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#1 of 32 Take The American Engine Quiz! by Mr_Shiftright HOST

Oct 07, 2008 (10:41 pm)

Let us know how you did and what tripped you up.
 
http://www.americantorque.com/game/engine-id/

#2 of 32 Re: Take The American Engine Quiz! [Mr_Shiftright] by bumpy

Oct 08, 2008 (3:58 pm)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Oct 07, 2008 10:41 pm)
8 of 17, and most of those were lucky guesses. I think I'd have done a lot better on a '70s-'90s Japanese version.

#3 of 32 Re: Take The American Engine Quiz! [Mr_Shiftright] by andre1969

Oct 08, 2008 (4:10 pm)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Oct 07, 2008 10:41 pm)
I got 14 out of 17.
 
I missed #3, #4, and #6. Honestly though, I wouldn't have guessed some of them if it wasn't multiple choice, so you at least know one of the four choices is correct. Fill-in-the-blank, and I would've done a lot worse.

#4 of 32 Re: Take The American Engine Quiz! [Mr_Shiftright] by fintail

Oct 08, 2008 (4:23 pm)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Oct 07, 2008 10:41 pm)
I got the first 4 wrong, so I gave up
 
I think I am ok at relating engine sizes to manufacturers, but when it comes to pictures, I'm not so good...many of them I have never really examined before in person.

#5 of 32 Re: Take The American Engine Quiz! [bumpy] by Mr_Shiftright HOST

Oct 08, 2008 (4:44 pm)

Replying to: bumpy (Oct 08, 2008 3:58 pm)
Yeah I scored the same as you. I got the obvious ones but really I'm not into rods all that much.
 
One thing I noticed. Most American engines are not that attractive. They are very agricultural and they sort of blend together in my mind.

#6 of 32 Re: Take The American Engine Quiz! [Mr_Shiftright] by texases

Oct 08, 2008 (6:26 pm)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Oct 07, 2008 10:41 pm)
10/17 with several guesses - yes, a v8's a v8, unless it's a hemi...it's ironic that modern US engines, now with all the DOHC neat stuff, are covered with all those plastic sound reducers. Not much to look at.

#7 of 32 Re: Take The American Engine Quiz! [Mr_Shiftright] by bumpy

Oct 09, 2008 (1:52 pm)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Oct 08, 2008 4:44 pm)
The only ones I actually knew and got right were the two small-block Chevys toward the end, and only because I recognized the butterfly exhaust manifold from the LMC catalog.

#8 of 32 Re: Take The American Engine Quiz! [andre1969] by lemmer

Oct 09, 2008 (2:57 pm)

Replying to: andre1969 (Oct 08, 2008 4:10 pm)
Andre is clearly the winner here. Has anyone ever sent you the chest shots where you have to determine real or silicon? I am really good at that one.

#9 of 32 Re: Take The American Engine Quiz! [andre1969] by explorerx4

Oct 09, 2008 (5:31 pm)

Replying to: andre1969 (Oct 08, 2008 4:10 pm)
i got 11 out of 17, but like you, my score would have been lower if not multiple choice.
over the weekend i saw a big old merc on a trailer with a y block magazine sticker on the side. if i had checked it out, i might have gotten 1 more.

#10 of 32 15 out of 17 by isellhondas

Oct 11, 2008 (2:14 pm)

Just showing my age I suppose.

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