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Engines that belong in the engine hall of fame (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Let's discuss and name engines that are legendary.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As a Honda guy (and S2000 owner) the F20C/F22C gotta be in the hall of fame. A production, naturally-aspirated 2.0L four cylinder making 240HP and revving to 9K RPM in 1999 is bonkers! It set the world record for HP per liter from an NA engine at the time, and it took Ferrari to beat that record 10 YEARS LATER with the 458 Italia. And on top of all that, they're bulletproof and can make massive power with stock internals and boost. What a marvel of engineering!

Oh yeah, K20 and K24 obviously belong on that list too :P

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know it doesn’t have the same status, but I’ve always loved J series engines. Torque is so good on those, and the extra displacement makes for some good headroom for HP, with some able to go over 400 with the right mods

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Right there with you on the J series. I have a 1st gen TLX V6 and you can't beat the smooth power delivery and reliability. I also have an F-Type V6 and while the supercharger means it makes more power the J series feels soooo much more refined

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ford 302 V8, started as a 221 in 1962 and proved themselves reliable and a decent performer through the mid/late 1990s. The appeal of the Mustang "5.0" liter 302 was so great that Ford is again making a new/different 5.0 engine, the Coyote.

Ford 300/straight 6. This engine was produced from 1965 into the 1990s. They appeared in everything from regular cars to dump trucks to tractors to Baja 1000 trucks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I was going to say the Chevrolet small-block 350 LT1, but instead decided on the LS2.

I respect the former, but consider the latter to be iconic due to the amount of LS swaps that happen around the world (sometimes instead using other LS variants such as the LS1 or LS3).

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