I had a 66 Pontiac Bonneville 2 door hard top with a 421 Tripower and a 4 speed. It was a factory 389 4 speed car . But my uncle had a totalled 62 Grand Prix with the 421 Tripower. So we stuck it in my Bonneville. Beautiful car and a total sleeper
Can't wait for a video like this in 30 years about the golden age of EVs. I can hear it now, "The hum of this car drove electric train enthusiasts crazy!" 😂😂😂😂 All these engines are true legends! Great video!
I tuned the 428CJ with a solid cam swap and 780 3310 from the Z-16 396 and of course 2 inch long tubes and 30 inch 3.5 header extensions. 2.5 pipes with an H pipe and 14 inch Thrush 3 inch header mufflers with the flanges bolted to the pipes and out in front of the rear wheels. The hp from 1/4 mile speeds was 465 hp and 510 ft lbs. It loved that D cam.
I had that 442 with the 455. It needed a transmission when I bought it for $400. So I bought a 350 turbo transmission from the Junkyard shelf for $150 and got it going to trade it for an International Pickup. I wish I still had the Pickup.
I HAD A 66 CHEVELLE MALIBU WITH A 327 CU IN WITH A 4 BARREL CARB,4 SPEED AND 373 POSI REAR END. DAILY DRIVER AND RACED WEEKENDS AT LOCAL DRAG STRIPS IN SO CAL.OCIR, LIONS AND IRWINDALE, SET TRACK RECORD IN I/S AT OCIR @ 13:52 ET @ 101.52 IN 1970 AND RACED THE CAR FOR SEVERAL YRS. BEST 327 ENGINE I EVER HAD.!!!!!!
Back then cubic inches and horsepower were king, and granted not in all cases, but multi carbureted big blocks were certainly top dogs of the day. Whether it was Pontiacs 389, Fords 427, Chevys 427 or Chryslers 440 Sixpack and 426 Hemi as they certainly added a mystique to the mix.
Ah yes, the Golden Age Of Muscle. My husband knows all about that. 1965 Mustang Drop Top HIPO 289. 1968 Mustang Fastback HIPO 390, 1970 Torino GT 428 Super Cobra Jet. Yeh Baby. Go Man Go.
I agree but that was a limited edition only 1500 made, so it wasn't a car that anyone could purchase like the rest of these vehicles! I'm surprised they didn't mention the Ford 427 side oiler 430 HP and the 429 scj.
@@Jerry-zk1pk I used to see Dart 340 win occasionally on a paved 1/3rd mile oval track. He'd tighten up that right side torsion bar and beat the big 455 Olds and 440 Mopars through and coming out of the turns. Sometimes they passed him on the straights but he was competitive in wins. The factory offered good things for the 340. A freind with a 340 in a Challenger loved racing the big motors for one block. Hard to catch in just a block.
I enjoy these stories of old. I am the old guy now I guess(65)? I have an 08 Chevy truck with a 6.0 LS engine that just screams. Supposed to be around 365 hp and 383 lbft torque. I would have loved to have had something that powerful in my 70 Catalina I would have ruled the night. The 429 engine I had in my 73 Torino was only 198 HP and 320 torque. I thought I had a hot rod. My truck has 160,000 miles and it doesn't burn oil between changes. Love the old stuff but some of the more modern engines have come a long way. Not a big fan of what they did to the later LS with the deleting cylinder crap. Thankfully mine doesn't have that.
@@timothygomes6744 Shortly after '63 GM briefly stopped racing and the big 421 had cast rods for awhile. You didn't want to take those above 6500. My friend had a 64 or 65 Grand Prix with a tach right on the steering column. I told him that because I'd read it somewhere. He ignored me and put one through the block. We always thought it an irony that he was in Army Intelligence.
Though I am a Mopar guy, I had a friend who had a Buick 430 Wildcat station wagon that was incredibly mean. I think it deserves a mention. Great video, thanks for sharing.
@@hayneshvac2 I have an uncle that had a burgundy '63 Wildcat convertible with white upholstery and a 401 nailhead V8. When he came over I'd just sit in that car parked in the driveway for hours sometimes, lol.
The Chrysler 426 HEMI is considered the top muscle car era power plant. NOT Chevrolet's 454. The 454 had oil burning issues, even in the passenger car applications all the way up to 1976, its last year in cars.
You should look into the plymouth 440 supercomando, one of my brothers had a 1970 Cuda with a 440 supercommando, it would leave humid and any Chevy far behind!! Far better than the hemi or 454!!
I worked on a few Chryslers back in the day. The 440s and 383s were the big block workhorses, but the 426 Hemi was kind of inconvenient. For one, parts for it were expensive even back then. Also, everything about the Hemi was different from Chrysler's other big blocks, so it pretty much needed its own separate service manual.
