What do you consider the greatest street car engines of all time?

[86 IROC-Z]

4: the 1.8 in my dads old civic
6: the 3.3 in my minivan
8: the 305 in my shit
12: this sweet ass thing I built with lego and technic

[310stanger]

BOSS 429 *CAMMER* & *SHOTGUN* HEMI'S

That Boss 429 engine is beautiful. I want one! lol

[derrinx]

ecotec is ok, not the best in my eyes.

i think we need specifics...best and fastest are two different things.

so derrin, please let us all know what you want because theyre isnt one right answer....

hahaha in terms of everything... modabillity, power, value, reliability, (shh i know the 4G63 sucks in that, im just biased ), just what engine do you think of when you hear great haha...

[tnthub]

I simply can't believe that nobody has mentioned the 426 Hemi...

[derrinx]

4: the 1.8 in my dads old civic
6: the 3.3 in my minivan
8: the 305 in my shit
12: this sweet ass thing I built with lego and technic

.... biased asshole! hahaha why am i not surprised you said the LT-1 lmao

[BULLET_WS6]

fairly? not many engines in production can hold 800hp on stock everyhting....that why i put the supra motor in mine...but the buick turbos are monsters too

i said fairly cuz for stock they are slow... and by slow i mean it would be soooo easy for them to squeeze extra power out... but they went conservative.. i had a choice between a r33 and a trans am... i chose the trans am

[derrinx]

i said fairly cuz for stock they are slow... and by slow i mean it would be soooo easy for them to squeeze extra power out... but they went conservative.. i had a choice between a r33 and a trans am... i chose the trans am

i dont blame you haha...

but yeah there obviously isnt a right answer people, jsut what do you think is the best

[BULLET_WS6]

Its really hard to pic a greatest. I have favorites though. some v8s would be
1. ls series engines
2. 5.0 HO
3. 32 valve fords
4. chevy big blocks
5. boss 429
6 cyls
1.porsche flat 6's
2. supra 2jz
3. 4.0 liter jeep engine
4cyl
1. 4g63 engine in the evo
2. 2.4 engine in the srt-4
3. sr20det

lmao the sr20det? that things the biggest pos i had ever seen.. i had one in my 240sx... that thing lags, breaks, can handle no power... shitty engine, wish i would have never done the swap.. i would have rather threw a rod in my ka

[secondgearscratch]

hahaha in terms of everything... modabillity, power, value, reliability, (shh i know the 4G63 sucks in that, im just biased ), just what engine do you think of when you hear great haha...

i know im just giving you shit...its hard to be bias with crankwalk...hahahahahahha

the 6 bolts were decent enough, and when the bottom end was built right....ouch!

the stroker kits made around 500 with a pretty nice size turbo...the 4g64 crank....ever heard of it?

im really demonstrating how much i hate em eh? i do, i just know about them because i had one. no sense in only knowing about sbc. though thats all i care about!

[derrinx]

I simply can't believe that nobody has mentioned the 426 Hemi...

yeah now that you mention it i have heard greta things about it... but i dont know much about them except what ive heard from other people

[derrinx]

i know im just giving you shit...its hard to be bias with crankwalk...hahahahahahha

the 6 bolts were decent enough, and when the bottom end was built right....ouch!

the stroker kits made around 500 with a pretty nice size turbo...the 4g64 crank....ever heard of it?

im really demonstrating how much i hate em eh? i do, i just know about them because i had one. no sense in only knowing about sbc. though thats all i care about!

never heard of a 4g64...mine was a project withy a friend (it was actually his car ) but i really spend every day of two years working on it and fucking around with it... had a 50 trim on it, no little 16g! haha

[derrinx]

bump

[Speedy_Gonzales]

426 hemi

[astyles]

I simply can't believe that nobody has mentioned the 426 Hemi...

i was wonder why no one had either

[94z28l]

.... biased asshole! hahaha why am i not surprised you said the LT-1 lmao

the LT1 was in the 93-97 fbodys, 94-96 ss impala and 92-96 vettes, i believe 86IROCZ has a LB9

[CaptainCaveMan]

Oh come on now you newbies. Second page and no one has mentioned this...

LT5



This Chevrolet LT5 V8 engine (5.7 liter - 350 cubic inch), has an all aluminum block and cylinder heads, 4 overhead camshafts and 32 valves.

Some LT5 History... Engine design was a cooperation between General Motors and Lotus. And, because of the small volume of LT5 engines, GM went outside their own production facilities, to find someone to build the LT5. Ultimately, Mercury Marine was chosen, because of their reputation in building aluminum engines.

More ZR-1 LT5 Trivia... On March 1st & 2nd, 1990, on a 7.712-mile oval owned by Firestone Tire, near Fort Stockton, TX, three 'World Speed Records' were set, using a ZR-1 Corvette w/LT5 engine: The 24-hour top-speed endurance record @ 175.885 mph, the 5,000 kilometer record @ 175.710 mph and the 5,000 mile record @ 173.791.

[310stanger]

lmao the sr20det? that things the biggest pos i had ever seen.. i had one in my 240sx... that thing lags, breaks, can handle no power... shitty engine, wish i would have never done the swap.. i would have rather threw a rod in my ka

The turbo you may have used lags, not the engine itself. The whole motor is forged I havent heard of any breakage problems? Only the opposite, the engine being strong. Perhaps the tune was bad in your case? My friend had a red top in his 240 and the thing had hardly any boost lag at all, with the stock turbo cranked up it still put down 287 horses at the wheels and the car was very light, he removed most of the interior save for the 2 front seats. He kicked the snot out of that car on the regular and the engine always ran great! I guess theres always gonna be someone that blows something up. Heck people blow up 5 liters and ls1's but that doesnt make them shitty engines.

[SexOnWheels]

Oh come on now you newbies. Second page and no one has mentioned this...

LT5



This Chevrolet LT5 V8 engine (5.7 liter - 350 cubic inch), has an all aluminum block and cylinder heads, 4 overhead camshafts and 32 valves.

Some LT5 History... Engine design was a cooperation between General Motors and Lotus. And, because of the small volume of LT5 engines, GM went outside their own production facilities, to find someone to build the LT5. Ultimately, Mercury Marine was chosen, because of their reputation in building aluminum engines.

More ZR-1 LT5 Trivia... On March 1st & 2nd, 1990, on a 7.712-mile oval owned by Firestone Tire, near Fort Stockton, TX, three 'World Speed Records' were set, using a ZR-1 Corvette w/LT5 engine: The 24-hour top-speed endurance record @ 175.885 mph, the 5,000 kilometer record @ 175.710 mph and the 5,000 mile record @ 173.791.

Good call/post. But these engines are too rare and most do not know they even exist.

[Filthy 150]

Pontiac SD 455

[johnd]

Chev. small block. Various incarnations for 43 years from 265 cu. In. up.
GM 3.8 v6 it may not be a racers engine but a very good one.
i'm esp. fond of the old Ponitac bigblocks, I had one in a GTO in 1964.