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The Liberty V8 aircraft engine clearly shows the configuration, although modern automotive versions use a 90 degree block angle.
The Liberty V8 aircraft engine clearly shows the configuration, although modern automotive versions use a 90 degree block angle.
Bare block of an American Motors V8 engine showing the four cylinders on each side of the V configuration
Bare block of an American Motors V8 engine showing the four cylinders on each side of the V configuration
"V8" and "V-8" redirect here. American Motors Corporation (AMC was an American automobile company formed on January 14 1954 by the merger of the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation American Motors Corporation (AMC produced a series of widely-used V8 engines from the mid-1950s before being absorbed into Chrysler. For other uses, see V8 (disambiguation).

A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two banks of four cylinders, in most cases set at a right angle to each other but sometimes at a narrower angle, with all eight pistons driving a common crankshaft. A V engine is a common configuration for an Internal combustion engine. A cylinder is the central working part of a Reciprocating engine, the space in which a Piston travels For the GI Joe character see List of GI Joe ARAH characters. For the Transformers characters see Crankcase (Transformers. A piston is a component of Reciprocating engines Pumps and Gas compressors It is located in a cylinder and is made gas-tight by Piston The crankshaft, sometimes casually abbreviated to crank, is the part of an Engine which translates reciprocating Linear [1]

In its simplest form, it is basically two straight-4 engines sharing a common crankshaft. The straight-4 or inline-4 engine (often abbreviated I4 or L4) is a four cylinder Internal combustion engine with all four cylinders The crankshaft, sometimes casually abbreviated to crank, is the part of an Engine which translates reciprocating Linear However, this simple configuration, with a single-plane crankshaft, has the same secondary dynamic imbalance problems as two straight-4s, resulting in annoying vibrations in large engine displacements. Engine balance is the design construction and tuning of an Engine to run smoothly Engine displacement is defined as the total Volume of air/fuel mixture an Engine can draw in during one complete engine cycle it is normally stated in Cubic As a result, since the 1920s most V8s have used the somewhat more complex crossplane crankshaft with heavy counterweights to eliminate the vibrations. The crossplane or cross-plane is a Crankshaft design for V8 engines with a 90° angle between the cylinder banks A counterweight is an equivalent counterbalancing weight that balances a load This results in an engine which is smoother than a V6, while being considerably less expensive than a V12 engine. A V6 engine is a V engine with six cylinders mounted on the Crankcase in two banks of three cylinders V12 redirects here For the V12 Training program see V-12 Navy College Training Program. Racing V8s continue to use the single plane crankshaft because it allows faster acceleration, more efficient exhaust system designs, and a "throatier" acoustic quality. [2]

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Applications

The V8 with a crossplane crankshaft (see below) is a very common configuration for large automobile engines. V8 engines are rarely less than 3 L in displacement and in automobile use have gone up to and beyond 8. 2 L in production vehicles. Industrial and marine V8 engines can be much larger.

V8s are generally only standard on more powerful rear-wheel drive sports cars, luxury cars, pickup trucks, and SUVs. A sports car is a term used to describe a class of Automobile. Luxury vehicle is a marketing term for a vehicle that provides luxury &mdash that which is beyond strict necessity &mdash in exchange for increased cost to the buyer A pickup truck is a light Motor vehicle with an open-top rear cargo area which is almost always separated from the cab to allow for chassis flex when carrying or pulling A sport utility vehicle ( SUV) is a generic marketing description for a rugged automotive vehicle similar to a Station wagon but built on a light-truck chassis However they are often optional on vehicles which have a V6 or straight-6 as standard engine. In many cases, V6 engines were derived from V8 designs by removing two cylinders without changing the V-angle so they can be built on the same assembly lines as the V8s and installed in the same engine compartments with few modifications.

The 90° V8 engine is generally too wide and somewhat too long to fit in vehicles with the modern transverse engine front-wheel drive layout, so with a few exceptions its application is limited to front-engine, rear-wheel drive sports/luxury cars and light trucks. A transverse engine is an Engine in which the Crankshaft is oriented side-to-side relative to the length of the vehicle Front-wheel drive (or FF layout) is a form of engine / transmission layout used in Motor vehicles where the engine drives the front Wheels A front-mounted engine describes the placement of an Automobile engine in front of the vehicle passenger compartment Light truck or' light duty truck' is a classification for Trucks or truck-based Vehicles with a payload capacity of less than 4000 pounds However a few compact OHV 90° V8 engines and OHC 60° V8 engines have been used in the transverse, FWD/AWD engine configuration.

V8s are common in purpose-designed engines for racing cars. They usually have flat-plane crankshafts, since a crossplane crankshaft results in uneven firing into the exhaust manifolds which interferes with engine tuning, and the heavy crankshaft counterweights prevent the engine from accelerating rapidly. A manifold is a mathematical space in which every point has a neighborhood which resembles Euclidean space, but in which the global structure may be Engine tuning is the adjustment modification or design of Internal combustion engines to yield optimal performance either in terms of power output or economy They are a common engine configuration in the highest echelons of motorsport, especially in the USA where it is required in IRL, ChampCar and NASCAR. The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based Open-wheel racing series. Champ Car, was the name for a class and specification of cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades primarily for use in the Indianapolis The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ( NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of Stock cars in the United States. V8 engines are also used in Australian motorsport, most notably in the V8 Supercars . V8 Supercars is a Touring car racing category operated under the regulations of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA Formula One began the 2006 season using naturally aspirated 2. A naturally-aspirated engine or normally-aspirated engine (or "N/A" - Aspiration meaning breathing refers to an Internal combustion engine 4 L V8 engines, which replaced the 3. 0 L V10 in a move to reduce power. A V10 engine is a V engine with 10 cylinders in two banks of five

Heavy trucks and railroad locomotives tend to use the straight-6 configuration since it is simpler and easier to maintain, and since the straight-6 is an inherently balanced layout which can be scaled up to almost any size necessary. This article is about the semi-truck For the North American use of the word see Pickup truck. A locomotive is a railway Vehicle that provides the motive power for a Train. The straight-6 or inline-6 engine (often abbreviated I6 or L6) is a six cylinder Internal combustion engine with all six cylinders Large V8s are found in the larger truck and industrial equipment lines, however.

Although it was an early choice for airplane engines, the V8 engine is seldom used in modern aircraft engine since the typically heavy crankshaft counterweights are a liability. Modern light planes commonly use the flat-8 configuration instead since it is lighter and easier to air cool, in addition to which it can be manufactured in modular designs sharing components with with flat-4 and flat-6 engines. A flat-8 or horizontally-opposed-8 is an Internal combustion engine in flat configuration having 8 cylinders The most famous engine of this Air-cooled engines rely on the circulation of air directly over hot parts of the Engine to cool them A flat-4 or horizontally-opposed-4 is a Flat engine with four Cylinders arranged horizontally in two banks of two cylinders on each side of a central flat-6 or horizontally-opposed-6 is a Flat engine with six Cylinders arranged horizontally in two banks of three cylinders on each side of a central

History

In 1902 Léon Levavasseur took out a patent on a V8 engine which he called Antoinette after the young daughter of his financial backer, and from 1904 installed the engine in a number of speedboats and aircraft which were also called "Antoinette", as was the company that built them. Antoinette was a short-lived (1903-1912 French manufacturer of light Gasoline Engines which were quite advanced for that period In 1909 one of these aircraft tried but failed to cross the English Channel. [3]

