What is the COOLEST Looking V8 you would have in your HotRod

I'm getting a 263ci Buick S-8 together with dual sidedrafts...pics to come soon...

Scotch~!

 

425 buick all shined up Chromed valve covers, valley pan, oilpan, polished 6x2 aluminum intake, polished timing cover and waterpump, chromed pulleys, chromed carbs, black heads and block. White painted or chromed custom headers. And a vertex hangin out back.

MMMM, yeah....

 

Seems like I'm out-numbered by ardun people...

 

blown 4 cylinder offy.
sorry,don't have a pic

 

I want everything.........

Monster Looking Engine.......

O-Plenty of H.P...............

And 25-30 Miles Per Gallon....

 

This Lincoln...

 

Django: WOW

 

Every time an engine thread like this come up I miss Phil.
He was Ford freak and a craftsman.


He passed away in a garage accident a number of years ago.

Mike

 

Man that Lincoln is bad ass!!

 

Here's a link to the guys building the Lincoln

 

WHAT??? I'm the ONLY dude who thinks a Y-block Ford is the ultimate hot rod V8???

Cool...more for ME!

 

I borrowed this pic from hotrod29.
For looks, it's a tough choice. Hemis, flatheads, nailheads and all but I'd have to say a 409 or 348. Ya gotta did those heads. Beautiful man, just beautiful.

 

Wait till ya see your old Tub, Donzie!

(Should be "making some noise" this weekend!!

 

That is very nice!

 

Thats easy, Big Block Chevy, what else is there? LOL

 

<font color="red"> WOW HACK ..you read my motor.......that is what is going in my T..sitting in the back of my truck as we speak...

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COOL!!!

 

<font color="red">Only thing I dont got is that 4 carb intake thingy...If ya gots a spare you can always throw it my way

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injected, stroked Olds... 420 something cubic inches...

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And the car it's in....

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I still want this car. Same family owned it since new. It's been painted (badly) red and made it's way to Canada(?) since these pix....

 

My favorite has always been the big caddy V8 motors, 472-500. Why? Look at em, they look like they weigh more than the roadster they are pulling.

 

The Buick 425 nailhead for me!

 

In a Hot Rod (fast, cheap, good looking old car) I think the coolest looking motor is a Small Block Chevy.

There's plenty of old hop-up equipment out there to make them look "traditional" on the outside... and more than enough stuff out there to put on the inside that will make them SPANK all the aforementioned (except the BBC, BB Fords and RB Mopar) motors in power/mileage/ease of installation for the dollar spent.

But I also think the motor has to fit in with the overall theme of the car... a SBC in a 40's era rod is not optimum... while a flathead in a 60's styled car is equally lame...

But if you put a hilborn and finned valve covers on any motor... it'll look cool.
Sam.

 

I gotta 350 chevy in the truck and a sick 392 outa the truck but when the 392 hemi is fixed it's gotta be tha hemi,although i just love the original early sbc engines all dressed up sorry guys hate to be boring but chevy engines look so nice.............Marq

 

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you got that right

 

Not to sound korny, but, know what's kool about this post? Everyone's sharing their own opinion and there are no ego's running wild. We can all agree to disagree but still respect each others opinions. This is the HAMB at it's finest!!! I like opening these posts.

Robert

 

This is the reason I bought the truck.

 

48 Hemi, Better read Drj's post again. He clearly states that McMullen had a cammer Ford in his '32 in the 60's. Still holding the CROW recipe.

Frank

 

These ain't coolest v8's but seriously the wildest v8's. Or what do you think? Tatra v8 2,5 litres aircooled Hemi, made in Tchekkoslovakia from mid 60's to mid 70's. Anotherone wild v8 made in Russia, used in army light trucks GAZ, 4,5 litres, aluminium block, about 120 horsepower and always broken I'll try to get some photos here. Cool v8's, all pre '59 made in USA, except SBC

 

I would also like to see that McMullen "cammer"....and fwiw......I like the motor in the very first pic...

 

OK, it's not a V8, but Swedish hot rodder Lars Brandow is actually making a rod out of this beast.

http://w1.132.telia.com/~u13203489/ItsAlive3.MPG