I got a rebuilt 351 Cleveland 4v in my 72 ford ranchero gt. Original had a 2v which was a great motor. Only about 500 miles or so in to breaking it in so I’m still still being light footed but it feels so promising for potential. Love it
My dream car was '67 Corvette convertible w/435 HP 427 Tri power engine, never got one. mainly was into 1964 & 1965 GTO's 389 Tri power 348 / 360 HP respectively, also had a '65 with a later 400 ram air engine. great fun. liked top end, 3:27 rear. The progressive linkage Tri power carbs would ROAR when put to the floor.
426 Hemi's are for the most unbeatable. However, my 1968 Hemi Charger bad a cracked crank. I never could get rid of the vibration in the 40-60 mph range. In neutral. it had a metallic sound at 2,000 rpm. The source of the metallic sound was the crank making contact with the windage tray. I finally sold it to a hot rod dealer on Colorado Blvd. (Where the Rose Parade travels) Two men took my 426 Hemi Charger for a test drive. The motor scattered all over the street! I was really glad i didn't own it anymore! I learned 20 or so years later that it was common for 426 Hemi' to have bad cranks!
I ran a lightly modified 1964 Ford 260 in a Ranchero that beat nearly everyone of those big blocks in the 1/4 mile. While they were sitting there smoking rubber, i was gone, and seldom caught.
A great list of high horsepower V8s. My opinion is the Chevy small block is the greatest ever. Starting life as a 265 and finishing as a 400+ CI engine. The best most flexible engine ever. 😊
@@jackkelly9022 Small blocks ran the dirt oval track Alchohol Super Modified racing in the '60s and '70s if they don't still. My Uncle ran in Albuquerque with a Pontiac in '67. When he wrecked that his next 2 cars had the Chevy SB.
Had a 1940 ford pickup with a gto 389 with three carbs, and a 4 speed hydromatic trans.. use to take it to wednesday night cruise on van nuys blvd. fun days..
Chevys couldn’t make the power and Ford’s 427 cammer made the power but wasn’t durable.This is why ALL TOP FUEL and FUNNY cars are based on the 426 HEMI. HEMI is the real muscle car king.
I remember in the way back, the Oldsmobile OW43 experimental engine.derived by stages from the 455 although sharing virtually nothing with the production engine. DOHC, 4 valve per cylinder hemi, alloy block and heads among other exotic features. Even 4 x 2bbl Webers. But corporate suits got too antsy about stuffing a monster like that in an Oldsmobile and the project was canceled. If it had gone into production, it would surely have been king of the muscle car hill.
This guy rates the 616 HP Ford Cammer as third and the 454 LS-6 as number one? I admit that the ls-6 lasted longer than the Cammer, but this isn't about lasting its which engine made the most power. I had an acquaintance who had a Ford Thunderbolt Cammer. No factory stock street car was ever that fast.
Car guys don't worry about MPG, we worry about MPH! Carrol Shelby said It best, there's no such thing as to much HP, just not enough traction! And I'm a Chevy guy!
Exactly what the headline actually means can be debated. Greatest how ? Power, engineering, weight, durability, efficiency ..? We might never really know but it has been said GM’s high performance engines delivered most output per money and did it keeping units fairly simple and available. There’s a greatest for many different reasons. I’d like to say; a nice 12 second car good for groceries, work and Sundays year after year without much more than Saturday service parts.
I'm not surprised you didn't get the Fords right. 2:53 The 428 is a RV motorhome engine not anywhere worthy to be mentioned. 9:27 The 'Cammer' was supposed to be an Engineering exercise, never meant for the street. It was sold to racers, never saw production intended for use by the public. The Ford engines you didn't mention were the 289/302 & the 427FE. All three engines have racing pedigrees besides being produced for the public. The 427 won Le Mans in '66 & '67. It won in NASCAR & NHRA, the 428 never came close. So you rookies need to do your homework. So on a 'A+' to 'F' grading scale, you get an 'F' for your Ford selections.
That 389 three duces was not a strong runner. I have a 66 GTO that’s been in garage for 30 years. It runs okay but not a race car. My 67 435 hp Vett is a ground pounder.
the factory rating for the Corvette L88 was 450hp and 510lb-ft torque with the rock crusher 4 speed transmission. with the right carburetor and ignition tuning could get the engine to produce well over 550hp and over 590lb-ft torque.
what I found on google. the Corvette actually made 540 to 580 horsepower @ 6200rpm, could not find any info on the torque, but a good guess would be right around 550 to 600 lb-ft @ 4000rpm. it could do the 1/4 mile in the mid 10s to the low 11s.