The V8 aircraft engine became popular in France from 1904 onward, and was used in a number of aircraft engines introduced by Renault, and Buchet among others. This is about the company for other uses see Renault (disambiguation. for the town in Germany see Buchet Germany The Buchet was a French Automobile manufactured from 1910 until 1930 Some of these engines found their way into automobiles in small quantities. Rolls Royce built a 3535 cc (216 cu in) V8 car from 1905 to 1906, but only 3 copies were made and Rolls Royce reverted to a straight-6 design. For the present day company see Rolls-Royce plc. For other uses see Rolls-Royce (disambiguation. The Rolls-Royce V-8 was a car produced by Rolls-Royce in 1905 intended to compete with the then popular Electric cars used in towns De Dion-Bouton introduced a 7773 cc (474 cu in) automobile V8 in 1910 and displayed it in New York in 1912. De Dion-Bouton was a French Automobile manufacturer and Railcar manufacturer operating from 1883 to 1932 It was produced only in small quantities, but inspired a number of American manufacturers to follow suit. [4]

The first mass-production automobile V8 was introduced in the United States in 1914 by Cadillac, a division of General Motors which sold 13,000 of the 5429 cc (331 cu in) L-head engines in its first year of production. Cadillac is a Brand of Luxury vehicles owned by General Motors. General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. Cadillac has been primarily a V8 company ever since. Oldsmobile, another division of General Motors, introduced its own 4 L (244 cu in) V8 engine in 1916. Oldsmobile was a brand of Automobile produced for most of its existence by General Motors. Chevrolet introduced a 288 CID (4. Chevrolet (ˌʃɛvroʊˈleɪ - French origin (also known as Chevy) is a Brand of Automobile, produced by General Motors (GM 7 L) V8 engine in 1917, but after merging with General Motors in 1918, discontinued the V8 to concentrate on economy cars. [5]

V angles

The most common V angle for a V8 by far is 90°. This configuration produces a wide, low engine with optimal firing and vibration characteristics. Since many V6 and V10 engines are derived from V8 designs, they often use the 90° angle as well, but sometimes with balance shafts to reduce vibration or more complex cranks to even the firing cycle. A V6 engine is a V engine with six cylinders mounted on the Crankcase in two banks of three cylinders A V10 engine is a V engine with 10 cylinders in two banks of five In Piston engine engineering a balance

However, some V8s use different angles. One notable example is the Ford/Yamaha V8 used in the Ford Taurus SHO. Ford Motor Company had worked with Yamaha Motor Corporation to develop the compact DOHC V6 Ford SHO V6 engine for the 1989 Ford Taurus The Ford Taurus is an Automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company in the United States. It was based on Ford's Duratec V6 and shares that engine's 60° vee angle. Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following The Duratec is a range of four, six and twelve -cylinder Gasoline engines used in Ford cars A similar Yamaha-built engine is used by Volvo Cars as of 2005. Volvo Cars, or Volvo Personvagnar AB, is a Swedish premium Automobile maker founded in 1927 in the city of Gothenburg in Sweden These engines were designed for transverse front wheel drive installation and are narrower than usual for efficient use of space. Since they are not at the ideal 90° angle for a V8, they require a counter-rotating balance shaft and offset split crankpins for complete smoothness. [6] The Rover Meteorite V8 engine was derived from the Rover Meteor tank engine, so shared the Meteor's 60° vee angle. The Rolls-Royce Meteorite, also known as the Rover Meteorite was a V8 petrol or diesel engine of capacity and was derived from the Rolls-Royce Meteor. The Rolls-Royce Meteor (also sometimes known as the Rover Meteor) was a British Tank engine developed from the Rolls-Royce Merlin [7]

In years past, Electro-Motive produced an 8 cylinder version of their model 567 Diesel locomotive engine, with a 45 degree cylinder angle. Electro-Motive Diesel Inc (formerly the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors Corporation is currently the world's second largest builder of Railroad The EMD 567 is a line of Diesel engines built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division.

An extremely narrow-angle V8 was introduced by Lancia in 1922, which had an angle between cylinder banks of only 14 degrees. Lancia Automobiles SpA is an Italian Automobile manufacturer founded in 1906 by Vincenzo Lancia and which became part of the Fiat Group in This created an engine that was not much longer than a conventional V8, but was considerably narrower. It was based on a Lancia V4 engine design that was almost completely square. Lancia pioneered the V engine design producing the first V6 as well as the first V4s Several different V4 families were produced from the 1920s through Because of their compact design and overhead camshafts, these engines were lighter and more powerful than comparable engines of the time. Overhead camshaft, commonly abbreviated to OHC, Valvetrain configurations place the engine Camshaft within the Cylinder heads above the [8] Although Lancia stopped making the V8 design around World War II, the basic concept is used today in the Volkswagen VR6 engine. The VR6 engine is an internal combustion engine configuration developed by the Volkswagen Group.

Crankshaft design

Main article: Crossplane

There are two classic types of V8s which differ by crankshaft:

In 1992, Audi left the German DTM racing series after a controversy around the crankshaft design of their V8-powered race cars. The Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (German Touring Car Championship or DTM) was a Touring car racing series held from 1984 to 1996 After using the road car's cross-plane 90°-crankshaft for several years, they switched to a flat-plane 180° version which they claimed was made by "twisting" a stock part. The scrutineers decided that this would stretch the rules too far.

The cross-plane design was neither obvious nor simple to design. For this reason, most early V8 engines, including those from De Dion-Bouton, Peerless, and Cadillac, were flat-plane designs. De Dion-Bouton was a French Automobile manufacturer and Railcar manufacturer operating from 1883 to 1932 Peerless was a United States automobile produced by the Peerless Motor Company of Cleveland Ohio. Cadillac is a Brand of Luxury vehicles owned by General Motors. In 1915, the cross-plane design was proposed at an automotive engineering conference in the United States, but it took another eight years to bring it to production. Cadillac and Peerless (who had hired an ex-Cadillac mathematician for the job) applied for a patent on the cross-plane design simultaneously, and the two agreed to share the idea. Cadillac introduced their "Compensated Crankshaft" V8 in 1923, with the "Equipoised Eight" from Peerless appearing in November of 1924. Cadillac was the first Automobile maker to mass produce a V8 engine

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American V8 engines

The United States can be considered the "home of the V8" — it has always been more popular there than anywhere else, and it is certainly now the preferred arrangement for any large engine. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the With the recent exceptions of the Dodge Viper's V10, the similar Dodge Built Ram Tough V10, and the Ford Triton V10 engine of the same arrangement, there are practically no large engines in the US of post-World War II design that have not been of this type. The Dodge Viper is a V10 -powered Sports car manufactured by the Dodge division of Chrysler LLC. A V10 engine is a V engine with 10 cylinders in two banks of five The LA engine ( Light A engine was an evolution of the Small-block Plymouth polyspheric-head A engine The Modular engine is Ford Motor Company 's current high volume Overhead camshaft (OHC V8 and V10 gasoline engine family World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

A full decade after Britain's 1904 Rolls-Royce Legalimit, Cadillac produced the first American V8 engine, the 1914 L-Head. For the present day company see Rolls-Royce plc. For other uses see Rolls-Royce (disambiguation. The Rolls-Royce V-8 was a car produced by Rolls-Royce in 1905 intended to compete with the then popular Electric cars used in towns Cadillac is a Brand of Luxury vehicles owned by General Motors. Cadillac was the first Automobile maker to mass produce a V8 engine It was a complicated hand-built unit with cast iron paired closed-head cylinders bolted to an aluminum crankcase, and it used a flat-plane crankshaft. Peerless followed, introducing a V8 licensed from amusement park manufacturer, Herschell-Spillman, the next year. Peerless was a United States automobile produced by the Peerless Motor Company of Cleveland Ohio. Theme park is the generic term for a collection of rides and other Entertainment attractions assembled for the purpose of entertaining a large group Chevrolet produced a crude overhead valve V8 in 1917, in which the valve gear was completely exposed. It only lasted through 1918 and then disappeared. They would not produce another V8 until the introduction of the famous small block in 1955. Introduction Chevrolet 's Small-block V8 is a famous Automobile engine

