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Classic Cars Take The American Engine Quiz!
32 messages, Last post on Jan 25, 2009 at 10:04 AM
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Oct 08, 2008 4:44 pm) It's hard to believe, really. These engines (IMHO) have far more style than any OHC 4 cylinder covered in plastic. If the quiz included a bunch of modern powerplants, I think we'd see that (much like the cars) they all look quite similar, so much that (like the cars) they'd be hard to identify. |
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Replying to: joe29001 (Oct 22, 2008 3:13 pm)
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Replying to: joe29001 (Oct 22, 2008 3:13 pm)
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Replying to: texases (Oct 22, 2008 6:03 pm) |
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Oct 22, 2008 4:39 pm) |
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Replying to: texases (Oct 22, 2008 6:03 pm) there's a couple tricks I learned with these engines, although it may not apply to older ones. For one, Buick engines tend to have the distributor up front. Olds and Pontiac engines have it in the back. The Olds V-8 has a really tall oil filler tube mounted at the front of the engine, making it easy to add oil, while the Pontiac's oil filler is in the valve cover. The Pontiac V-8 also has a reaaaally long upper radiator hose. One thing I can't remember...back when they used to paint the engines different colors, what color were the Olds engines? I remember Chevy engines being sort of an orange-red, Buicks more of a blood-red, and Pontiacs being light blue. I can't recall the Olds color, though. I guess at some point in the 70's they all just went to black, which is what my '76 LeMans 350 is.
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Replying to: andre1969 (Oct 23, 2008 5:37 am) Olds engines have been red, blue, green, different shades of gold, black. They've been lots of colors, depending on the model and vintage. Most-recently they've been black and corporate blue. Before that they were gold (small blocks) and blue metallic (big blocks). Before that they were red, bronze, green, among other colors. |
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Yikes 15/17 (winning coin flip on 348/409) Talk about a hed full of useless knowledge! WVK.
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Replying to: wevk (Oct 23, 2008 7:26 am) "We could get off this island if someone knew the difference between the 348 and 409 engines in our boat!!" |
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not the parts you can see 
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