My Uncle has a 1970 Caddy ElDorado with the 8.2 Litre 500 , now he tells me that it's a 400 HP - 550 torque engine. Now I collect 70s Continentals, Merc Grand Marquis even a few Versailles and a few 73 Imperials so obviously no expert in the horsepower department with my Malaise Era land Yachts so if someone could let me know if his numbers are correct ? Thank You
Hemi Broke every record whether at Indy in the 50s to Big Daddy Don GARLITS Dragster in the 60s on the strip to RICHARD PETTY in Stock car ! To land speed records on the Bonneville salt flats ! Argue all you want about any other piston powered engine the Hemi owned them all! I lived that generation I used to go to the drag strips and look at all the funny cars that were chevy and ford fiberglass bodies all powered by the HEMI ! Even Shirley Muldowney ran a Hemi Plymouth! TOM HOOVER FATHER OF THE HEMI GREW UP A TOWN OVER FROM WHERE I LIVE .. PA
I'm sorry. The 426 hemi should be number one. Its a direct decent of today's top fuel engines. It was underrated by 75 horse. I think to many other choices were neglected 426 wedge, 413, 340, chevy 327, 409, ford 429 boss.
Excelent motors all! I had a 302 powered Z-28 that was a screamer. It punched WAY above its weight! My buddy bought a 340 Duster because his '76 Camaro got totaled when he let a buddy borrow it. Neither of us were Mopar fans at the time, but the price and condition of a Duster my friend was looking at were too good to pass up. That car got challenged everywhere! Because a Duster was an economy car, right? And only kids would thing a Duster wast fast, Amiright? I used to like cruising in my buddy's Duster more than in my Z-28 because he got challenged to more street races because suckers took that car for granted. Good times!
These were all big blocks but the small block LT1 of 1970..was a scary motor that I had in a 70 Chevelle as well and with a single 4brll..that car was scary..
Why is there no mention of the 426 Superstock that was introduced in 1963 Dodge cars and was discontinued after 1964? The most powerful version of that engine was rated at 425 BHP and then it was realized that the average guy who bought a car like that had a hard time driving it on the street. After that, the engine was tamed down for the average buyer, and the more potent version was assigned for racing.
My friend had one back then. I drove it. That engine was big, fast and ruined the expected superior handling. Great engine if you want a uni-dimensional car and the L88 Vette is the car for you.
Honestly I have to say I love how Ford always did way more with less.. From the 289's to 302's they always managed to keep up with bigger motors of their time.. Even these days they are kill em softly with a 302 Coyote....
I like the Mopar 440 HEMI 8-pack.. They did not have a stock 8-pack but you could put 4 2-barrel carbs on the intake if you wanted too... A 6 pack on a V-8 does not make much sense to me being that you'd want one barrel per cylinder.. Over the 426 Mopar Hemi 6-pack.. Cadillac 501..lol
Pontiac SD was the last performance engine. But it was low compression. Had good pieces but not up to the 454 LS6 etc of Chevy in the 70 period. Again wrong ... 310hp.
Any discussion of the greatest V8 engines of all time that doesn't mention the Chevy L86 327 cu. in. is severely lacking. The author of this video either has a predilection for big blocks and rat motors or is ignorant of what was pushing our rides in the Sixties.
Nope. The 429 Boss was a killer on the large ovals. On the street, not so much. It was put in the '69 and '70 Mustangs to homologate the engine for NASCAR. The 429 Boss suffered down low because of the huge intake valves and ports, but they screamed at high revs. The Torinos and Cyclones got them for NASCAR and did well. They were impressive from both engineering and visual perspectives. Very much aligned with the 427 SOHC as a unicorn/icon.
@@hughblack3456 I think only a limited number of dealer delivered MUSTANGS came with the high end race version of the Boss 429 engine, just enough to meet NASCAR rules for stock racing. I saw a gorgeous brand new 1969 BOSS 429 MUSTANG in a Chicago showroom, body was not trimmed with the typical chrome. Beautiful. Price $5000
Where is the 427 sohc the must powerful engine in the 60 ,s by Ford with 2 overhead cams and was banned from NASCAR because it was to strong for all other companies to complete with...
Yes BIG CUBIC inches engines does the talking, l will give the HEMI big block, 10 out of 10, the FORD and the Chevrolet big cubic inches were good but not good enough, the Chrysler HEMI if that's what you want to call it, was the king of the road, back then ,between 1967 and around 1972 , the HEMI was the one that, Chevrolet FORD, couldn't dominate in that era , but HEMI did get away with all that horse power before the restrictions were applied , THE FORD and the Chevrolet , losed out in that respect
The 428 CJ was an awesome high performance street motor. More well mannered for the street than its brother, the 427 FE. The longer stroke and smaller bore helped the 428 with low end torque. The 427 with its large bores stretched the FE block envelope to its limits. Controlling casting shift in production made for many scrap 427 blocks because of quality constraints and concern for thin cylinder walls, is why 427 production was rather limited. The smaller 428 bore eliminated that concern.