Cadillac and Peerless were one year apart again (1923 and 1924, respectively) with the introduction of the cross-plane crankshaft. Lincoln also had V8 cars in those years, as did Ferro, Northway (supplier to Cadillac, Cole {Indianapolis}, and Jackson {Jackson, MI}), Perkins (Detroit), Murray, Vernon, and Yale. Lincoln is an American Luxury car manufacturer operated under the Ford Motor Company. Cadillac is a Brand of Luxury vehicles owned by General Motors. [10]

Ford was the first company to use V8s en masse. Instead of going to an inline six like its competitors when something larger than an inline four was needed, Ford designed a modern V8, the Flathead of 1932. The straight-6 or inline-6 engine (often abbreviated I6 or L6) is a six cylinder Internal combustion engine with all six cylinders The straight-4 or inline-4 engine (often abbreviated I4 or L4) is a four cylinder Internal combustion engine with all four cylinders Overview This design had the camshaft above the crank as in a modern pushrod operated overhead valve engine This engine powered almost all larger Ford cars until 1953, and was produced until around 1970 by Ford licensees around the world, mostly powering commercial vehicles.

After World War II, the strong demand for larger status-symbol cars made the common straight-6 less marketable. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including A straight-8 engine would introduce problems with crankshaft whip and require a longer engine bay. In the new wider body styles, a V8 would fit in the same space as a straight-6. Manufacturers could simplify production and offer the bigger engines as optional upgrades to base models.

In 1949 General Motors responded to Ford's V8 success by introducing the Oldsmobile Rocket and Cadillac OHV. General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. The Oldsmobile Rocket V8 was the first post-war OHV V8 at General Motors. Cadillac was the first Automobile maker to mass produce a V8 engine Chrysler introduced their FirePower 331 CID (5. Chrysler LLC is an American Automobile manufacturer that has been producing Automobiles since 1925 The FirePower was Chrysler 's first V8 engine Introduced in the Fall of 1950 for the 1951 model year the FirePower had hemispherical combustion chambers leading 4 L) hemi-head V8 in 1951. Sales were beyond all expectations, so Buick followed in 1953, and Chevrolet and Pontiac introduced V8s of their own in 1955. Buick (ˈbjuːɪk is a Marque of automobile sold in the United States, Canada, China, Taiwan, Qatar, and Chevrolet (ˌʃɛvroʊˈleɪ - French origin (also known as Chevy) is a Brand of Automobile, produced by General Motors (GM Pontiac is a Brand of Automobiles produced by General Motors that has been sold in the United States, Canada and Mexico

A full history of each manufacturer's engines is out of scope in this article, but engine sizes on full-size cars grew throughout the 1950s, 1960s, and into the early to mid-1970s. A full-size car is a Marketing term used in North America for an Automobile larger than a Mid-size car. The increasing size of full-size cars meant smaller models of car were introduced and became more popular, with the result, by the 1960s, Chrysler, Ford, and Chevrolet had two V8 model ranges. Chrysler LLC is an American Automobile manufacturer that has been producing Automobiles since 1925

The larger engines, known as big-block V8s, were used in the full-size cars. The cylinder block or engine block is a machined casting (or sometimes an assembly of modules containing cylindrically bored holes for the Pistons of a multi-cylinder Big-blocks generally had displacements in excess of 6 L (360 in³), but in stock form are often not all that efficient. Big-block displacement reached its zenith with the 1970 Cadillac Eldorado's 8. See also Cadillac Eldorado Brougham The Eldorado model was part of the Cadillac line from 1953 to 2002 2 L (500 in³) 500. Cadillac was the first Automobile maker to mass produce a V8 engine Once the 1970s oil crisis and pollution regulations hit, big-block V8s did not last too much longer in cars; luxury cars lasted the longest, but by 1977 or so they were gone. In trucks and other larger vehicles, big-block V8s continue to be used today, though some manufacturers have replaced them with small-block-based V10s or more efficient Diesels. This article is about the semi-truck For the North American use of the word see Pickup truck. Diesel or Diesel fuel (ˈdiːzəl in general is any Fuel used in Diesel engines The most common is a specific fractional distillate of petroleum

Smaller engines, known as small-block V8s, were fitted in the mid-size car ranges and generally displaced between 270 CID (4. The cylinder block or engine block is a machined casting (or sometimes an assembly of modules containing cylindrically bored holes for the Pistons of a multi-cylinder A mid-size car (occasionally referred to as an intermediate) is the North American and Australian term for an Automobile with a size between 4 L) and 360 CID (6 L), though some grew as large as Ford's 408 CID (6. 7 L) 400 Cleveland. The Ford 335 engine family were a group of small-block V8 engines built by the Ford Motor Company between 1970 and 1982 As can be seen, there is overlap between big-block and small-block ranges, and an engine between 6. 0 L and 6. 6 L could belong to either class. Engines like this (much evolved, of course) are still in production.

A 4.0 L V8 engine from an Oldsmobile Aurora
A 4. 0 L V8 engine from an Oldsmobile Aurora

During the 1950s, 1960s and, 1970s, every General Motors division had their own engines, whose merits varied. General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. This enabled each division to have its own unique engine character, but made for much duplication of effort. Most, like the comparatively tiny Buick 215 and familiar Chevrolet 350, were confusingly shared across many divisions. Like its sister General Motors divisions Buick produced its own family of V8 engines to replace its straight-8 engines. Introduction Chevrolet 's Small-block V8 is a famous Automobile engine Ford and Chrysler had fewer divisions, and division-specific engines were quickly abandoned in favor of a few shared designs. Today, there are fewer than a dozen different American V8 engines in production.

Lately, Chrysler and General Motors have designed larger displacement V8s out of existing modern small-block V8s for use in performance vehicles, such as Chrysler's 370 CID (6. 1 L) and 392 CID (6. 4 L) Hemis, and the LS7 427 CID (7 L) version of General Motors' LS engines.

Today, the major use for big V8s is in racing, where aluminum copies of the venerable hemi still dominate professional drag racing (Top Fuel and Pro Stock), while "stock" V8s are the standard in NASCAR. A Chrysler Hemi engine, known by the trademark Hemi, is an Internal combustion engine built by Chrysler that utilizes a hemispherical Drag racing is a competition in which objects compete to be the first to cross a set finish mark usually from a dead stop and in a straight line The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ( NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of Stock cars in the United States.

American V8s (by mfg. & date)

