Guest rickomo1 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 ok my question is does a chart or a previous post call out the names and differences or why the nickname. i know alot but not all. examplesflat headv8 90 degreesL flathead flathead 60 degreepoly heminailhead and the list goes on and on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlLaFong Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Flathead, "L" head, valve in block are the same. All of your cars, except the Camaro have them. The valves are in the block, therefore, the heads are flat.90 and 60 degrees is the angle between the cylinders on a "V" type enginePoly is a Mopar term for the Hemi based polyspherical engine. The combustion chamber is a "semi hemi". Sorta hemi, sorta not.Hemi is a hemisphere. The combustion chamber is half of a sphereNailhead is a Buick. The early V-8s had vertical, rather small valves that some likened to a nailBig block, small block, Cleveland, Windsor, Rat, Mouse....You're right, the list goes on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Four Banger or just Banger a hopped up Model T, A, or B Ford four cylinder engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Giles Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Stovebolt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Mmmm....let's see....slant six....because it's on a slant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 My 1915 Buick has a Hemi. The 4 cylinders are hemispherical and the plugs fire over the center of the piston.And the kicker is...W.P.Chrysler was president of Buick at the time it was built. Dandy Dave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdsbob Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 One of my personal favorites, although it is a M/C engine and not a car..."Knucklehead". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mdsbob</div><div class="ubbcode-body">One of my personal favorites, although it is a M/C engine and not a car..."Knucklehead". </div></div>Well they did put them in Midget Race cars, sure wish I'd kept the one I had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest resq302 Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Mopar 6 cyl eng. known as "slant 6" or "the leaning tower of power" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John348 Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 The "Iron Duke" four cylinder GM engine of the 80's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 My good friend Renato Lopez in San Diego had what he called a "Baliant" with a "slam six". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfair Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Here are a couple:1. "Whiskey Six" The rum runners in southern Alberta and British Columbia maintained a fleet of the big Mclaughlin Buicks to transport their wares. These cars were uncatchable by most cars of the day, hence the nickname.2. "Blizzard Six" The Northway engine that was installed also in Mclaughlins. So named because of the howl that the timing gear driven generator created when the engine was running. I can verify this noise sounds just like a blizzard wind. Also called the "Sensible Six" if installed in an Oakland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock_steve Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 "Boxer" - VW's horzontally-opposed four cylinder engineAnd the water-cooled variant that was used in later Vanagons - "Waterboxer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 "Boxer" is actually a much misused word describing internal combustion engines. Note "Engines" as verses "motor" which refers to electric power. Technically a boxer engine is one in which the pistons move towards one another as a boxer's fists would do. The above example is actually a "flat" or horizontally opposed engine. Attached is a technically correct "boxer". It is a TS-3 used in Commer trucks in the fifties, sixties and early seventies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Harmatuk Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Some motors with vehicles attached to them I have owned and or now own are.......Cast Iron DukePan HeadFlat HeadSmall Block ('68 327) a sceamer.Flat Head V-84 Banger Model A motor that knocks.Pan CakeBill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Shaw Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 My 1913 Model 31 Buick has a 4" bore and 4" stroke commonly called "the square engine". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock_steve Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tinindian</div><div class="ubbcode-body">"Boxer" is actually a much misused word describing internal combustion engines. Note "Engines" as verses "motor" which refers to electric power. Technically a boxer engine is one in which the pistons move towards one another as a boxer's fists would do. The above example is actually a "flat" or horizontally opposed engine... </div></div>I notice Subaru throws around "boxer" in their ads a lot also. So Porsche 911 and Corvair I would assume are also "boxers" (makes sense with Porsche playing a bit of a word game with their "Boxter" model automobile).And then Bill H. mentioned "pancake," which rings another VW bell, refernce the Type 3 and 4 boxer engines that had horizontal rather than vertical cooling air flow schemes (to allow more usable space inside the cars). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John348 Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 What about the Buick Nailhead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C4GY Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 I had a "poopoo box" once, does that count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C4GY Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Man, they changed the word "s**t", changes the whole meaning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxops Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Most of the things I mutter about my engines can't be posted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxnard Montalvo Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 The smogged up small block Chevies were know as Stones, a Stone 305 or a Stone 307. The term Boat Anchor also comes to mind when referring to these torque monsters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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