How you gonna say the 454 was biggest baddest n non1 toped it when you just talked about ford's 427 cammee that had 100ft.lb. more torque and about 100 more hp?
I'll take a stock 440 Magnum any day over the stock 454. The 454s would bend pushrods and end up losing cylinders. The 440 Magnum I had never once had any troubles and ran like a scalded cheetah.
Lies , lies , lies , who the hell did this . The 73 SD 455 WAS. RATED AT 290 H.P. NOT 500 . IN FACTORY STREET TRIM , THOSE T/As couldnt get out of the 14s et !! Olds w/30 did NOT have steel cranks , I would know , I worked for a large olds dealer in DOWNEY CALIF . IN 1970 THRU 76 .WE WORKED ON 442s W30s. and. Every Boat manufacture in calif . If olds had Steel cranks we would have sold every Boat Owner one , instead we hard cromed them for HD use . As for fords hp ratings tell me why thoses 430 plus mustangs could NOT run as fast as the 3900 lb buick stage 1 rated at 360 hp . Someone needs to go back to the Hotrod tests done in 69 thru 73 , and get your lies straight . This guy doing all this narrating Most likely wasn't born yet !!!!!! 😢😂😅
289/302 Ford .
My 302w has just clocked 695000 kilometres and still going strong.
Original engine.
302 will run forever.
And the small block Ford won Lemans 1968 and 1969.. Racing 24 non stop verifies what you know
I had many ,they love to Rev, one I had 8 into 1 and I believe it reved the hardest
I had a 66 Pontiac Bonneville 2 door hard top with a 421 Tripower and a 4 speed. It was a factory 389 4 speed car . But my uncle had a totalled 62 Grand Prix with the 421 Tripower. So we stuck it in my Bonneville. Beautiful car and a total sleeper
Golden age when American craft, labor and pride meant something!!!
Can't wait for a video like this in 30 years about the golden age of EVs. I can hear it now, "The hum of this car drove electric train enthusiasts crazy!" 😂😂😂😂 All these engines are true legends! Great video!
I tuned the 428CJ with a solid cam swap and 780 3310 from the Z-16 396 and of course 2 inch long tubes and 30 inch 3.5 header extensions. 2.5 pipes with an H pipe and 14 inch Thrush 3 inch header mufflers with the flanges bolted to the pipes and out in front of the rear wheels. The hp from 1/4 mile speeds was 465 hp and 510 ft lbs. It loved that D cam.
💥70’ BUICK 455 Stage 1 ‼️
I have a 70 GS 455 Stg 1. It eats LS6’s for lunch.
@mrgransport I have one too, and yes, it does.
@mrgranspoppp8pp8pp8ppppppppp9⁹900000⁰😊😊😊rt
I have an Olds 455.bored 40 over..big cam..relentless
I had that 442 with the 455. It needed a transmission when I bought it for $400. So I bought a 350 turbo transmission from the Junkyard shelf for $150 and got it going to trade it for an International Pickup. I wish I still had the Pickup.
I HAD A 66 CHEVELLE MALIBU WITH A 327 CU IN WITH A 4 BARREL CARB,4 SPEED AND 373 POSI REAR END. DAILY DRIVER AND RACED WEEKENDS AT LOCAL DRAG STRIPS IN SO CAL.OCIR, LIONS AND IRWINDALE, SET TRACK RECORD IN I/S AT OCIR @ 13:52 ET @ 101.52 IN 1970 AND RACED THE CAR FOR SEVERAL YRS. BEST 327 ENGINE I EVER HAD.!!!!!!
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we had the 65 ss 327 4 sp 373 rear end . Late changed to a 11 second 427 zl1 clutch turbo 556 rear
Two quiet vertex magneto
Back then cubic inches and horsepower were king, and granted not in all cases, but multi carbureted big blocks were certainly top dogs of the day. Whether it was Pontiacs 389, Fords 427, Chevys 427 or Chryslers 440 Sixpack and 426 Hemi as they certainly added a mystique to the mix.
You've evidently never seen a 66 Chevy II with 350 horsepower. Street Hemi killer.
Ah yes, the Golden Age Of Muscle. My husband knows all about that. 1965 Mustang Drop Top HIPO 289. 1968 Mustang Fastback HIPO 390, 1970 Torino GT 428 Super Cobra Jet. Yeh Baby. Go Man Go.
Great List but missing the Boss 429- amazing heads
I agree but that was a limited edition only 1500 made, so it wasn't a car that anyone could purchase like the rest of these vehicles! I'm surprised they didn't mention the Ford 427 side oiler 430 HP and the 429 scj.
Crisp, intelligent narration. Refreshing in these days of much theatrics & BS. Great video & right to the point w/ each of these V-8 jewels.
The Chrysler 340 was one of the most unappreciated engines ever.
