Favorite Engines

3.4L 5VZ-FE, Love it, when my 3.0L gets retired this will more than likely replace it.

My 3.0L 3VZ-E, I know most people hate it, but it has given me 225,000+ reliable miles and has gone above and beyond what I ask from it.

Only two engines that I can truly say I've worked on inside and out. I have some other favorites, but have only driven them, not worked on them.

 

Soon to be in the garage, 383 nestled in an all original 66 charger..
My mother in law has decided it's time to let it go.. Her late husband, Harley past away several years ago after losing a tough battle with lung cancer, and that charger was his second love. He was a tough, kind, fun loving truck driver for most of his adult life. After being on the road for a week or two at a time, coming home and cruising with his first love in that Charger were the high points in his life.. and I promised him I'd take good care of them both.

Next month, we are flying out to SLC and picking the charger up so me and my first true love can carry on the tradition.

So yeah, the 383 magnum.. not because it's the biggest, baddest most powerful mill on the block, it's so much more than any of that...

 

Enjoy the vintage big block...and think of your late FIL while you drive and maintain it.

Howard

 

250 two stroke 2003 in my old yz250. Gnarley motor and sound!

 

Ford 302 - Had one in my old Bronco. Easy to work on and never died, despite being owned by a college kid who floored it everywhere and wasn't the best at changing oil.

Honda F4i - First engine I rebuilt, we used it in our Formula SAE car.

Subaru EJ - I love these little engines, and they sound glorious.

Cummins 6bt - Because bulletproof torque monster.

I'd also have to say the Merlin V12... why you ask? Have you heard a P51 at full throttle? That's why.

 

I had an ecoboost, good power, good fuel economy, bad reliability. Couldn't give me one for free.
H22a4
2jztt
K20
1grfe

 

What kind of problems did you have with the EcoBoost? I know the early F-150s had an issue with the inter-cooler and people running low octane fuel but I haven't heard of many other problems. Just curious since my next truck will probably have the 3.5L EcoBoost...

Also, you guys should check out the EcoBoost Performance Forum. Those guys are working together, and with various vendors, to develop some pretty cool stuff for their vehicles/engines...kind of what I was hoping to see when I joined this forum.

 

Chev LS series engines
Ford 289
Lexus 1UZFE
Allison V12
Rolls/merlin V12
Lycoming T55

There are so many more great designs though.

 

fuel injected 327 (oh not my car but I wish it was.) I'm a small block kind of guy from the 60's

 

As in a Bell H-1 rotary wing aircraft, better known as Huey?

Howard

 

Yep, the 5vzfe sure is. 22RE had a lot of weak points in it that the newer truck engines corrected. Mainly they had real weak timing chains and plastic guides that would eventually wear through and leak antifreeze into the oil. Timing chain breakage was a common occurrence also. I'd take a 3.4 over the 22RE anyday. Also, the 2.7 4 cylinder is lightyears better than the 22RE in reliability and power and torque numbers.

22RE was good in it's day, but the newer yota engines like 2.7, 3.4, and 4.0 blow it out of the water in every category except maybe simplicity.

 

1990-1995 Corvette (C4) ZR-1 Model & LT-5 Engine
500 Hp in 350 Cubic Inches of Displacement, 0-60 in 4 seconds
Twin-dual overhead Cams, 4 valves/cyclinder
16 injectors, 2 fuel pumps
Top Speed: 190 mph and 25 mpg on the highway
24 Hour Production Car Endurance World Record Holder, averaged 175.885 mph failure free for 4,221.256 miles

...and one of the best looking, affordable, production engines ever.

 

5.9 Cummins
LSx
5.9 magnum

 

Of the ones I have owned: 327 Chevy, LS1 in my 2004 Corvette, and Mercury 2.5 Pro Max outboard on my Allison bass boat.

Ones I would like to own: 426 Hemi , LS7 Z06, LS9 ZR1, LT4 Z06, maybe a Boss 429.

These would be good for a start.

 

People...people... Let's be real... Audi 20v 5cyl turbo FTW

It's the only engine I'd swap into a taco

 

2JZ-GTE and 5.9 Cummins are bulletproof. Straight 6 engines ftw!

And although not known for it's reliability the 1.3L turbo Wankel in the last gen RX-7 was very fun to spin up. So smooth and seemed to have limitless revs.

 

1969 396ci/375hp S.S. Chevelle that I used to own.

 

86-93 5.0 EFI Ford 302 and the GM 3800 supercharged V6.

 

I love the GM LS series for power. Drove an LS2 powered corvette for a while, loved it. But for sound/experience I love my subaru boxer 2.5L. I've always liked a high-lobe sound of a large cam and a straight pipe.... on an STi with 280 cams, a straight pipe and a turbo I have my dream come true.

EDIT: This isn't my actual car, but a good example of how they sound when done correctly. Mine is still stock cams and a fairly mild exhaust for DD use.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LDnmN3lb8M

 

Nothing like the sound of my KTM LC8 in the Super Duke