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#10 of 32 15 out of 17 by isellhondas Oct 11, 2008 (1:14 pm)
Just showing my age I suppose.
#11 of 32 Re: Take The American Engine Quiz! [Mr_Shiftright] by joe29001 Oct 21, 2008 (3:37 pm)
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). Replies to this message: Mr_Shiftright (Oct 21, 2008 4:51 pm) andre1969 (Oct 22, 2008 2:39 am)
#12 of 32 Re: Take The American Engine Quiz! [joe29001] by Mr_Shiftright HOST Oct 21, 2008 (4:51 pm)
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.
#13 of 32 Re: Take The American Engine Quiz! [joe29001] by andre1969 Oct 22, 2008 (2:39 am)
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.
#14 of 32 Re: Take The American Engine Quiz! [Mr_Shiftright] by joe29001 Oct 22, 2008 (2:13 pm)
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. Replies to this message: Mr_Shiftright (Oct 22, 2008 3:39 pm) joe29001 (Oct 23, 2008 4:14 am) texases (Oct 22, 2008 5:03 pm) Mr_Shiftright (Oct 22, 2008 5:29 pm) andre1969 (Oct 23, 2008 4:37 am) joe29001 (Oct 23, 2008 4:47 am) bumpy (Nov 01, 2008 4:26 pm)
#15 of 32 Re: Take The American Engine Quiz! [joe29001] by Mr_Shiftright HOST Oct 22, 2008 (3:39 pm)
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. Replies to this message: joe29001 (Oct 23, 2008 4:14 am)
#16 of 32 Re: Take The American Engine Quiz! [joe29001] by texases Oct 22, 2008 (5:03 pm)
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). Replies to this message: Mr_Shiftright (Oct 22, 2008 5:29 pm) andre1969 (Oct 23, 2008 4:37 am) joe29001 (Oct 23, 2008 4:47 am)
#17 of 32 Re: Take The American Engine Quiz! [texases] by Mr_Shiftright HOST Oct 22, 2008 (5:29 pm)
Replying to: texases (Oct 22, 2008 5:03 pm) When you're pumping out millions of engines, you don't have much time for artwork. I can't recall a truly beautiful American engine of any kind since the 1930s. I mean, you can glitz them up with chrome nuts and paint 'em pretty colors but the shapes and forms are pretty agricultural. Even a Packard straight-8 is like a log of iron. Maybe some of the Ford overhead cammers aren't too bad.
#18 of 32 Re: Take The American Engine Quiz! [Mr_Shiftright] by joe29001 Oct 23, 2008 (4:14 am)
Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Oct 22, 2008 3:39 pm) I actually enjoy looking at agricultural engines (the old ones, anyways). Perhaps that's why I like these engines.
#19 of 32 Re: Take The American Engine Quiz! [texases] by andre1969 Oct 23, 2008 (4:37 am)
Replying to: texases (Oct 22, 2008 5:03 pm) but the buick/olds/pontiacs all blend together   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. Replies to this message: joe29001 (Oct 23, 2008 4:47 am)

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