@@Jerry-zk1pk I used to see Dart 340 win occasionally on a paved 1/3rd mile oval track. He'd tighten up that right side torsion bar and beat the big 455 Olds and 440 Mopars through and coming out of the turns. Sometimes they passed him on the straights but he was competitive in wins. The factory offered good things for the 340. A freind with a 340 in a Challenger loved racing the big motors for one block. Hard to catch in just a block.
I enjoy these stories of old. I am the old guy now I guess(65)? I have an 08 Chevy truck with a 6.0 LS engine that just screams. Supposed to be around 365 hp and 383 lbft torque. I would have loved to have had something that powerful in my 70 Catalina I would have ruled the night. The 429 engine I had in my 73 Torino was only 198 HP and 320 torque. I thought I had a hot rod.
My truck has 160,000 miles and it doesn't burn oil between changes. Love the old stuff but some of the more modern engines have come a long way. Not a big fan of what they did to the later LS with the deleting cylinder crap. Thankfully mine doesn't have that.
Deleting cylinders are causing regular problems.
Old Australian bastard here. Love these Yank monsters.
Our Aussie 70s hot cars were a smaller version of these.
Aussie Fords were bad ass! Yank here. Love Aussie Fords>>>from a Yank. Be Blessed and safe
@maxr4448 you too, sir.
I know the GM ones better.
Also ...
Mopar, Valiant here, had a hot triple carby 6 called the E49, too.
Had a 68 302 z28, never got beat including big blocks !
The 440 Magnum V8 The 426 Hemi and The Hellcat Redeye engines are the greatest ever in my opinion!!!! #MOPARORNOCAR
The GTO became even more famous in the Fast & Furious series
Only to today's children
The 1963 pontiac catalina with the 421 Super Duty over 400 hp and two carter afb 4barrel carbs
488 to 520 hp.
488 HP at the rear wheels. Maybe more. Period.
@@timothygomes6744 Shortly after '63 GM briefly stopped racing and the big 421 had cast rods for awhile. You didn't want to take those above 6500. My friend had a 64 or 65 Grand Prix with a tach right on the steering column. I told him that because I'd read it somewhere. He ignored me and put one through the block. We always thought it an irony that he was in Army Intelligence.
Though I am a Mopar guy, I had a friend who had a Buick 430 Wildcat station wagon that was incredibly mean. I think it deserves a mention. Great video, thanks for sharing.
@@hayneshvac2 I have an uncle that had a burgundy '63 Wildcat convertible with white upholstery and a 401 nailhead V8. When he came over I'd just sit in that car parked in the driveway for hours sometimes, lol.
Excellent video. The narration is especially enjoyable done by the great John Goodman I believe...
Everybody forgets about the 472 Cadillac motor
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Not me I I still have my 53 Ford pickup with a 472 caddy automatic transmission
The Chrysler 426 HEMI is considered the top muscle car era power plant. NOT Chevrolet's 454. The 454 had oil burning issues, even in the passenger car applications all the way up to 1976, its last year in cars.
my 73 suberban454 burned oil bad
You should look into the plymouth 440 supercomando, one of my brothers had a 1970 Cuda with a 440 supercommando, it would leave humid and any Chevy far behind!! Far better than the hemi or 454!!
I worked on a few Chryslers back in the day. The 440s and 383s were the big block workhorses, but the 426 Hemi was kind of inconvenient. For one, parts for it were expensive even back then. Also, everything about the Hemi was different from Chrysler's other big blocks, so it pretty much needed its own separate service manual.
Ford's 289 k, and the Cleveland 351, 427>>>>Speak peeps
351 Cleveland !
351 cleveland was a beast!
I got a rebuilt 351 Cleveland 4v in my 72 ford ranchero gt. Original had a 2v which was a great motor. Only about 500 miles or so in to breaking it in so I’m still still being light footed but it feels so promising for potential. Love it
I remember a buddy with a chevy station wagon that packed the L88. Kind of a heavy car but still a very smooth ride with that corvette engine plant.
These were the legends of the good old days of speed and power forgetting the EPA and mpgs
My dream car was '67 Corvette convertible w/435 HP 427 Tri power engine, never got one. mainly was into 1964 & 1965 GTO's 389 Tri power 348 / 360 HP respectively, also had a '65 with a later 400 ram air engine. great fun. liked top end, 3:27 rear. The progressive linkage Tri power carbs would ROAR when put to the floor.
AMC 401 GREMLIN!
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Hornets and AMC's 401
426 Hemi's are for the most unbeatable. However, my 1968 Hemi Charger bad a cracked crank. I never could get rid of the vibration in the 40-60 mph range. In neutral. it had a metallic sound at 2,000 rpm. The source of the metallic sound was the crank making contact with the windage tray. I finally sold it to a hot rod dealer on Colorado Blvd. (Where the Rose Parade travels) Two men took my 426 Hemi Charger for a test drive. The motor scattered all over the street! I was really glad i didn't own it anymore! I learned 20 or so years later that it was common for 426 Hemi' to have bad cranks!