British V8 engines

The first British V8 was the 3. American Motors Corporation (AMC was an American automobile company formed on January 14 1954 by the merger of the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation American Motors Corporation (AMC produced a series of widely-used V8 engines from the mid-1950s before being absorbed into Chrysler. American Motors Corporation (AMC produced a series of widely-used V8 engines from the mid-1950s before being absorbed into Chrysler. Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following Overview This design had the camshaft above the crank as in a modern pushrod operated overhead valve engine The Y-block engine is an Overhead valve V8 Automobile Piston engine from Ford Motor Company. Ford developed the MEL ("Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln" engine series for use in their line of Mercury models from 1958 through 1967 The Ford FE engine was a Ford V8 engine used in vehicles sold in the North American market between 1958 and 1976 The Windsor engine is a 90-degree Small-block V8 from Ford Motor Company. The Ford 385 engine family (the name coming from the 385 inch crankshaft stroke of the 460 V8 was the American Ford Motor Company 's final Big block V8 The Ford 335 engine family were a group of small-block V8 engines built by the Ford Motor Company between 1970 and 1982 The Modular engine is Ford Motor Company 's current high volume Overhead camshaft (OHC V8 and V10 gasoline engine family The Modular engine is Ford Motor Company 's current high volume Overhead camshaft (OHC V8 and V10 gasoline engine family The Jaguar AJ-V8 is a compact DOHC V8 Piston engine used in many Jaguar vehicles Ford Motor Company had worked with Yamaha Motor Corporation to develop the compact DOHC V6 Ford SHO V6 engine for the 1989 Ford Taurus The DFV was an Engine produced by Cosworth originally for Formula One motor racing General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. Cadillac was the first Automobile maker to mass produce a V8 engine The Oldsmobile Rocket V8 was the first post-war OHV V8 at General Motors. From 1955 to 1981 the Pontiac Division of General Motors manufactured its own unique V8 engines distinct from Buick, Like its sister General Motors divisions Buick produced its own family of V8 engines to replace its straight-8 engines. Introduction Chevrolet 's Small-block V8 is a famous Automobile engine "Big block" is the term used to describe the large displacement V8 engines that were developed in the USA during the 1950s and 1960s The Premium V family of Automobile engines is General Motors ' modern 90° V engine architecture General Motors ' Generation II LT small block V8 engine debuted in 1992 on the 1992 Chevrolet Corvette. The LS series is a new design intended as the only V-8 engine utilized in General Motors ' line of RWD cars and trucks The LS series is a new design intended as the only V-8 engine utilized in General Motors ' line of RWD cars and trucks The Duramax is General Motors ' Diesel engine family for large trucks designed by Isuzu. Chrysler LLC is an American Automobile manufacturer that has been producing Automobiles since 1925 The Chrysler A engine is a Small-block V8 Automobile engine from Chrysler Corporation. The FirePower was Chrysler 's first V8 engine Introduced in the Fall of 1950 for the 1951 model year the FirePower had hemispherical combustion chambers leading Chrysler 's B engine was a Big-block V8 which replaced the early Chrysler FirePower engine in 1958 The RB engine is a Big-block V8 engine from Chrysler. It first appeared in 1959 and was a raised-deck (taller version of the Chrysler B engine A Chrysler Hemi engine, known by the trademark Hemi, is an Internal combustion engine built by Chrysler that utilizes a hemispherical The LA engine ( Light A engine was an evolution of the Small-block Plymouth polyspheric-head A engine The PowerTech was a new engine family for Chrysler, and was not based on the Chrysler A engine as existing Chrysler V8s were A Chrysler Hemi engine, known by the trademark Hemi, is an Internal combustion engine built by Chrysler that utilizes a hemispherical 5 L Rolls-Royce V-8 (1905), predating the first American (Cadillac) V8 by a full decade. The Rolls-Royce V-8 was a car produced by Rolls-Royce in 1905 intended to compete with the then popular Electric cars used in towns Cadillac is a Brand of Luxury vehicles owned by General Motors. A decade is a period of 10 Years (since 1594 a factor of 10 difference between two numbers, or sometimes a set or a group of ten (since 1451

The Rolls-Royce and Bentley V8 still used in modern Bentleys was designed from 1952 and entered production in 1959 in the Rolls Royce Silver Cloud and Bentley S2. A Rolls-Royce car may refer to vehicles produced by Rolls-Royce Limited (1906-1973 Rolls-Royce Motors (1973-2003 which was owned Bentley Motors Limited is an English manufacturer of luxury Automobiles and Grand Tourers Bentley Motors was founded in England The Bentley S2 (and derivative Bentley S2 Continental) was a Luxury car produced by Bentley from 1959 until 1962 Following then current design practice, it featured overhead valves (OHV), a central camshaft and wedge-shaped combustion chambers. An overhead valve (OHV engine, also called pushrod engine or I-head engine is a type of Piston engine that places the Camshaft Sometime rumoured to be a US engine built under license (possibly a confusion with the 4-speed automatic gearbox), it is in fact a homegrown British design by the Rolls-Royce and Bentley Motors engineering team, led by Jack Phillips. This can be identified in its design characteristics and then advanced features like the aluminium block with wet liners, gear-driven camshaft, (initially) outboard spark-plugs and porting inspired by the Rolls-Royce Merlin aircraft engine. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Early versions were of 6. 25 L displacement, growing to 6. 75 L in the 1970s. Turbocharging in various Bentley models beginning in the 1980s led to the resurgence of the Bentley marque as the power outputs of the engine were increased in several steps to the current500 bhp (370 kW) and 1,000 N·m (740 ft·lbf) in the 2007 model-year Bentley Arnage, while meeting all emission standards. The Bentley Arnage is a Luxury car produced by Bentley Motors in Crewe, England. The Bentley V8 has thus increased power and torque by more than 150% in its life. It is the highest torque V8 used in a production car. In 2007, the final components that could be traced back to the 1959 engine were replaced [1].

The most common British V8 is the Rover V8, used in countless British performance cars. The Rover V8 engine is a compact V8 Internal combustion engine with Aluminium Cylinder heads and Cylinder block, originally This was not originally a British design, but was imported from America, its roots being in General Motors' Oldsmobile/Buick cast-aluminum 215 V8 in 1960. General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. Oldsmobile was a brand of Automobile produced for most of its existence by General Motors. Buick (ˈbjuːɪk is a Marque of automobile sold in the United States, Canada, China, Taiwan, Qatar, and WikipediaNaming Like its sister General Motors divisions Buick produced its own family of V8 engines to replace its straight-8 engines. It was of the small (for the U. S. market) size of 215 CID (3. 5 L) and very light for a V8. It appeared in production in 1961 on some of that year's Buick, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac models, but because of reliability problems was soon dropped in favor of more conventional iron-blocked units.

As the aluminium block made this engine one of the lightest stock V8s built there were some attempts to use it in racing at Indianapolis. The Australian firm Repco converted this engine for Formula One by reducing it to 3 L (using con-rods from the 2. 5L Daimler V8) and fitting a single overhead camshaft per bank rather than the shared pushrod arrangement. Overhead camshaft, commonly abbreviated to OHC, Valvetrain configurations place the engine Camshaft within the Cylinder heads above the Repco-powered Brabhams won the F1 championship twice, in 1966 and 1967. Origins The Brabham team was founded by Jack Brabham and Ron Tauranac, who met in 1951 while both were successfully building and racing cars in their native

Rover was in need of a new, more powerful engine in the mid 1960s. The Rover Company was a British Motor vehicle manufacturing company originating in Coventry in 1904 which moved to Solihull after World War II The managing director of Rover, on a trip to the USA to sell marine engines, discovered an example of the GM engine in a Mercury Marine experimental shop and was impressed by its light weight and small size. Mercury Marine, founded in 1939 is a division of Brunswick Corporation of Lake Forest, Illinois, in the United States. On having it weighed and measured, he found the 215 cubic inches (3,520 cm³) GM V8 was only 12 pounds (5. 4 kg) heavier and less than 1 inch (2. 5 cm) longer than the 2,000 cubic centimetres (120 cu in) Rover straight-4 and sent it back to the UK for evaluation. The straight-4 or inline-4 engine (often abbreviated I4 or L4) is a four cylinder Internal combustion engine with all four cylinders It worked extremely well in the large Rovers, being considerably shorter, lighter, and more powerful than the Rover straight 6, so after some negotiation Rover acquired manufacturing rights to it. The straight-6 or inline-6 engine (often abbreviated I6 or L6) is a six cylinder Internal combustion engine with all six cylinders After extensive redesign to improve the durability and high-RPM performance, which left few parts interchangeable with the original Buick engine, it first appeared in Rover saloons in the late 1960s. GM aided the process by allowing Buick's chief engine designer, who was close to retirement, to assist Rover. [11]

