Largest displacement now / ever

[ctechbob]

My first car, a 1983 Camaro Berlinetta with the ohh so awesome 5.0 Liter.

I think every car I've had since then has had a smaller, more powerful motor (Except for my 91 Miata).

 

[SammyChevelleTypeS3]

Last of my Chevelles had the SB Chevy 400cui 6.6L
Owned (2) Ford 302cui 5.0 - (best engines I ever owned.)

Fastest thing I ever rode in was a buddies Mercury Cougar with the 429cui engine he had source from a Ford. I had to change pants after that ride (pinned to the seat).

What is crazy , now we have a Honda 1.5 tiny GDI-T engine that has 160mph on the dash. Many of the fuel injected cars of today , I am certain could out run a lot of the older big heavy bodied classic cars from the 60s-70s.

 

[02SE]

Porsche eventually stopped at 3.0l in the latter stages of the 944's life. It started with a 2.5l four.

Yes.

But my understanding was @nleksan was listing the largest displacement engines he had personally owned in various engine configurations.

 

[andrew_j]

7.4. GMC Suburban from 80s. So unimpressive…

Smallest 1.6 VTEC 95 Civic.

 

[SammyChevelleTypeS3]

YES, after about 1972 - 1973 all the Big Three auto makers were forced by (good old/NOT) Uncle Sam, EPA and the auto insurance companies to strangle down nearly all engines they put out. It still took Chrysler/Plymouth/Dodge a few years to comply. They were still sneaking out some high horse engines for a while longer.

So all of the engines eventually turned into what was known as "Smog Era" engines. The new unleaded fuel and the things that were done to de-tune engines really smothered the horsepower to near nothing on lots of cars and trucks.

It took until some time in the late 1980s to early 1990s till the automakers started to figure how to put more horses back into what they were making. Fuel injection and computer control became the savior for auto enthusiast..... We pretty much got it all now. If one want some high horses you can find them plenty places these days.