My ex father in law had a 66 GTO with the 389 tri power and I was shocked at just how much power that put down. It would run a modern 5.0 coyote.
Friend had the 6 pack 389. Put in 1/2 inch cam and put in 4:11 and that car turned 11’s.
I ran a lightly modified 1964 Ford 260 in a Ranchero that beat nearly everyone of those big blocks in the 1/4 mile. While they were sitting there smoking rubber, i was gone, and seldom caught.
Yeah I had1965 289 modified the big boys didn't worry me turn in the mid 90 low13 teens
340 six pack....reliable, smaller powerhouse.
I loved my 1969 396 Chevy Chevel , I'm sorry I sold it.
A great list of high horsepower V8s.
My opinion is the Chevy small block is the greatest ever. Starting life as a 265 and finishing as a 400+ CI engine. The best most flexible engine ever. 😊
@@jackkelly9022 Small blocks ran the dirt oval track Alchohol Super Modified racing in the '60s and '70s if they don't still. My Uncle ran in Albuquerque with a Pontiac in '67. When he wrecked that his next 2 cars had the Chevy SB.
Had a 1940 ford pickup with a gto 389 with three carbs, and a 4 speed hydromatic trans.. use to take it to wednesday night cruise on van nuys blvd. fun days..
Super vid!❤ all engines included❤ my choice, 454ci chevy, and the 426 hemi! Did you mention the chevy 350?
Chevys couldn’t make the power and Ford’s 427 cammer made the power but wasn’t durable.This is why ALL TOP FUEL and FUNNY cars are based on the 426 HEMI. HEMI is the real muscle car king.
Yeah right!!
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The Ford 427 was outlawed because it Beat everybody!
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I remember in the way back, the Oldsmobile OW43 experimental engine.derived by stages from the 455 although sharing virtually nothing with the production engine. DOHC, 4 valve per cylinder hemi, alloy block and heads among other exotic features. Even 4 x 2bbl Webers. But corporate suits got too antsy about stuffing a monster like that in an Oldsmobile and the project was canceled. If it had gone into production, it would surely have been king of the muscle car hill.
You mention GTO and show a Pontiac Catalina!
Still better than any car you will ever have!
would love to see these original engines on a dyno
I think the Golden era for muscle car engines was from 67 to 61.. the 70 engines were smoged a little which didn't help them
CORRECT BEST CHEVY
MOTORS MADE MY OPINION /327 OR 283
For sure
327/365hp in a Nova/Chevy ll
Exactly, I never liked the 350 or 454
@@deantait8326327/350hp L79 was another awesome small block 😊
Insane RPMs out of those 327 and 283 chevys
This guy rates the 616 HP Ford Cammer as third and the 454 LS-6 as number one? I admit that the ls-6 lasted longer than the Cammer, but this isn't about lasting its which engine made the most power. I had an acquaintance who had a Ford Thunderbolt Cammer. No factory stock street car was ever that fast.
Car guys don't worry about MPG, we worry about MPH! Carrol Shelby said It best, there's no such thing as to much HP, just not enough traction! And I'm a Chevy guy!
How about the Chevrolet ZL1 427 the Chevy 350 the 327 the 283
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Exactly what the headline actually means can be debated. Greatest how ? Power, engineering, weight, durability, efficiency ..? We might never really know but it has been said GM’s high performance engines delivered most output per money and did it keeping units fairly simple and available. There’s a greatest for many different reasons. I’d like to say; a nice 12 second car good for groceries, work and Sundays year after year without much more than Saturday service parts.
I'm not surprised you didn't get the Fords right. 2:53 The 428 is a RV motorhome engine not anywhere worthy to be mentioned. 9:27 The 'Cammer' was supposed to be an Engineering exercise, never meant for the street. It was sold to racers, never saw production intended for use by the public. The Ford engines you didn't mention were the 289/302 & the 427FE. All three engines have racing pedigrees besides being produced for the public. The 427 won Le Mans in '66 & '67. It won in NASCAR & NHRA, the 428 never came close. So you rookies need to do your homework. So on a 'A+' to 'F' grading scale, you get an 'F' for your Ford selections.
Pontiac GTO, SPECIALY WITH A BAD ASS TEACHER BEHIND STERING WHEEL 😊🇺🇸
That 389 three duces was not a strong runner. I have a 66 GTO that’s been in garage for 30 years. It runs okay but not a race car. My 67 435 hp Vett is a ground pounder.
Correction!, actually the L88 that was in the Corvette was 530 HP and 510 Torque.
