What is the COOLEST Looking V8 you would have in your HotRod

Gotta be more !!!!

 

ok does a 354 hemi fit in this thread?? cause i got 1 ..but gas is going to be 4.00 a gal and thinking the 354 is going to be garage art soon but i'm still dreaming ..............rooster

 

I like this guys blown packard. As for me, I'm buildin a 331 Hemi and couldn't be happier.

 

Ok, I read most of all 17 pages of this thread and nobody said anything about a Small Block Chevy?? Too common for ya? I understand. Here's a couple I'd gladly put in my rod.

 

I can't decide! My head is hurting!

 

mostly what was said was "anything but"

neat thread, every so often it gets added to, almost three years running now
lost a few pictures along the way, but a great look back at some old HAMB rides and few names that I haven't seen for a while...

for the sbc crowd, here's mine, slowly coming together..

 

oh man, I hear ya..
in one of those moments of indecisiveness I stuck a 394 in the A,
in place of the sbc I had been planning ever since this car was begun...

now I really don't know

 

These are my picks. Of course the Novi is really half of this beautiful V-16...

I'll take both.

The flathead is in the Competition Camshaft Special.

The DFV is just a real nic sounding modern, it is like listening to a Maserati engine on steroids.

 

318 Poly... w/ speed goodies. No doubt about it!





With one of these:


And the holy grail:


~Jason

 

A '49-'51 Lincoln 337 FLathead, with Edmunds heads and intake.....becuase nobody else has one.

 

I gotta say....I have ALWAYS thought a Novi V8 in a hot rod would be the ultimate 40's V8 technology.

Just listen---

http://www.milleroffy.com/novi.wav

 

Another picture of a Novi-

Keven

 

Coventry Climax....60's Grand prix V8..as rare as rocking horse shit

one o them Yamaha V8s from the 80s...

Oh yes.....reading a back issue of back street hero's (UK custom bike magazine) and there's a guy who builds really odd engined bikes...like he actually builds the engines too incl a V8 Yamaha bike using one crankcase to base 2 sets of air cooled pot..

Got to be...yes defiantly..a Tatra aircooled V8 .....

 

Here's a good looking MEL.......

 

Flathead with Alexander heads and a McCulloch blower.......

 

I'm partial to my FE with Tunderbird valvecovers and that oversized aircleaner housing, but that's just me....

 

Blown, injected, 427 sohc...

 

For my non-hooded Hot Rod I'd like a 50's Nash, Packard, Studebaker or any odball V8 because I like looking at them. If not one of those I'd like a Ford Y-Block or a Nailhead Buick. For my kustom I want a good running V8.

 

Hard to say no to the 394. Looks great.

 

Wow-

That Alexander is Bitchen! I wonder how rare that conversion is?

Keven

 

There are many kool engines, but my buddy's stoked and blown 409 is REAL kool!

 

Paul you did the right thing i can assure you.

Steve.

 

If i put fresh ice in the cooler i think my V8 can get to about 42 ' degrees before freezing up, I try not to drink and drive.
BSB

 

We could not decide either - so we tried to cover all of the bases...

 

I agree with nekroman, a Cadillac 472 or 500 like I am running in my 50 Buick man she's a flyer, no substitute for horse power or toque. Rags

 

The Nailhead I have waiting in the back of my shop for the right pre 40 truck.

My second choice has to be a Hemi

 

This was my 440hp Ford 289.