re: What is your favorite motor/engine?

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Jeep in line 6, last forever

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That 4.0L straight six is probably the most reliable engine I have ever owned. No fuss, simple, easy to work on.

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choppadocta

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I thought for sure you would have mentioned one of these, Allison/RR, P&WC, Safran/Turbomeca, GE, Lycoming

Yamaha 1L crossplane from the R1.

1970s 25HP Johnson Outboard. The most reliable engine/motor I have ever owned and it ain’t close. Put mine through the ringer for years in the marsh and fishing Calcasieu, Sabine,, Rayburn, Toledo Bend, and everywhere in between. God I loved that motor.

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The Honeywell AGT1500

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Now THAT's the kind of response I like to hear.

My vehicle will fall apart before her power plant even thinks about giving up the ghost.

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Chrysler’s 4.0L Straight Six Engine The 4.0L AMC inline six is known as one of Chrysler’s best engines.

Dating back to 1986, its torquey 190 hp engine would commonly chug along for upwards of 300,000 miles. Over the course of nearly 20 years this engine was refined and tweaked before being phased out in 2006.

The inline six has powered Cherokees, Grand Cherokees, Wagoneers, Wranglers, and even Comanches. We think its best known for its time with the Cherokee, but it remains a major selling point no matter what it’s been dropped in.

Unfortunately, the AMC 4.0L inline six was replaced by the 3.8 OHV V6, which originated in Chrysler minivans. We think we’re not alone in saying that a minivan engine doesn’t belong in a Wrangler.

The Inline six survived until 2006, and it will go down in history as one of, if not the most legendary workhorse engine Chrysler has ever made.

In short, we just have one request of Chrysler executives. Please, bring this beast back. Also, for future engines, if it’s not broken don’t fix it.

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Mercury is a good car. I've had a lot of cars. Different kinds. Lot's of different kinds of cars. this girl was standing on the side of the street where there was this chicken stand. I pulled the Mercury up right along side her and rolled down the window. She had on a leather skirt and had a lot of hair on her arms. I like that a lot. That means a big bush. I like a big bush. She says, "Are you dating?" You know, so I said, "Sure". She gets in and we pull off to a remote location that was comfortable for both she and I. She says, "How much do you wanna spend?", I said, "Whatever it will take to see that bush of yours because I know it's a big one". She says, "Twenty five dollars". That's not chicken feed to a working man so I produce the $25, she puts it in her shoe, pulls up her skirt and there before me lay this thin, crooked, uncircumcised penis. You can imagine how bad I wanted my $25 back, huh?

Muscle car era when they made HP the old fashioned way - displacement and carburetors:
The Chevy L-88 427 - just a brute
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MOPAR 426 hemi - another brute
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MOPAR 340 - amazing power for displacement
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The Chevy small block - started as the 265/283/327 - evolved to still be viable today
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Ford 428 Cobra Jet - beast
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Chevy 454 - another beast

If we're doing 1L

The yamaha 1L 3 cylinder is astounding. There are stock bore versions pumping 550hp.

And stock compression is over 240 psi per cylinder.

Detroit Diesel 8V92.