Dyno numbers put it at 580.
the factory rating for the Corvette L88 was 450hp and 510lb-ft torque with the rock crusher 4 speed transmission. with the right carburetor and ignition tuning could get the engine to produce well over 550hp and over 590lb-ft torque.
@@johnpopoff7950 Do you mean 580 horse?, or 580 Torque?
At the crank only!
what I found on google. the Corvette actually made 540 to 580 horsepower @ 6200rpm, could not find any info on the torque, but a good guess would be right around 550 to 600 lb-ft @ 4000rpm. it could do the 1/4 mile in the mid 10s to the low 11s.
Cadillac v8 500 1975 forgot about that one.
Had a 76 Caddy 500 for 8 years. Never once let me down in my Sedan Deville.
😂500c.i.d. 225hp.
The 69 Cad 478 put more HP than the 500
My Uncle has a 1970 Caddy ElDorado with the 8.2 Litre 500 , now he tells me that it's a 400 HP - 550 torque engine. Now I collect 70s Continentals, Merc Grand Marquis even a few Versailles and a few 73 Imperials so obviously no expert in the horsepower department with my Malaise Era land Yachts so if someone could let me know if his numbers are correct ? Thank You
0ld guy the gran dad motor of all I ran the 409 Chevy I took all comers ln won
Hemi Broke every record whether at Indy in the 50s to Big Daddy Don GARLITS Dragster in the 60s on the strip to RICHARD PETTY in Stock car ! To land speed records on the Bonneville salt flats ! Argue all you want about any other piston powered engine the Hemi owned them all! I lived that generation I used to go to the drag strips and look at all the funny cars that were chevy and ford fiberglass bodies all powered by the HEMI ! Even Shirley Muldowney ran a Hemi Plymouth! TOM HOOVER FATHER OF THE HEMI GREW UP A TOWN OVER FROM WHERE I LIVE .. PA
1962-63 Pontiac 421SD.
My friend had a 63 Catalina 421 with 3 deuces ,That car was a monster.
They forget the Ford 427 side oiler and the 429 CJ..... And the Chevy 427 Rat motor the L86....
My buddy had an Olds Delta 1968 with a 425 Super Rocket engine..
Just wondered what the Buick wiuld of done with two four barrels like alot of others
396? 327? 318? WTF!
I'm sorry. The 426 hemi should be number one. Its a direct decent of today's top fuel engines. It was underrated by 75 horse. I think to many other choices were neglected 426 wedge, 413, 340, chevy 327, 409, ford 429 boss.
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baldwin motion V8`s 427 CI built to drag race
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AMC 401!
What about the 1970 LT-1 only available in Corvette and Z28, or the excellent Ford Boss 351, or the 340-6 pack engines?
Excelent motors all! I had a 302 powered Z-28 that was a screamer. It punched WAY above its weight! My buddy bought a 340 Duster because his '76 Camaro got totaled when he let a buddy borrow it. Neither of us were Mopar fans at the time, but the price and condition of a Duster my friend was looking at were too good to pass up. That car got challenged everywhere! Because a Duster was an economy car, right? And only kids would thing a Duster wast fast, Amiright? I used to like cruising in my buddy's Duster more than in my Z-28 because he got challenged to more street races because suckers took that car for granted. Good times!
These were all big blocks but the small block LT1 of 1970..was a scary motor that I had in a 70 Chevelle as well and with a single 4brll..that car was scary..
Why is there no mention of the 426 Superstock that was introduced in 1963 Dodge cars and was discontinued after 1964? The most powerful version of that engine was rated at 425 BHP and then it was realized that the average guy who bought a car like that had a hard time driving it on the street. After that, the engine was tamed down for the average buyer, and the more potent version was assigned for racing.
Sounds like the max wedge
My friend had one back then. I drove it. That engine was big, fast and ruined the expected superior handling. Great engine if you want a uni-dimensional car and the L88 Vette is the car for you.
Precursor to the 427 ford was the 406, about the same
390 AMC...
The title of this short documentary doesn't fit, it should be 10 most powerful engines of the golden era.
Honestly I have to say I love how Ford always did way more with less.. From the 289's to 302's they always managed to keep up with bigger motors of their time.. Even these days they are kill em softly with a 302 Coyote....
Yeap>>> nobody talks about the 289k Thank you!
Damn Straight
1) 427 L-88,
2) 454 LS6,
3)426 Max Wedge
4) 426 Race Hemi
5) 440 6 pack
6) 428 Cobra Jet
7) 396/ 375 L-78
8) 327/ 365 hp
9-11) the GM 455” Pontiac/Olds/Buick
None compare to the 440 supercommandp
F E 427 Cammer Hemi was top dog.
Chevy's LS6 454 and over the counter 454 LS7 were king!
ABSOLUTELY!!!
What years were they?
