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Re: Take The American Engine Quiz! [Mr_Shiftright]
by bumpy
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Oct 09, 2008 (12:52 pm)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Oct 08, 2008 3:44 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. 
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Re: Take The American Engine Quiz! [andre1969]
by lemmer
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Oct 09, 2008 (1:57 pm)
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Replying to: andre1969 (Oct 08, 2008 3:10 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.
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Re: Take The American Engine Quiz! [andre1969]
by explorerx4
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Oct 09, 2008 (4:31 pm)
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Replying to: andre1969 (Oct 08, 2008 3:10 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.
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15 out of 17
by isellhondas
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Oct 11, 2008 (1:14 pm)
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Just showing my age I suppose.
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Re: Take The American Engine Quiz! [Mr_Shiftright]
by joe29001
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Oct 21, 2008 (3:37 pm)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Oct 07, 2008 9:41 pm)
16/17. Couldn't tell a 348 from a 409 (even with the dipstick clue).
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Re: Take The American Engine Quiz! [joe29001]
by Mr_Shiftright HOST
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Oct 21, 2008 (4:51 pm)
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Replying to: joe29001 (Oct 21, 2008 3:37 pm)
Me neither. I never liked either of those engines. They belong in trucks and I don't care if the Beach Boys wrote a song about one of them.
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Re: Take The American Engine Quiz! [joe29001]
by andre1969
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Oct 22, 2008 (2:39 am)
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Replying to: joe29001 (Oct 21, 2008 3:37 pm)
I answered the 348 question correctly, purely on a hunch. They had already showed a 409 in an earlier question, and at first that one looked like another 409. So I figured it must be a trick question, and 348 was one of the answers, so I picked it.
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Re: Take The American Engine Quiz! [Mr_Shiftright]
by joe29001
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Oct 22, 2008 (2:13 pm)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Oct 08, 2008 3:44 pm)
Not very attractive? Blend together?
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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Re: Take The American Engine Quiz! [joe29001]
by Mr_Shiftright HOST
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Oct 22, 2008 (3:39 pm)
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Replying to: joe29001 (Oct 22, 2008 2:13 pm)
I didn't say plastic covered engines were attractive either. American V8s look like something out of a tractor to me. Very heavy, crude castings, wiring, hoses, cabling all askew, etc. I mean, they GET THE JOB DONE, don't get me wrong, but compared to engines of that era from around the world, they seem like clumps of iron to me anyway.
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Re: Take The American Engine Quiz! [joe29001]
by texases
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Oct 22, 2008 (5:03 pm)
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Replying to: joe29001 (Oct 22, 2008 2:13 pm)
I guess my problem is, I remember hemis, small and big block Chevys, the 409/348, and a couple of Fords, but the buick/olds/pontiacs all blend together (ignoring the paint job).
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