Favorite Engines

I have the 1600cc motor in my 64 vw beetle, runs like a champ. Had a friend that said it sounded like a tank.

 

BMW S63 in the F10 M5, F12, F13 M6. Twin turbo V8 pushing 560hp

 

Spent many years working on EMD 645's and have grown fairly attached to the old iron... about 2200hp in the 12cyl single turbo configuration that I was running.


Now I work on MTU 4000's. They are ok... 2350hp 16cyl twin turbo.

 

Pretty fond of my Freightliner with the Cat diesel

 

I 2nd this too. What a PITA to work on when it's in the car.

 

Actually a friend in high school had a 305 in an 86 Chevy half ton 2wd that was bad ass.

I have to say my favorite is the Ecoboost but the 3.4 in the first Gen are awesome. My old man's had 318k miles and still trucking.

 

Toyota 2JZ 3-liter I6 was a nice motor. I always liked those straight sixes, and Toyota made a good one.

 

Chevy 305 with a 2bbl Quadrajet and all the smog life support from the early 1980's.

 

This was a sweet straight six. The 1979 Honda CBX. 1050cc, DOHC, 105hp, 8200 redline, six carburetors, six speed trans. If you ever hear a bike that sounds like a Ferrari V12, look around and you'll see a Honda CBX.

 

Antron Brown's top fuel dragster- 8.2 liters of pure hell. When he makes a pass it feels like the dragstrip is being bombed.

 

cummins VT400
ford 300 L6
22RE

all for simplicity and durability.

My 2006 R6 for the incredible RPM's it made for a spring return valve. peak HP at 15,800 and all out redline at 16,500. Fun fact though, my 06 tach maxes at 20,000 with a claimed redline of 17,500. Yamaha later recalled those tachometers to replace them with a corrected redline of 16,500. They lied about the max RPM!

either way, when you hear one coming, youll know it. i always think, "shift dude shift!" but its still a few thousand from peak power.

 

AMAZING--seen a few boat/ship engines-they are MONSTERS.
Biggest ones were on a USCG 180 bouy tender-diesel electric-do not know the HP-but they were two story's high.

 

And no one mentioned the Detroit diesel 6-71?

 

1) the 2.7 i4 in my taco
2) 3.6l inline 6 in 996 Carrera
3) 6.7 Cummins

 

100,000+ HP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wärtsilä-Sulzer_RTA96-C

 

The generator at the jail was a 16 cylinder 2,200 HP Cat with 4 turbos 1.5 million KVA. 60 gallons per hour full load.

 

All though not stellar performers the slant 6 and 22R series Toyota engines were about as bullet proof as it gets.

 

Gotta go with my buddy's windsor 289 in his 65 mustang, still runs great after 50 years, and it's still mostly stock. Oh and it sounds pretty good too with his true duals

 

Largest engine I have experience on is a B & W inline ten cylinder. Had three 7' diameter turbochargers and was rated for 58,600HP at 90rpm's.

 

How about the Fairbanks Morse Opposing Piston Straight 12, with 24 pistons and two crankshafts? Popular heavy marine engine.