As well as appearing in Rover cars, the engine was widely sold to small car builders, and has appeared in all kinds of vehicles. Rover V8s feature in some models from Morgan, TVR, Triumph, Marcos, and MG, among many others. The Morgan Motor Company is a British motor car manufacturer The company was founded in 1909 by H TVR is an independent British manufacturer of Sports cars based in the English town of Blackpool, Lancashire. The Triumph Motor Company had its origins in 1885 when Siegfried Bettmann (1863-1951 and Moritz (Maurice Schulte from Germany founded Bettmann & Marcos was a British Sports car manufacturer. History The company was founded in Luton MG is a British Sports car brand founded in 1924 MG is best known for two-seat open sports cars but MG also produced saloons and Coupés Land Rover also used the V8 frequently, appearing in the Range Rover in various guises, from 3. 5 L in the earlier models to the 4. 6 L used in the 1994-2002 model. The Rover V8 is also the standard British engine in hot rods, much like the Chevrolet 350 small-block is to American builders. Hot rods are typically American cars with large engines modified for linear speed

The last mass-produced car to use the Rover V8 was in some models of the Land Rover Discovery, which was replaced by an all-new model in 2005. The Discovery is a Four wheel drive on-road and off-road vehicle from the British car maker Land Rover. Many independent sports cars manufacturers still use it in hand-built applications.

Recently Land Rover (Ford) added the TDV8 to its list of engines. It is a V8 version of the popular TDV6 found in Discovery models. This diesel engine will be found in the 2007 Range Rovers. The point of interest for this engine is the amount of torque produced by this 3. 6 L engine; it manages 472 ft·lbf (640 N·m) at a mere 2000 rpm.

The Rover Meteorite petrol or diesel V8 was used in trucks and transporters from 1943, and for marine or stationary use. The Rolls-Royce Meteorite, also known as the Rover Meteorite was a V8 petrol or diesel engine of capacity and was derived from the Rolls-Royce Meteor.

Triumph used the Triumph Slant-4 engine as a base of a V8 engine. The Triumph Motor Company had its origins in 1885 when Siegfried Bettmann (1863-1951 and Moritz (Maurice Schulte from Germany founded Bettmann & The Triumph Slant-4 is an Engine developed by Triumph. According to Triumph historians Graham Robson and Richard Langworth in Triumph Cars the complete story The Triumph V8 was used in the Triumph Stag and in a limited number of Saab 99s. The Triumph V8 is a 30 litre V8 developed in house by Triumph for the Triumph Stag. The Triumph Stag was a British car sold between 1970 and 1978 by the Triumph Motor Company, which featured styling by the Italian designer The 99 is an Automobile produced by Saab from 1968 to 1984 Development On April 2, 1965, Gudmund's day in

Edward Turner designed the 2. 5 L and 4. 5 L hemi-head Daimler V8 engines announced in 1959. The Daimler 25 & 45 litre V-8 engines were designed by Edward Turner in 1959 and used in several of the cars made by the British Daimler company in the 1950s and 1960s The 2. 5 saw service in the Daimler SP250 (1959-1964), and, after the Jaguar takeover, in the "Daimler 2. 5 Litre V8"/"Daimler 250" (1962-1969) versions of the Mk2 Jaguar bodyshell. The 4. 5 was used in the Daimler Majestic Major, (1959-1968) a heavy car with advanced mechanical specification for the time.

The Jaguar company introduced the new AJ26 V8 engine in 1996. The jaguar (Panthera onca,, or—especially in British English — is a New World Mammal of the Felidae family and one of It has been developed and updated since, and appears in the S-Type Jaguar and later vehicles from Jaguar. The current V8 used in The Ford Motor Group's British Luxury Division appears in Jaguar and Land Rover, in a 4. 2 (Jaguar XJ, XK and S-Type), 4. 2 supercharged (Jaguar XJR, XKR, S-Type-R, Land Rover Range Rover and Range Rover Sport) and a 4. 4 (Range Rover and Range Rover Sport) Note: The 4. 4 is not the same 4. 4 as used in the Volvo XC90 and forthcoming S80, that is a Yamaha V8.

The specialist sports car firm TVR also produced their own V8 engine in 4. 2 L {{auto bhp|350|0) and 4. 5 L (420/440bhp) liter forms for the TVR Cerbera. The engines Prior to the Cerbera TVR had purchased V8 engines from Rover and then tuned them for their own use Designed by Al Melling, the APJ8 engine features a flat-plane crank and 75 degree Vee.

Aston Martin has had many V8 engines in its cars, starting with the 1969 DBS V8, followed by many models badged V8, Vantage or Virage, plus Volante convertible versions. See also Aston Martin V8 (disambiguation The Aston Martin V8 is a two-door saloon-type automobile manufactured in the United Kingdom from 1969 to 1989 Volante The Virage Volante Convertible debuted for 1992 as a 2-seat car but all production examples featured 2+2 seating After the Vantage was discontinued in 2000, there were no V8 models until the introduction of the Jaguar derived 4. 3l V8 in the 2005 V8 Vantage. See also Aston Martin V8 Vantage for other models sharing this name The Aston Martin V8 Vantage is a hand built Sports car from the

Lotus introduced a V8-powered version of the Esprit in 1996. Lotus Cars is a British manufacturer of sports and racing cars based at Hethel, Norfolk, England. Early Esprit (1976–80 S1 The Esprit was launched in October 1975 at the Paris motorshow and went into production in June 1976 replacing the Europa in the The engine was an in-house 3. 5-litre unit, with twin turbochargers.

Radical Sportscars offer a V8 powered car, the SR8, whose Powertec RPA engine is based upon two Suzuki Hayabusa engines joined to a common crank, utilising the original heads with a purpose designed block. Radical Sportscars is an auto manufacturer and constructor of racing cars from England. Powertec RPA is the name of a V8 engine developed by Radical Sportscars in Peterborough England for use in the SR8 sportscar The Suzuki Hayabusa (also known as the GSX1300R in some countries is a Hyper sport motorcycle originally introduced by Suzuki in 1999

French V8 engines

The French De Dion-Bouton firm was first to produce a V8 engine for sale in 1910. De Dion-Bouton was a French Automobile manufacturer and Railcar manufacturer operating from 1883 to 1932 Later examples came from Citroën, with the never produced 1934 22CV Traction Avant, and Simca. Citroën (pronounced See-Troh-Enn is a French Automobile manufacturer, founded in 1919 by André Citroën. The Citroën Traction Avant was an Automobile produced by the French manufacturer Citroën. Simca redirects here for other uses of that term see SIMCA (disambiguation. Peugeot's upcoming 608 and its Citroën C6 stablemate may have a new HDi 3. 6 and 4. 4 L V8 as well as a possible petrol 4. 0-5. 0 L V8. The "PRV" (Peugeot, Renault, Volvo) V6 was actually supposed to be a V8, but two cylinders were "dropped" because of the oil crisis of the seventies. For the article about the bicycle manufacturer see Cycles Peugeot. This is about the company for other uses see Renault (disambiguation. This article is about Volvo Group - AB Volvo Volvo Cars is the passenger vehicle maker owned by Ford Motor Company, using the Volvo Trademark A V6 engine is a V engine with six cylinders mounted on the Crankcase in two banks of three cylinders Gordini also developed a 3 liter V8 for the Alpine-Renault A310, but a Renault 4-cylinder block was mounted instead because of cost issues. Gordini was a French sports car manufacturer The firm was founded by Amédée Gordini nicknamed "Le Sorcier" (The Sorcerer

Czech V8 engines

Tatra T603 engine
Tatra T603 engine

Tatra used air-cooled V8 engines. These culminated in the 2. 5 L unit used in the Tatra T603 range of cars. The most powerful of these was fitted to the racing variant - known as the B-5. This was a higher compression version of the standard engine which replaced a standard single 2BBL carburettor with two 4BBL downdraft units on a new induction manifold. Tatra later produced another air cooled engine, used in Tatra 613 and later, in Tatra 700. These engines were well known for their reliability, good fuel consumption, and specific sound.

