Art & Inspiration Is there an engine you just love?

Is there an engine out there that you enjoy the horsepower, looks, sound, or just working on it? My favorite is the Ford FE 390, it has been a while since I owned one, but I can still hear that engine speak to me with it's different timing order and the cam I had in it just sent me over the moon.
My next car will have one. (even if it isn't HAMB friendly year)

 

I agree, building a 63 300 right now got a ways to go though.

 

Why of coarse, the sbc, but especially my 327/350 hp.
Then again, I'm kind of attached to this 427 also.

 

Hmmm...let me think.

 

Love small journal 327's-also 57 FI and dual 4 283's

 

NAILHEADS

 

283............for me.
i heard once, if you want to go out cruising you take a ford motor...........if you want to make it back home you take a chevy.........

 

It's got to end in a "27" --> 327 and 427 Chevrolets!! I should also add the 396, since it will probably be my next build ;-)

I do think the Ford FE is bitchin' looking, especially with the factory cast iron headers.

 

327's, 409's and Nailheads are my favorites.

Gary

 

FLATHEADS FOREVER!

 

I've always had a soft spot for 283s since I had one in my 57 Bel Air in high school, but I sure do love me some B/RB Mopar.

 

I'm primarily a Chevy guy but I love the looks of a detailed 351 Cleveland.

 

Y Block .

 

Look very close and then take your best guess, (that's a dual quad, isky camed,elcectronic ign. '55 331), but they are the coolest thing known to internal combustion.

 

"W"

 

I'm a CHEVY kinda guy----so
1. big block chevy's
2. small block chevys
3 HEMI's
4 then actually the extreme (good ol home boy) affordable built RACE (any)
5. Ya know a long time ago that old 292 ford V8 made some real nice BACK OFF sounds rolling down hill...lol it was them TWICE pipes kak ling

 

Pontiac Super Duty Forever!


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Loved my old 301" I ran in the '32 up until she blew back in 1976. The 292" with an L79 cam that replaced it is almost as fun, but my favorite has got to be this 327/365 solid lifter:

IMG_3748 by bowie posted Aug 1, 2014 at 6:58 PM

 

my first....



and my latest...



I think it's the valve covers. Such a simple, clean design, with perfect proportions.

 

Really happy with my 54 Buick, 322 (avatar):

 

OT, but Buick 400/430/455 big blocks are beasts that weigh about 50 pounds more than a sbc.

I spent enough years tuning one to really appreciate strengths. So much potential for an iron lump meant to push around land barges.

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383 Mopar will and has outrun many BBchebs for the money. I had my (friend Baby Huyay there to collect.

 

What else can I say.

 

Looks-wise, it's hard to beat any Flathead, Y-Block, or FE dressed up nicely.
Sound-wise, a 283 or 327 cammed up with a chunky idle or rowing through the gears
Overall reliability/driveability, 350 chevy or the 302 ford. Set it and forget it.

 

OT, but Porsche 917/30.

5.4-litre 12 cylinder, twin-turbocharged with 40psi of boost, checking in at 1,580hp.

 

True just GLAD it aint ALL of em...lol

 

Early hemis and Mysterion's 2 FEs.

 

SOHC, early (true) Hemis, and of course the flathead and Y-block Ford and Chryslers.

 

I grew up street racing a high-revving 289 Ford / T-10 4-speed and just love the looks and sound. Don't have one now because it would not be relevant to any of my project vehicles, but a kid down the street has one I get to hear every morning. I do have special feelings for my 59a flathead, 392 Chrysler Hemi, and a couple of 355 Chevys. I once had a 2-year fling with a 400 Pontiac I enjoyed a lot. I am not a brand loyalist.