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17 unusual facts about V8 engine


1994 Tooheys 1000

For 5.0 litre class, the class later to become known as V8 Supercar, it consisted of V8 Ford Falcons and Holden Commodores.

Aston Martin V8 Zagato

The Zagato was powered by a 430 hp (321 kW) V8 engine with twin-choke Weber carburettors.

Chevrolet Corvette C5-R

The C5-R initially used a 366 ci (6.0 liter) V8 engine based on the road car's LS1.

Dodge Regent

Chrysler of Canada imported polyhead V8 short blocks for use in Canadian Plymouth Belvedere and Dodge Mayfair models.

For 1956 new fins graced the rear fenders and Chrysler Canada opened a new engine plant for V8 production.

Ford C100

The C100 was built by Ford Motor Company in 1981, and initially featured a 4-litre Cosworth DFL V8 engine, which was replaced by a 3.3-litre version of the same engine in 1983, after the car had passed to private hands.

Holden HJ

2.8-litre and 3.3-litre inline six-cylinder engines were available, as were 4.2-litre and 5.0-litre V8 units.

Holden HK

161-cubic-inch (2.6-litre) and 186-cubic-inch (3.0-litre) inline six-cylinder engines were carried over from the HR series; however, a 307-cubic-inch (5.0-litre) Chevrolet V8 was now offered as an option on all models, this being the first time that any Holden had been available with a V8 engine.

Holden HX

A 3.3-litre inline six-cylinder engine was available, as were 4.2-litre and 5.0-litre V8s.

Huayra Pronello Ford

The Huayra was powered by a five-liter Ford V8 producing 430 hp, with four Weber 48/48 IDF carburetors.

Kaditcha

Most Kaditcha sports cars were powered by either the 5.0L Chevrolet V8 engine, or in the case of the SR781 run by Jeff Harris, the Mazda 13B rotary engine.

Maserati 450S

One was the 3.5-litre to be used in Maserati 350S, the other to be used in the 450S, had a 4.478-litre short-stroke V8 engine with

Matra MS620

Fitted with a 1.9-litre version of the BRM Formula One V8 engine, four cars were built, but were mostly used as developmental cars.

Panoz Esperante GTR-1

For an engine, Panoz attempted to keep the American theme by using a Ford V8 engine similar to the one used in his Esperante.

Porsche RS Spyder

The 3.4 litre 90-degree V8 racing engine was designed from scratch as was the six-speed electro-pneumatic sequential gearbox.

Pro Stock

Rules initially favored big-block V8s but by 1972 (after the Sox & Martin Hemi cars captured the first two prostock titles handily) had changed to favor small-blocks to factor out the Chrysler Hemi cars.

Superstocks

Superstocks weigh 1400 to 1500 kg and are usually powered with modified V8 engines of up to 248 cubic inches.


Australian Stock Car Auto Racing

AUSCAR's were also restricted to running 5.0 litre Holden and Ford V8 engines.

BMW S65

The BMW S65 is a V8 DOHC piston engine which replaced the (straight-6) S54 and was produced from 2007–present (as of September 2013).

BRM P61

The subframe housed BRM's type 56 engine, a 1.5 liter V8 and a Colotti gearbox.

Chrysler A57 multibank

The M4A4 was largely supplied to the British, the US preferring the M4A3 with a more conventional V8 engine, and restricting their M4A4s from overseas use.

Daimler SP250

It had a fibreglass body, four-wheel Girling disc brakes, and a 2.5-litre Hemi-head V8 engine designed by Edward Turner.

Detroit street circuit

It was the last ever of 155 grand prix wins for the 3.0L Cosworth DFV V8 engine which had made its debut back in 1967 when legendary Team Lotus boss Colin Chapman matched his Lotus 49 with the engine.

Infiniti Q45

This Q45 focused on performance again with a new 340 hp (253 kW) 4.5 L VK45DE V8 engine, Gatling gun inspired HID headlights, and sharper styling.

Larz Anderson Auto Museum

A sampling of these events includes days devoted to American V8s, British cars, Cadillac LaSalles, Camaros and Firebirds, Corvettes, German cars, hot rods, Italian cars, Japanese motorcycles, Mercedes-Benz, Miatas, microcars & mincars, Packards and other extinct autos, Porsches and Studebakers.

Zora Arkus-Duntov

Settled in Manhattan, the two brothers set up Ardun (derived from Arkus and Duntov) which supplied parts to the military and manufactured aluminum overhead valve, hemispherical combustion chamber heads for the Flathead Ford V8 engine.