I like the Mopar 440 HEMI 8-pack.. They did not have a stock 8-pack but you could put 4 2-barrel carbs on the intake if you wanted too... A 6 pack on a V-8 does not make much sense to me being that you'd want one barrel per cylinder.. Over the 426 Mopar Hemi 6-pack.. Cadillac 501..lol
Pontiac SD was the last performance engine. But it was low compression. Had good pieces but not up to the 454 LS6 etc of Chevy in the 70 period. Again wrong ... 310hp.
Any discussion of the greatest V8 engines of all time that doesn't mention the Chevy L86 327 cu. in. is severely lacking. The author of this video either has a predilection for big blocks and rat motors or is ignorant of what was pushing our rides in the Sixties.
And there was the dohc doomsday hemi.
427 yanco
Hemi is most power per liter just right out the box still used today All Top fuel and nitro funny cars
What about the three eighty three
"enough grunt to pull a freight train" 😳
Add a 66 Buick Riviera with a 454
AI maybe have picture of gto instead of catalina
Many hemi and Cleveland engines crapped all over big block chevys
Days when the Average Joe could afford a muscle cars…
Before corporate Greed sucked the life out of everything…
Boss 429
Not a mention, come on it’s got to be more powerful than the Ls6
Boss 429 ? You mean the Cobra Jet or am I just woefully ignorant ? :)
Nope. The 429 Boss was a killer on the large ovals. On the street, not so much. It was put in the '69 and '70 Mustangs to homologate the engine for NASCAR. The 429 Boss suffered down low because of the huge intake valves and ports, but they screamed at high revs. The Torinos and Cyclones got them for NASCAR and did well. They were impressive from both engineering and visual perspectives. Very much aligned with the 427 SOHC as a unicorn/icon.
I've had both. GM made more reliable power.
@@hughblack3456 I think only a limited number of dealer delivered MUSTANGS came with the high end race version of the Boss 429 engine, just enough to meet NASCAR rules for stock racing. I saw a gorgeous brand new 1969 BOSS 429 MUSTANG in a Chicago showroom, body was not trimmed with the typical chrome. Beautiful. Price $5000
it was red
Where is the 427 sohc the must powerful engine in the 60 ,s by Ford with 2 overhead cams and was banned from NASCAR because it was to strong for all other companies to complete with...
Luv the gear head appreciation for statics
All very expensive to own now.
Yes BIG CUBIC inches engines does the talking, l will give the HEMI big block, 10 out of 10, the FORD and the Chevrolet big cubic inches were good but not good enough, the Chrysler HEMI if that's what you want to call it, was the king of the road, back then ,between 1967 and around 1972 , the HEMI was the one that, Chevrolet FORD, couldn't dominate in that era , but HEMI did get away with all that horse power before the restrictions were applied , THE FORD and the Chevrolet , losed out in that respect
BS CHEVY 454 WAS A BAD ASS.PERIOD
Off the line STOP LIGHT TO STOP LIGHT nobody could beat a 428 COBRA JET...its only at higher RPMs that it got beat by those MOPARS
The 428 CJ was an awesome high performance street motor. More well mannered for the street than its brother, the 427 FE. The longer stroke and smaller bore helped the 428 with low end torque. The 427 with its large bores stretched the FE block envelope to its limits. Controlling casting shift in production made for many scrap 427 blocks because of quality constraints and concern for thin cylinder walls, is why 427 production was rather limited. The smaller 428 bore eliminated that concern.
I used to stomp muscle cars with my 454 gmc truck back in the day.... so much fun!!
What year GMC?
How you gonna say the 454 was biggest baddest n non1 toped it when you just talked about ford's 427 cammee that had 100ft.lb. more torque and about 100 more hp?
Rong the no 1 musel car is Chrysler 1958 300 c 392 hemi which is faster over the qt an top speed look at history
I'll take a stock 440 Magnum any day over the stock 454. The 454s would bend pushrods and end up losing cylinders. The 440 Magnum I had never once had any troubles and ran like a scalded cheetah.
You can keep your 440 and 454, I'll have a super duty 455 any day!!
Lies , lies , lies , who the hell did this . The 73 SD 455 WAS. RATED AT 290 H.P. NOT 500 . IN FACTORY STREET TRIM , THOSE T/As couldnt get out of the 14s et !! Olds w/30 did NOT have steel cranks , I would know , I worked for a large olds dealer in DOWNEY CALIF . IN 1970 THRU 76 .WE WORKED ON 442s W30s. and. Every Boat manufacture in calif . If olds had Steel cranks we would have sold every Boat Owner one , instead we hard cromed them for HD use . As for fords hp ratings tell me why thoses 430 plus mustangs could NOT run as fast as the 3900 lb buick stage 1
rated at 360 hp . Someone needs to go back to the Hotrod tests done in 69 thru 73 , and get your lies straight . This guy doing all this narrating
Most likely wasn't born yet !!!!!! 😢😂😅