In the Tatra 603, two engine driven fans help pull cooling air into the engine bay - when the vehicle is in motion the air enters through intakes in the rear wing panels and is exhausted through cut-outs below the bumper and alongside the engine itself. In the Tatra 613, one large ventilator pushes fresh cold air into the engine bay.

Later variants of the T613 & T700 and indeed the T603 are unusual in having a petrol powered heating system taking its supply from the main tank. In the latter cars the system is programmable in a similar way to systems found for house heating. Additionally the T700 especially was available in high-spec models with unusual options present in almost no other passenger car.

The T700 was available in the UK for a short while but sold poorly. Tatra has used air cooled engines in their heavy duty trucks until the present day. . .

T77 - 2. 97 Litre air cooled V8
T77a - 3. 4 Litre air cooled V8 - 75 hp
T87 - 2. 97 Litre air cooled V8 - 75 hp
T607 Monopost - 2. 35 Litre V8 - 161 hp (later 181 hp in 607-2)
T603 - 2. 5 Litre air cooled V8 - 95 hp
T603B5 - 2. 5 Litre air cooled V8 - 143 hp
T613 - 3. 5 Litre air cooled V8 - 168 hp
T613i- 3. 5 Litre air cooled V8 - 200 hp
T700 - 3. 5 Litre air cooled V8 - 200 hp (234 hp in 4. 36i)

German V8 engines

German V8s (by mfg. & date)

Italian V8 engines

Alfa Romeo

The Alfa Romeo Montreal was powered by a 2,593 cc 90-degree quad-cam 16-valve V8 (type 00564) derived from the Tipo 33 race car. The Alfa Romeo Montreal is a 2+2 Coupé automobile produced by the Italian manufacturer Alfa Romeo from 1970 to 1977 The Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 was a sports racing Prototype raced by the Alfa Romeo Works team between 1967 and 1977 There were also eighteen 33 Stradale cars built with a detuned 2 liter 260 hp Tipo 33/2 flat-crank engine. The Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale is an extremely rare road car built by Alfa Romeo of Italy. The Montreal cross-crank engine was also used in a very limited production run of 22 Alfetta GTV2. 6i. The Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione sports car has a Ferrari-built 4,691 cc 450 PS (444 hp/331 kW) cross-crank V8. The Alfa Romeo Competizione is a Sports car produced by Italian automaker Alfa Romeo. A similar engine is likely to be used in the upcoming Alfa Romeo 169 and Alfa Romeo 159 GTA. The Alfa Romeo 169 (internal name Progetto 941) is expected to be the replacement for the long running and commercially unsuccessful Alfa Romeo 166. The Alfa Romeo 159 is a Compact executive car produced by the Italian manufacturer Alfa

Ferrari

Arguably, Ferrari had their first contact with V8 power with the "inherited" Lancia D50s in 1955. Ferrari SpA is an Italian Sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy The Lancia D50 was a Formula One Racing car designed by Vittorio Jano for Lancia in 1954 Ferrari adopted the V8 configuration for themselves for racing in 1962 with the 268 SP. Ferrari SpA is an Italian Sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dino was a brand for mid-engined rear-drive Sports cars produced by Ferrari from 1968 to 1976 The first V8-powered Ferrari road car was 1974's 308 GT4, with the familiar 308 GTB following closely behind. 308 GT4 Ferrari --> The 308 GT4 2+2 was a groundbreaking model for Ferrari in several ways It was the first production Ferrari GTB and GTS The Pininfarina -styled 308 GTB was introduced at the Paris Motor Show in 1975 as a supplement to the odd Bertone -shaped ''Dino'' The company continued to use this Dino V8 engine ever since with the 328, 348, and successors. The Ferrari Dino engine is a line of mechanically similar V6, V8, and V12 engines produced by Ferrari for the past 40 years Alfredo The Ferrari 328 GTB and GTS was the successor to the Ferrari 308 GTB and GTS. 1993 changes In 1993 the 348 was revised featuring subtle styling changes and more power this time producing 312 bhp (U Ferrari's smallest V8 (and indeed, the smallest ever) was the 2. This page lists superlatives of the Automobile industry - that is the smallest largest fastest lightest best-selling and other such topics 0 L (1990 cc) unit found in the 1975 208 GT4. 308 GT4 Ferrari --> The 308 GT4 2+2 was a groundbreaking model for Ferrari in several ways It was the first production Ferrari The company produced a slightly-larger 2. 0 L V8 in the 208 GTB of the 1980s. GTB and GTS The Pininfarina -styled 308 GTB was introduced at the Paris Motor Show in 1975 as a supplement to the odd Bertone -shaped ''Dino'' Five-valve versions of Ferrari's 3. 5 L and 3. 6 L V8s were found in the Ferrari F355 and Ferrari 360. The Ferrari F355 is a Sports car built by Ferrari from May 1994 to 1999 Road models The first model of the 360 to ship was the 360 Modena, named after the town of Modena, the birthplace of Enzo Ferrari. The old Dino V8 was retired for 2005 with the introduction of a 4. 3 L V8, based on the orginally Ferrari designed Maserati 4. Maserati is an Italian manufacturer of racing cars and Sports cars established on December 1, 1914, in Bologna. 2 V8, in the F430. Overview The F430's chassis is heavily based on its predecessor the 360

Fiat

The only Fiat to have a V8 was the Fiat 8V. The Fiat 8V (or "Otto Vu" is a Sports car produced by the Italian Automaker Fiat from 1952 to 1954 The engine was a very compact OHV 1996 cc (122 in³) V8 with a 70° V angle and 2 valves per cylinder. An overhead valve (OHV engine, also called pushrod engine or I-head engine is a type of Piston engine that places the Camshaft The Fiat 8V was designed to partake in the Italian two-litre racing class.

Lamborghini

Lamborghini have always fitted V12s in their top-of-the-line cars, but have built many V8s for their lower models, including the Urraco, Silhouette and Jalpa. Automobili Lamborghini SpA, commonly referred to as Lamborghini, is an Italian manufacturer of Sports cars based in the small Italian Village The Lamborghini Urraco was a Sports car manufactured by Italian automaker Lamborghini in the 1970s The Lamborghini Silhouette was a mid-engine rear drive Sports car made in small numbers by Lamborghini between 1976 and 1979 The Lamborghini Jalpa (pronounced in the Spanish "HAL-pah" was a Sport car produced by the Italian Automaker Lamborghini

Lancia

Lancia used V8 engines in their top of the range luxury cars in the interwar period. Lancia Automobiles SpA is an Italian Automobile manufacturer founded in 1906 by Vincenzo Lancia and which became part of the Fiat Group in The first V8 engine was available in 1922 in the Trikappa with a 4595 cc (280 in³) making 98 bhp (73 kW). The Lancia Trikappa is a passenger car produced by Lancia between 1922 and 1925 In 1928 they introduced the Dilambda with a 3956 cc (242 in³) V8 developing 100 bhp (75 kW). The Lancia Dilambda is a passenger car produced by Lancia between 1928 and 1935 Later in 1931 a the Astura was unveiled with two smaller versions of the existing V8, 2604 cc (159 in³) and 2973 cc (181 in³) with 72 bhp (54 kW) and 82 bhp (61 kW) respectively. The Lancia Astura is a passenger car produced by Italian automobile manufacturer Lancia between 1931 and 1939 All of those engines featured Lancia's trademark narrow angle V (less than 25º).

