Years ago I had a 340 duster. I built a 360 for it, transmission had a shift kit and 3.55 gears in the rear end. One of those SHO Taurus wiped the track with me.
What is the rarest or strangest, unusual engine you have owned?
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I have two V10's. BMW M6 with a 6-speed manual, and a Viper ACR with forced induction, running a strengthened manual 6-speed. Neither is terribly common. At least it's rare when I see another example of either.
1974 Saab Sonett with the Ford V-4 engine. Quite unusual. Had a balance shaft and exhaust came right out of the heads into the tailpipe without any manifold. It had an air cleaner that was shaped like the starship Enterprise. The transmission had a sprag clutch so it could freewheel. That was a holdover from the 3 cylinder 2 stroke engine the V-4 replaced. The idea was that in a two stroke, going downhill without your foot in the carb, there was scant oil going into the engine, so the freewheel kept the engine at idle when coasting. Was a neat little car and a lot of fun. But, not very fast with a 65 HP engine.
I saw an autopian article about this recently. One of the weirdest setups I've ever seen.
I saw a posting on a BMW forum asking who had a manual transmission bmw m6 gran coupe or the 4-door. Apparently they were sold in double digits. I thought the post was 80 convertibles which seemed weird and 46 hard tops. The weird thing is that the BMW e60 M5 was only offered with the manual transmission in the north America market. Europe only got the 7 speed smg.
T Tops didn't leak? You won the lottery on that one.
I had a '96 Accord with that engine...sold it with barely over 100k miles...big mistake
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1965 Dodge Coronet with 361 engine
1970 and 1973 Plymouth Cuda with 340 engine
1970 and 1973 Plymouth Cuda with 340 engine
I didn't own it, but I had the honor of rebuilding a 1931 Model A engine with some upgrades. I sent the OEM camshaft out to get welded and custom lobes ground. I also used a Burtz "high compression" head to raise the static compression from 4.2:1 to 6.6:1. I don't know how much power it picked up (wish I would've had it dyno'd before and after), but it had a lot more spunk to it. The owner was very pleased.
As far as engines I've owned, probably my '66 Ford 289.
As far as engines I've owned, probably my '66 Ford 289.
Unusual? I like unusual and have a bunch here. I'll start with the Willys-Knight project in the garage. Inline 6 sleeve valve hemi from 1927.
A 289 is hardly rare or unusual.
In the late 90s, a friend of a friend in Fitchburg, MA, had a hobby of building sleepers. He was a natural genius and designed and machined a supercharger for the popular Saturn sedan of the time. That was his daily driver and it boggled my mind how fast it was and how well it handled.
He tried to sell my then-girlfriend a monstrosity of a car, a Honda CRX with a longitudinally-mounted rear V8 of some sort. I only saw it once and admittedly never saw it actually drive. It was like a DeLorean where you opened the hatch and the belts were right there at the extreme rear. I believe the intent was racing as the cabin was stripped and hardly insulated from the engine noise and fumes. No idea what happened to that car— I cut ties with the guy when his name made headlines for some serious crimes.
The most rare that I've personally owned. My other engines are far more common.
My brother had one and got into the niche tuning scene for them. I think he had his nearly 350hp at some crazy line 8500tpm. Those Yamaha engines would rev forever and be smooth doing it. Incredible sounding engine.
I had a 1991 Taurus SHO. A sexy sounding and looking motor. The valve train noise at high RPM was music.
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