All time greatest engine?

Miller-Lockhart engine used in the LSR Blackhawk.....only one was built....

 

sbc way cooler a baby hemi but they do look good

 

on page 3 i think it was there was a sbc with hemi heads.. why did that not take off? the cost to produce was to expensive to make a profit?

i think i remember reading thats why they stop making the hemi for a period of time. shrugs.

chris.

 

I'm not into Revlon 1400 watt blow dryers..

 

The one that got me home
Day after day
When the chips were all down
Couldn't afford the oil change
I thanked God for the job, the food on my table, and the engine that kept running.

If you know which engine it is, you don't need to say it to be true.
If you don't know which engine it is, I pray that you never do.

 

Ummmm...... You ever learn how to use a torque wrench???

 

Those were prototype SCCA Trans Am heads for the Z/28 302 motor....

 

The FireballV8 (nailhead)

 

Ok personally I think the best engine for a hot rod is the one YOU can afford to put in it to try to beat the other guys opinion of what the best engine for a hot rod is. There arguement solved .

 

For me it was chevys and fords that got me home....

 

Ummmmm yeah, so what's that supposed to mean?

 

I would say

1) flathead- because of all the history behind it and its use in early rodding.
2) Chrysler Hemi- It's domination in early NASCAR and later top fuel
3)SBC- as much as I dislike it, they are easily acquired and easy to make a butt load of hp. Personally wouldn't run one in my car, but I can appreciate them.

 

Flatheads are like Harleys. If they are given enough exceptions/advantages they can still keep up with the pack. Heads up, not a chance.

The SB Chevy was a landmark engine when introduced. Judged from that perspective it deserves recognition. It did have imperfections and shortcomings, you mentioned some of them. People seem to be less willing to talk about the weak points than the pluses.

 

What's the big deal, Rich? It's not like that engine was a world-beater...oh, wait....

 

LOL excellent points. I race a 900hp BBC, have run VERY powerful SBCs in the past; and I'm often had many of the same thoughts...

Someone made an earlier point for the BB Chrysler, and if you look at it from an engineering (and racing success with the 426 Hemi) standpoint, that's hard to argue.

Still, the decades of (needed ) support for the SBC make it a tough choice to argue with...

 

The chrysler hemi - hard to beat!!!

 

Hard to beat for appearance, and the engine was the best stock block for top fuel use, but nothing is perfect. Biggest down sides for a street car:
- Heavy, especially for a lighter car.
- Wide
- Classic hemi combustion chamber is more suitable for low compression supercharged applications than higher compression naturally aspirated.

 

327 chevy and 49 mercury flathead!!

 

SBC all the way, if this was a thread about the coolest then a Boss 429 would get my vote.

 

You just proved a point you didn't think you were proving...

 

Ford 427 3-valve hemi "Calliope" engine. Designed in 1965-66 for 1968 Le Mans upgraded MkIV J-cars (or K-cars). Design parameter was to build as short an engine as possible to fit in race car chassis. Hillborn injectors cast monolithic with aluminum heads. Two in-block cams and, like flathead engines, each head has its own separate water pump.



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