Maserati

Maserati have used V8s for many of their models, including the Maserati Bora. Maserati is an Italian manufacturer of racing cars and Sports cars established on December 1, 1914, in Bologna. This engine was initially designed as a racing engine for the Maserati 450S. The company's latest 4. 2 V8, found in the Quattroporte, Maserati Coupé, and Spyder, was originally designed by Ferrari, and is related to the 4. The Maserati Quattroporte is a luxury four-door sedan made by Maserati of Italy. The Maserati Coupé and Spyder are Grand tourers ref name="RoadandTrack1"> produced by Italian automaker Maserati from 2002 to 2007 The Maserati Coupé and Spyder are Grand tourers ref name="RoadandTrack1"> produced by Italian automaker Maserati from 2002 to 2007 3l V8 in the F430.

Japanese V8 engines

Japanese manufacturers are traditionally not known for V8 engines in their roadcars, however they have built a few V8 engines to meet the needs of consumers, as well as for their own racing programs.

Honda

Honda, despite being known as an engine company, has never built a V8 for their roadcars. () is a Multinational corporation, engine Manufacturer and engineering corporation headquartered in Japan. However, they have built V8s for racing, most notably for Formula One and DTM. Audi Sports V8 powered A4 is a design based on the Mugen/Honda MF308 V8 engine which introduced in 2004 produced 460 bhp (340 kW) /(Over 500 N·m (370 ft·lbf) torque. Honda is also the sole engine builder for Indy Racing. The Honda Indy V-8 has a 10,300 rpm redline. Also, their affiliate Mugen Motorsports (now known as M-Tec) has also built racing V8s that have eventually found their way into limited production road cars as well as concept cars. Mugen_Decaljpg|Mugen Power|thumb|right]] Mugen Motorsports ( M-TEC Co Their MF408S engine Horsepower: 590 hp / 9500 rpm Torque: 383 ft·lbf (519 N·m) 7500 rpm , which powers cars in the ALMS is also found in a few limited production road cars such as the Mooncraft Shiden, it is more known however for being the engine in the Honda Legend based Mugen Max concept. Mugen_Decaljpg|Mugen Power|thumb|right]] Mugen Motorsports ( M-TEC Co The American Le Mans Series ( ALMS) is a Sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada. The Mooncraft Shiden (also known as 紫電 SHI-DEN or MC/RT-16 is a Japanese Super GT GT300 class prototype racer With info translated from the entry for Honda Legend in the Japanese Wikipedia: The Honda Legend is a Full-size Luxury car made by the Japanese

Nissan

Nissan built its first V8, the Y40 in 1965 for its President limousine. The Y40 was a special watercooled V8 engine produced for the Nissan President Limousine between 1965 and 1973 The Nissan President is a Japanese luxury Limousine introduced by Nissan in the 1960s and sold only in the Japanese market The Y engine has been succeeded by two families of V8, the VH series during the '80s and '90s and the new VK series. The VH series consists of 41 and 45 liter engines from the Nissan Motor Corporation. The VK engine (formerly known as the ZH) is a V8 Piston engine from Nissan.

Toyota

Toyota's first V8 engine family was the V series used in the prestigious Toyota Century ultra luxury car. The VK engine (formerly known as the ZH) is a V8 Piston engine from Nissan. The VH series consists of 41 and 45 liter engines from the Nissan Motor Corporation. The Y40 was a special watercooled V8 engine produced for the Nissan President Limousine between 1965 and 1973 (pronounced) is a Multinational corporation headquartered in Japan, and is currently the world's largest Automaker. Toyota Motor Corporation 's V family of engines were a longitudinally mounted V8 engine design The Toyota Century is a large four-door Limousine produced by Kanto Auto Works Ltd. This engine, unique from other Toyota engines in that it had a hemisperical combustion chamber, remained in use in the Century until it was replaced by a V12 in 1997. Other Toyota V8 families are the UZ engines and the new UR engines. The Toyota UZ engine family is a 32-valve quad-camshaft V8 Piston engine series used in Toyota's luxury offerings and sport utility The Toyota UR engine family is a 32-valve quad-camshaft V8 Piston engine series which was first introduced in 2006 starting

Yamaha

While better known as a manufacturer of motorcycles, Yamaha also makes engines under contract from auto-manufacturers. The Toyota UR engine family is a 32-valve quad-camshaft V8 Piston engine series which was first introduced in 2006 starting The Toyota UZ engine family is a 32-valve quad-camshaft V8 Piston engine series used in Toyota's luxury offerings and sport utility Toyota Motor Corporation 's V family of engines were a longitudinally mounted V8 engine design ( a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company (whose HQ is at 2500 Shingai Iwata Shizuoka) is part of the Yamaha Corporation. They currently produce a V8 engine in conjunction with Volvo Cars for vehicles such as the Volvo XC90 and the Volvo S80. Volvo Cars, or Volvo Personvagnar AB, is a Swedish premium Automobile maker founded in 1927 in the city of Gothenburg in Sweden The Volvo XC90 is a Mid-size luxury Crossover SUV produced by Volvo Cars since it was unveiled at the Detroit Motor Show 2002 The Volvo S80 is a high-end Executive car produced by the Swedish automaker Volvo and was introduced in 1998 as a replacement for the Rear-wheel

Swedish V8 engines

The most well-known Swedish V8 engine is probably the Scania 14 L diesel, which was released in 1969 for use in the 140 model heavy trucks. Scania ( in Swedish and Danish) is a geographical region on the southernmost tip of the Scandinavian peninsula, a traditional province ( Diesel or Diesel fuel (ˈdiːzəl in general is any Fuel used in Diesel engines The most common is a specific fractional distillate of petroleum At this point, the 350 hp (261 kW) turbo-charged engine was the most powerful diesel in Europe.

Volvo's 1950s concept car Philip also had a gasoline V8 engine. The car never went into production, but the engine evolved into a 120 hp 3. 6 L V8 (in many aspects a "double B18" engine) for use in the light trucks Snabbe and Trygge from the late 1950s on.

Supercar manufacturer Koenigsegg has developed a 4. Koenigsegg Automotive AB (ˈkəːnɪgsɛg in Swedish is a Swedish manufacturer of high-performance cars based in Margretetorp just outside the town 7 L twin-supercharged V8 based on the Ford Modular engine. A supercharger is an air compressor used for Forced induction of an Internal combustion engine. The Modular engine is Ford Motor Company 's current high volume Overhead camshaft (OHC V8 and V10 gasoline engine family This engine is unique in that it is a flexible fuel engine and actually produces more power while running on biofuel than on regular unleaded. A flexible-fuel vehicle (FFV or dual-fuel vehicle ( Colloquially called a flex-fuel vehicle) is an alternative fuel Automobile or

Russian V8 engines

The GAZ-53 was powered by a 4254 cc ZMZ-53 engine. GAZ-53 is a 35 ton 4x2 Truck from GAZ, introduced first as GAZ-53F in 1961 ZIL-41047 is powered by a ZIL-4104 engine, a 7680 cc carburetted V8 giving 315 hp (232 kW). ZIL-41047 is a Limousine from ZIL. It has seven seats including the driver ZIL-114 was powered by a 7000 cc V8 giving almost 300 hp. ZIL-114 was a car from ZIL introduced in 1970 to replace the former ZIL-111 series which was gradually becoming out of date

Spanish V8 engines

Spanish truck and sportscar company Pegaso made around 100 cars in the 1950s and 1960s. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Pegaso (pe'ɰaso Spanish for " Pegasus " was a Spanish brand of Trucks Buses Tractors and Armored vehicles There were two types of engines the Z-102 and the Z-103/4 engines

The Z-102 first introduced in 1951 engine was an advanced design sporting quadruple camshafts (two per bank) and had 2 valves per cylinder. It was available with 1, 2 or 4 twin Weber carburettors and either normally aspirated or with one or two superchargers. A carburetor (North American spelling or carburettor ( Commonwealth spelling) is a device that blends air and Fuel for an Internal It had three different capacities, 2472 cc (151 in³), 2816 cc (172 in³) and 3178 cc (194 in³) and made between 165 bhp (123 kW) and 360 bhp (270 kW).

