The best motor ever

[tncarsonjr]

I would say jaguar's turbo v-6 and GM 5.7. Even Carrol Shelby chose it first to put in the AC Cobra. I saw a 5.7 in a 96 street car that puts out 1200+horsepower and I have one in my truck with 210000miles on it and has yet to be tore down and rebuilt.

[fpv_gtho]

theres alot better engines in the world than the chev small block. as for carrol selby using them in the AC cobra this is the first ive heard of it. he started with a 260 ford small block, moved to the 289 then went to the 427, quite a jump considering

[SHAKER]

its got to be the big block hemis, they still use the block design today in top fuellers, and theyre the fastest accelarating vehicles in the planet.

[SHAKER]

Originally Posted by fpv_gtho

theres alot better engines in the world than the chev small block. as for carrol selby using them in the AC cobra this is the first ive heard of it. he started with a 260 ford small block, moved to the 289 then went to the 427, quite a jump considering

well he did aproach chevrolet first and they knocked him back, where as ford jumped at it. We compared the conrods to a small block chev to a 6 cylinder hemi 265, and the hemis were nearly twice the thickness, so no points to gm for that

[fpv_gtho]

well looking back on it, the top ford exec's probably consider it as one of the smartest decisions theyve ever made. now that theyre back workign with carrol there must be alot of people wondering what couldve happened had ford not stuck the GT-350 badges on a 20th anniversary version......

the hemi 426 is a good call, as i recall it was NoOne who said it was a street modified race engine whereas the ford and chev big block engines were race modified street engines. i still wouldnt knock back a ford 427 cammer though,

[SHAKER]

well thats cause ur a ford man lol.....i love american hemis and american fords and some chevs, ei 400 ci 1969camaro and 1957 2 door belair convertable

[fpv_gtho]

i think everyone loves 57 bel air convertibles, theyve got a ticket on them as big as the phase 3. the worst thing about the 427 cammer is the timing chain is about 7 foot long so theres a fair bit of stretch between all of the links so alot of people have gone for a gilmer drive, practically a belt drive

[NoOne]

Originally Posted by fpv_gtho

the hemi 426 is a good call, as i recall it was NoOne who said it was a street modified race engine whereas the ford and chev big block engines were race modified street engines. i still wouldnt knock back a ford 427 cammer though,

The Ford 427 SOHC was brilliant, a shame Chrysler didn't up the ante once more with its 426 DOHC, which I believe only 2 were ever built and 1 of them is on display at "The Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing", I'll have to do some research on the specs.

[fpv_gtho]

DOHC?? well you'll have to forgive me for saying this but ford and chrysler were toying with OHC back in the 60's and today GM is still using OHV and wants to make a twin cam OHV. makes you think theyve either discovered something others havent cause 40 years ago people new OHC was the next step forward......

although both the ford SOHC and chrysler DOHC were only toyed around with for race applications, could you just imagine what wouldve happened if they went mainstream?

[NoOne]

If I remember correctly the 427 SOHC had an incredible power curve all the way up to 9000 rpm with over 750 hp !! I have no idea what the torque curve or figures are.

[fpv_gtho]

well if they revved that hard i wouldnt expect too much more than 500ft/lbs torque which is still a substantial amount

[Doza]

non production is this beauty: http://sdpc2000.com/cart.asp?action=...1579&pid=14349

Production is probably the LS6

[Bear87G]

Maybe not street legal or such and maybe not production but thought I's post the beauty anyways.

[SPN:DOC]

BMW M3 e46 naturally aspirated Vanos straight six 3.3L 252kw and 365nm of torque

[MrVette83]

Three of the best engines i can think of are the
RB26DETT from the Skyline, the 2JZ from the Supra, and the LS1Chevy V-8. I include the last one just because it's so versatile, I've seen it in everything from Camaros and Firebirds all the way to RX-7's and BMWs.