Smallest/Largest diaplacement

[Klutch9]

A recent thread got me to thinking about this: What is the smallest/biggest displacement you can think of for any given type of engine layout? It has to be considered mass-produced. I'll start:

Largest I-4: Toyota 2.7L

Smallest V6: Mazda 1.8L

Largest V8: GM 8.1L

 

[crazyoildude]

Gm 8.2 500 cubic inches (Cadillac)

 

[SLCraig]

Cadillac 500CI is 8.2L
The others you mentioned are what I would have said too though.

 

[crazyoildude]

I think the viper v-10 i dont remember the ci
but in 2013 some are saying 8.7 v-10

 

[tinmanSC]

Pretty sure this is the smallest engine. It blew my mind.

 

[Lead Shoes]

AFAIK the Ford Model A had a 3.3L 4cyl, but a more modern large displacement 4cy I know of is the the 3.0 in the Porsche 944

 

[SuperDave456]

I don't know their displacement, but I imagine these would be pretty big.
BTW, Google "WW1 V-12 Engine". There is a BUNCH of neat stuff out there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V12_engine

 

[Charlie1935]

Scania V8 diesel, 16 liter. 976 C.I.D.truck engine.

 

[chrome]

Mitsubishi made a smaller V6, displacing 1.6L... codenamed 6A10.

 

[HTSS_TR]

Honda used to have 0.6L I4 in the sedan N600 and 2-seat convertible S600 in the late 60's. The convertible then enlarged to 0.8L in early 70's, the car was renamed to S800. It was a tiny car but fun to drive, the engine can rev to 8000 RPM.

Honda had N360 in South-East Asia in late 60's, that 2-door sedan had 360cc engine straight from motorcycle and barely get to 45-50 MPH max with 4 occupants.

There are many engines in Asia with displacement under 1 liter.

 

[Bill in Utah]

Originally Posted By: HTSS_TR
Honda used to have 0.6L I4 in the sedan N600 and 2-seat convertible S600 in the late 60's. The convertible then enlarged to 0.8L in early 70's, the car was renamed to S800. It was a tiny car but fun to drive, the engine can rev to 8000 RPM.

Honda had N360 in South-East Asia in late 60's, that 2-door sedan had 360cc engine straight from motorcycle and barely get to 45-50 MPH max with 4 occupants.

There are many engines in Asia with displacement under 1 liter.


Was not the .6l a twin?

 

[HTSS_TR]

You're right, the 600cc engine in the N600 is a twin cylinders, the 600cc engine in the S600 is an inline-4.

The 800cc engine in the S800 redline at 10,000 RPM. That is motorcycle redline.

 

[Shaman]

There are several 400-660cc 3 and 4 cylinder engines here. My first car was engined with the 2L V-6, the big brother of the 1.8

 

[GearheadTool]

Porsche 944 has a 3.0L I-4.

 

[quint]

Are we only talking about cars here? Mercruiser punished a lot of late 70's and mid 1980's boat owners with their aluminum-block 3.7 liter I-4. Basically half of a Ford 460 (460 head, pistons, etc in Merc's homegrown engine block). Very torquey (and problematic) beast... because of their light weight and decent power output a lot of them were yanked and dropped into race cars.

 

[punisher]

GM had several big V6s in the 60s and 70s. V6 went to 478ci, and a V12 came in at 702ci. Got to drive several 305ci V6s in old GMC trucks. Lugging allowed.

 

[OVERKILL]

Assuming we are only talking gasoline (there are some HUGE diesels out there), the Liberty engines are the biggest I can think of that were certainly mass produced.

V12 - 27L (1,649ci)
V8 - 18L (1,100ci)

After the war, many of these engines found their way into boats.

 

[TFB1]

Ford built a 534cu in V8 truck engine for several years, that figures to 8.8L...

 

[edhackett]

The smallest mass produced engine is the Cox Tee Dee .010. That's 0.010 cubic inch and ran at 30,000 RPM.

I have one NIB also.

https://sites.google.com/site/coxenginecollection/tee-dee

Ed

 

[mechtech2]

That Honda was a twin, not a four.
I'm positive.

The Geo Prism had a 1 L. three cyl engine. [compares to 1.33 L 4]

I think in other countries [outside the USA] engines can be found smaller than what we get/got.