The Z-103/4 developed in the mid/late 50's (the first prototype was made in 1954) was a much simpler design destined to power a new series of luxury and sportscars. It had a single central camshaft and 2 valves per cylinder actuated by pushrods. It had hemispherical combustion chambers (like the Z-102 engine) and twin spark plugs. It was available with three different cubic capacities as well, 3900 cc (238 in³), 4500 cc (275 in³) and 4700 cc (287 in³). The 3. 9-litre engine had a twin Weber carburettor and the 4. 5 and 4. 7-litre engines 2 quadruple Weber carbs, which gave the later a power output in excess of 300 bhp (220 kW). The very few engines of this type produced were installed in Z-102 cars.

Australian V8 engines

Holden, including its performance vehicle operations being: Holden Dealer Team and Holden Special Vehicles have been manufacturing V8 performance vehicles since the late 1960s, as has Ford Australia. GM Holden Ltd is an Australian automaker based in Port Melbourne Victoria. The Holden Dealer Team was Holden’s un-official racing team from 1969 until 1987, primarily contesting Australian Touring Car events but also Holden Special Vehicles, abbreviated HSV is the officially designated performance vehicle division of Australian motor Automobile manufacturer Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following The performance arm of Ford Australia, Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV), have recently resurged in the market with the new Falcon BA and BF based models. Ford Performance Vehicles ( FPV) is the Melbourne -based official performance car division of Ford Australia, founded in 2002 The Ford Falcon is a Full-size car which has been manufactured by Ford Australia since 1960

The Australian V8 is typically an American manufactured block from either Ford, Chrysler or General Motors yet often uses local heads and auxiliary systems (pistons, exhaust etc. Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following Chrysler LLC is an American Automobile manufacturer that has been producing Automobiles since 1925 General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. ). However, there are a couple of exceptions to this - the Holden small block V8, and the British Leyland alloy small block V8. GM Holden Ltd is an Australian automaker based in Port Melbourne Victoria. British Leyland was a vehicle manufacturing company formed in the United Kingdom in 1968 as British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd (BLMC

The Holden small block V8 was an all Australian designed and manufactured cast-iron 90 degree pushrod OHV engine, manufactured in the capacities of 4. GM Holden Ltd is an Australian automaker based in Port Melbourne Victoria. 2 L (253 in³), 5. 0 L (308 in³), later destroked to 304 in³), and 5. 7 L (348 in³). First introduced in 1969, finally ceasing production in 1999, it powered a variety of Holden vehicles including the Kingswood, Monaro, Torana and Commodore, and proved to be a popular and successful powerplant in Australian motorsport (especially Touring cars). The Holden Kingswood was a range of Full-size cars manufactured by General Motors-Holden's, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors (GM The Monaro is an Automobile which was produced by Holden, the Australian branch of General Motors from 1968 to 1977 and then re-introduced The Holden Torana was a car produced by General Motors - Holden (GM-H the Australian subsidiary of General Motors. The Holden Commodore is an Automobile manufactured by the Holden division of General Motors (GM in Australia and formerly in New Zealand Touring car racing is a general term for a number of distinct Auto racing competitions in heavily-modified street cars

The British Leyland small block V8 was also a pushrod OHV engine, however it was an all alloy block like the British Rover V8 it was based on. British Leyland was a vehicle manufacturing company formed in the United Kingdom in 1968 as British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd (BLMC ROVER, which stands for Remotely Operated Video Enhanced Receiver is a system which allows ground forces such as Forward Air Controllers (FAC to see what an aircraft or The stroke was increased to give it a capacity of 4. 4L. The motor was originally designed and fitted to the Leyland P76 sedan. The Leyland P76 was a large car produced by Leyland Australia, the Australian subsidiary of British Leyland.

Korean V8 engines

Other V8 applications

In aviation

Ship's engines

In motorcycles

Moto Guzzi of Italy built a 148 kg (330 lb) 82 bhp (61 kW) water cooled DOHC V8 4-stroke motorcycle for Grand Prix racing between 1955 and 1957, referred to as the Moto Guzzi Grand Prix 500 cc V8. Moto Guzzi (also known as "Guzzi" is an Italian Motorcycle manufacturer that has endured from the industry's infancy to its place today as the oldest European The Moto Guzzi V8 (aka 'Otto' Motorcycle was designed by Giulio Cesare Carcano specifically for the Moto Guzzi Grand Prix racing It was known as the Otto Cylindri, and had a very high power output but was not developed to its full potential. Each cylinder had its own carburetter.

Morbidelli produced an 848 cc V8 in 1994. Morbidelli was an Italian Motorcycle manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in Pesaro, whose 123 cc racing motorcycles were particularly Earlier, Galbusera had produced a two-stroke V8 in 1938.

In motorsport

Up until recently, Formula 1 cars used 3-litre V10 engines. However, the FIA considered speeds were getting too high to be safe (even with the banning of turbochargers in 1989, which allowed engines to develop 1,500 bhp (1,100 kW), 1,000 bhp (750 kW) from a naturally-aspirated engine was not impossible by 2005, and with better aerodynamics, cars were shattering straight-line speed records. A turbocharger, or turbo, is an air Compressor used for forced-induction of an Internal combustion engine. ) So, the permitted engine size was cut to 2. 4-litre V8 (This reduced average power output of the engines from 900 bhp (670 kW), in the 2005 season, to a 2006 season average of 700 bhp (520 kW) - equivalent to power outputs that were being achieved on 3 litres around the 1999/2000 seasons. )

In the 'Top Fuel' class of Drag Racing, V8 engines displacing 8. 2L or 500 cubic inches produce up to 8,000 horsepower. Based on the Chrysler Hemi and running on highly explosive Nitro-Methane fuel, these frighteningly powerful units propel the cars from 0-100mph in 0. 8 seconds or less, and from 0-325mph in under 4. 5 seconds.

References

  1. ^ Nunney, Malcolm James (2006). Light and Heavy Vehicle Technology, Fourth Edition. Butterworth-Heinemann, pp. 13-14. ISBN 0750680377.  
  2. ^ Ludvigsen, Karl (2001). Classic Racing Engines. Haynes Publishing. ISBN 1859606490.  
  3. ^ Villard, Henry (2002). Contact! The Story of the Early Aviators. Courier Dover Publications, p. 51. ISBN 0486423271.  
  4. ^ Daniels, Jeff (2002). Driving Force: The Evolution of the Car Engine. Haynes Publishing, pp. 32-33. ISBN 1-85960-877-9.  
  5. ^ Daniels, op. cit. , pp. 46-47.
  6. ^ McIntosh, Jil (2005-06-10). Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem First Drive: 2006 Volvo XC90 V8. Canadian Driver. Retrieved on 2007-12-16. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion
  7. ^ The Rover Story by Graham Robson, page 51 (1977, Patrick Stephens, Cambridge) ISBN 0 85059 279 8
  8. ^ Daniels, op. cit. , pp. 70-71, 92
  9. ^ Ludvigsen, Karl (2001). Classic Racing Engines. Haynes Publishing, pp. 174-177. ISBN 1 85960 649 0.  
  10. ^ Georgano, G. N. Cars: Early and Vintage, 1886-1930. (London: Grange-Universal, 1985).
  11. ^ Goffey, Chris (1976). History of the Aluminium Alloy V8. British V8. Autocar. Retrieved on 2008-03-24. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland

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