Engine Porn

[ELVA164]

Updated my post with info. I remembered almost everything!

[Preyupy]

The last 4 cylinder Ferrari was the 1957 500 TRC (Ferrari engines of that period were designated by their displacement per cylinder, 500cc X 4 cyl = 2000 cc, 250cc X 12cyl = 3000cc) They made 4 cylinder engines in 500 (2000cc), 625 (2500 cc) 750 (3000cc) and 860 (3440 cc) versions used in the Monza and TRC cars.

[thatblacke30]

[LateFan]

I have a soft spot for the aluminum Buick 215, which was a great little engine. GM sold the design to Rover and it was in every Range Rover and Rover sedan and hotrod MGB-V8 from then on.

Found this at Speedway Museum in Lincoln NE - I never knew the Formula 1 part...

"This is an Oldsmobile 215cid aluminum V8, circa 1961-63, fitted with Hilborn fuel injection. (You can tell Oldsmobile and Buick versions apart by their cylinder heads and valve covers. Except for eight drilled/tapped holes, their engine blocks are identical.) These compact and lightweight engines share an exceptionally broad and distinguished history in professional and international racing. The list of teams, drivers, cars, and victories associated with the "215" V8 is extraordinary: Thompson, Gurney, Brabham, Hulme, McLaren, Amon, Matich, Reventlow, Hall, Sharp, McKee, Ward, and Graham Hill just for starters. Exactly one Olds 215 appears in the Smith Collection and it appears without nameplate or description. You might walk right past it. The story of this fascinating marvel of an engine remains largely untold."

"For fifteen years, no stock-block engines had competed in the Indy 500. One year before Jim Clark's Lotus-Ford, Mickey Thompson built a Buick 215 powered rear-engine racecar for the 1962 Indianapolis 500 and recruited Dan Gurney to drive it. Gurney qualified 8th of 33 starters with an average speed of 147.886mph. Transaxle failure caused Gurney to drop out of the race after 92 laps, but Gurney showed impressive potential up to that point. He was named Indy's 1962 Rookie of the Year."

"Oldsmobile's 215 is the only stock block American engine to ever win a Grand Prix race. Period."

"Fitted with special cylinder heads, GM's classic aluminum V8 dominated the 1966 Formula One season. It powered Jack Brabham to championship victory and to four race victories in nine starts, plus two pole positions and one fastest lap. Teammate Denny Hulme scored fastest lap with his Oldsmobile V8 powered racecar at Zandvoort and finished fourth in Drivers Championship points. GM's aluminum V8 delivered Brabham a commanding victory over Ferrari in the Constructors Cup. Hulme's fellow Kiwi, Bruce McLaren, won seven major international races with Olds 215 powered (Zerex Special & McLaren Elva Mk1) sportscars in '64 & '65. Driving for McLaren, Chris Amon won two major races in Olds 215 powered McLaren Elvas. Brabham's fellow Australian Frank Matich used an Olds 215 to win the '66 & '67 Tourist Trophies and to contest the 1967 USRRC Series."

[LateFan]

Here's a modern Chevrolet 288 pushrod V8.......from 1918.



Central cam, overhead valves, pushrods, removable crossflow heads, counterweighted crank.

Bore 3.36, stroke 4.0, 55hp.

In WWI.

[LateFan]

Has anyone posted Millers yet? Some great engines...

1926 "91". Updraft carbs.....(!)


1931 Miller V16




Miller 91 supercharged

[LateFan]

Miller - one-piece "barrel" block and head, the crank came out the back to remove.

1930, 200hp




1932, 308 DOHC V8, 45º V, flat crank.

[LateFan]

Miller was sold to Fred Offenhauser in (?) 1934 (is that right?) and the Offy legend began.

1934 102ci DOHC Offenhauser


1947 "high tower" Offenhauser 270ci, 470hp.


Years and years of Indy wins. These eventually made 1000hp at 45psi boost!

[flyboyx]

here with r3v, not only do you get to laugh and see cool stuff, but you get an education as well.

[ELVA164]

Good stuff! Don't forget Black Jack is also the only man to win the F1 world championship in his own car, and it'll probably stay that way.

[flyboyx]

i think it costs too much now days for it to be any other way.

[ELVA164]

The drivers have to focus too much on becoming drivers, and the same for designers.

[LateFan]

Don't forget Black Jack is also the only man to win the F1 world championship in his own car.

Brabham?

Our Man Dan Gurney built and won with his F1 Eagle, but that was individual races, not a championship?





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[ELVA164]

Brabham?

Our Man Dan Gurney built and won with his F1 Eagle, but that was individual races, not a championship?

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Exactly. What a beautiful car it was, too. He won at Spa in 1967. Gurney is probably America's most influential racing personality. Only other candidate I can think of is Jim Hall, or maaaybe Carroll Shelby.

[LateFan]

"I think that's a Lambo, dude."
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Honda NR750 What is this sorcery?!
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Lancia Delta - check the valve layout and exhaust routing.
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F-car V6 F1
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