Diesel (#6): Chrysler 225 Slant Six (#5): Chevy 427 (#4): Ford 300 I6 (#3): General Motors LS1 (#2): Chrysler 426 HEMI (#1): Small Block Chevrolet (Gen 1) 350


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A whole lot more interesting than Ward's.

Have at it

1 posted on 10/02/2015 12:59:05 AM PDT by Cowman
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To: Cowman

I’ve had several Fords with 302’s that I’d rather they’d have been 351W’s. Or Clevelands. But the Windsors were 302-size blocks, and runnin’ MF-ers. Whine...


2 posted on 10/02/2015 1:06:13 AM PDT by W. (I piss on the militant muslims & their horrid koran! GTFO of my America!)
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To: Cowman

Of the 10, two are 6 cylinder gas engines so the survey respondents were not totally biased against smaller engines. Since each respondent used their own criteria, I’ll throw in my own and question leaving off the Jeep 258 c.i. 6-cylinder and the Toyota 22R 4-cylinder, simply for utility and durability.


3 posted on 10/02/2015 1:16:34 AM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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I’ll throw in my own and question leaving off the Jeep 258 c.i. 6-cylinder and the Toyota 22R 4-cylinder, simply for utility and durability.

I agree with the Jeep six and add the jeep four used in the military jeeps for the same reason. I would also include the two stroke Detroits as well

4 posted on 10/02/2015 1:23:01 AM PDT by Cowman (As Jerry Williams used to say --- When comes the revolution....)
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To: W.
Actually the 302 and 351w were very different motors. The 351 was taller and had a different firing order. A whole lot of things were different.
5 posted on 10/02/2015 1:30:02 AM PDT by amigatec (2 Thess 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:)
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To: Cowman

GM LS1, hell yeah.

Mine still runs like new, with enough miles to go to the moon.


6 posted on 10/02/2015 1:43:34 AM PDT by Crazieman (Article V or National Divorce. The only solutions now.)
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To: Cowman

Thx for posting


7 posted on 10/02/2015 1:48:13 AM PDT by thinden
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To: Cowman

Does anyone remember the Flathead Ford??


8 posted on 10/02/2015 1:58:28 AM PDT by tightwadbob (There is no right way to do the wrong thing. Hardcore Angry Conservative for Pres in '12)
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To: Cowman

(#7): Cummins 5.9L I6 Turbo Diesel


Engine would still be purring but Dodge truck would be completely falling apart around it after 300k. Owned several of the 24 valve.

If the battery was good, the engine would start, period.


9 posted on 10/02/2015 1:59:58 AM PDT by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it)
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To: Cowman

I have Chev 350s in my 57 Bel Air and 67 Camaro. Have an extra 305 and 327 as backup. Most parts interchangeable and cheap. Amazing amount of difference in performance depending on how you set them up. My Camaro is now wound up tight and a lot of fun.


10 posted on 10/02/2015 2:09:39 AM PDT by DaxtonBrown (http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
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To: tightwadbob

yes, and none of the listed engines would have been invented without that first step.


11 posted on 10/02/2015 2:09:49 AM PDT by Clean_Sweep
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To: eartick
If the battery was good, the engine would start, period.

Same for my Dakota. The 3.9 will run forever not like the junk 3.7/4.7 they replaced it with

12 posted on 10/02/2015 2:10:54 AM PDT by Cowman (As Jerry Williams used to say --- When comes the revolution....)
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Chevy 427

Kind of hard to argue against that one.....


13 posted on 10/02/2015 2:15:36 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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Jeep 258 c.i. 6-cylinder

Another incredible candidate.

14 posted on 10/02/2015 2:17:13 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: tightwadbob

Yes, but we’re dating ourselves. Flathead Ford came out in 1932 with the Model A and continued into the 50’s. The 50’s was the time of the Chevy 6 cylinder “Sewing Machine” engine.


15 posted on 10/02/2015 2:22:08 AM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: eartick

My old Cummins 5.9L 12 valve (all mechanical) in my 97 was probably the best engine I ever had.

Supper strong and easy to upgrade. But yeah, the truck rotted away around it after 10 years.

Sold it to a neighbors kid when they move to North Carolina and last I heard a farmer bought it and the engine now lives on as a irrigation pump motor.


16 posted on 10/02/2015 2:39:11 AM PDT by CapnJack
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To: W.

302 and 351 Windsor are the same block with different deck heights of exactly one inch. I have the Ford drawings. The Windsor is still the block of the performance pushrod crate engines.


17 posted on 10/02/2015 2:53:26 AM PDT by mazda77
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To: Cowman

I bought a new 72 Nova when I came back from overseas.

Stripped down 2 door - had a 3 speed on the floor and a 350 engine. It had some muscle for a $2700 factory model....


18 posted on 10/02/2015 3:24:21 AM PDT by Gaffer
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((((My old Cummins 5.9L 12 valve (all mechanical) in my 97 was probably the best engine I ever had))))

The Hot Rod guys put one in a 73 Dodge and did some upgrades to give massive torque and great burnouts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B34LTUqdgHo&index=3&list=PLGvTvFzdMg_PbG7_1TPiABMmItllqqFbb

19 posted on 10/02/2015 3:29:06 AM PDT by Cowman (As Jerry Williams used to say --- When comes the revolution....)
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To: tightwadbob
Does anyone remember the Flathead Ford??

Yeah. The 8BAs. You couldn't put coolant in them while they were hot or they'd crack the block between the exhaust valve seat and the cylinder wall.

20 posted on 10/02/2015 3:31:02 AM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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