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A '''V8''' engine is a [[V engine]] with eight [[cylinder]]s.<br />
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The V8 is a very common configuration for large [[automobile]] engines. V8 engines are rarely less than 4 litres in displacement and in automobile use have gone up to 8.5 litres or so. <br />
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The V8 is a common engine configuration in the highest echelons of motorsport, especially in the USA where it is required in [[Indy Racing League|IRL]], [[ChampCar]] and [[NASCAR]]. [[Formula One]] will use V8 engines for the 2006 season onwards.<br />
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The most-common V angle for a V8 by far is 90°. This configuration produces a wide, low engine with optimal firing and vibration characteristics. Since many [[V6]] engines are derived from V8 designs, they often use the 90° angle as well, but with more complex cranks to even the firing cycle.<br />
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However, some V8s use different angles. One notable example is the [[Ford Yamaha V8 engine|Ford/Yamaha V8]] used in the [[Ford Taurus]] ''SHO''. It was based on [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'s [[Ford Duratec engine#Duratec 25|Duratec V6]] and shares that engine's 60° vee angle. This engine is used by [[Volvo Cars]] as of [[2005]].<br />
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There are two classic types of V8s which differ by crankshaft:<br />
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* The '''cross-plane''' V8 is the typical V8 configuration used in American road cars. Each crank pin (of four) is at a 90° angle from the previous, so that viewed from the end the crankshaft forms a cross. The cross-plane can achieve very good balance but requires heavy counterweights on the crankshaft. This makes the cross-plane V8 a slow-revving engine that cannot speed up or slow down very quickly compared to other designs, because of the greater rotating mass. While the firing of the cross-plane V8 is regular overall, the firing of each bank is not; this leads to the need to connect exhaust pipes between the two banks to design an optimal exhaust system. This complex and encumbering exhaust system has been a major problem for single-seater racing car designers.<br />
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* The '''flat-plane''' V8 design has crank pins at 180°. They are imperfectly balanced and thus produce severe vibrations unless [[balance shaft]]s are used. As they don't require counterweights, the crankshaft has less mass and thus inertia, allowing higher RPM and quicker acceleration. The design was popularized in modern racing with the [[Coventry Climax]] 1.5&nbsp;L V8 which evolved from a cross-plane to a flat-plane configuration. Flat-plane V8s on road cars come from [[Ferrari]] (the ''[[Ferrari Dino engine#V8|Dino]]''), [[Lotus Cars|Lotus]] (the [[Lotus Esprit|Esprit V8]]), and [[TVR]] (the Speed Eight). This design is popular in racing engines, the most famous example being the [[Cosworth DFV]].<br />
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The cross-plane design was neither obvious nor simple to design. For this reason, most early V8 engines, including those from [[De Dion-Bouton]], [[Peerless]], and [[Cadillac (automobile)|Cadillac]], were flat-plane designs. In [[1915]], the cross-plane design was proposed at an automotive engineering conference in the United States, but it took another eight years to bring it to production. Cadillac and Peerless (who had hired an ex-Cadillac mathematician for the job) applied for a patent on the cross-plane design simultaneously, and the two agreed to share the idea. Cadillac introduced their "[[Cadillac V8 engine|Compensated Crankshaft]]" V8 in [[1923]], with the "Equipoised Eight" from Peerless appearing in November of [[1924]].<br />
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More information is available [http://www.autozine.org/technical_school/engine/smooth4.htm here].<br />
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== American V8 Engines ==<br />
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The [[United States]] can be considered the "home of the V8" &mdash; it has always been more popular there than anywhere else, and it is certainly now the preferred arrangement for any large engine. With the recent exceptions of the [[Dodge Viper]]'s [[V10]] and the [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] large truck engine of the same arrangement, there are practically no large engines in the US of post-[[World War II]] design that have not been of this type.<br />
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[[Cadillac (automobile)|Cadillac]] produced the first American V8 engine, [[1914]]'s ''[[Cadillac V8 engine|L-Head]]''. It was a complicated hand-built unit with cast iron paired closed-head cylinders bolted to an aluminum crankcase, and it used a flat-plane crankshaft. [[Peerless]] followed, introducing a V8 licensed from [[amusement park]] manufacturer, [[Herschell-Spillman]], the next year. Cadillac and Peerless were one year apart again ([[1923]] and [[1924]], respectively) with the introduction of the cross-plane crankshaft. [[Cunningham]] and [[Lincoln (automobile)|Lincoln]] also had V8 cars in those years.<br />
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Ford were the first company to use V8s ''en masse''. Instead of going to a [[straight-6]] like its competitors when something larger than a [[straight-4]] was needed, Ford designed a modern V8, the famous ''[[Ford Flathead engine|Flathead]]'' of [[1932]]. This engine powered almost all larger Ford cars until [[1953]], and was produced until around [[1970]] by Ford licensees around the world, mostly powering commercial vehicles.<br />
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After [[World War II]], greater vehicle size meant that the straight-6 became increasingly underpowered, while lower hoods and more aerodynamic styling meant that the straight-8 was simply too large. [[General Motors]] responded to Ford's V8 success with the [[1949]] introduction of the ''[[Oldsmobile V8 engine|Oldsmobile Rocket]]'' and ''[[Cadillac V8 engine#OHV|Cadillac OHV]]'', the first [[OHV]] V8 engines ever produced. [[Chrysler]] introduced their ''[[Chrysler FirePower engine|FirePower]]'' hemi-head V8 the next year. Sales were beyond all expectations, so [[Buick]], [[Chevrolet]], and [[Pontiac]] introduced V8s of their own in [[1954]].<br />
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A full history of each manufacturer's engines is out of scope in this article, but engine sizes on [[full-size car]]s grew throughout the [[1950s]], [[1960s]] and into the early to mid [[1970s]]. The increasing size of full-size cars meant that smaller models of car were introduced and became more popular, with the result that by the [[1960s]] Chrysler, Ford, and Chevrolet had two V8 models.<br />
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The larger engines, known as [[big-block V8]]s, were used in the full-size cars. Big-blocks generally had displacements in excess of 6&nbsp;L (360&nbsp;in&sup3;), but in stock form are often not all that efficient. Big-block displacement reached its zenith with the 1970 [[Cadillac Eldorado]]'s 8.2&nbsp;L (500&nbsp;in&sup3;) ''[[Cadillac V8 engine#500|500]]''. Once the 1970s oil crisis and pollution regulations hit, big-block V8s didn't last too much longer in cars; luxury cars lasted the longest, but by [[1977]] or so they were gone. In [[truck]]s and other larger vehicles, big-block V8s in their historic form lasted until the early [[1990s]].<br />
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Smaller engines, known as [[small-block V8]]s, were fitted in the [[mid-size car]] ranges and generally displaced between 4.4&nbsp;L (270&nbsp;in&sup3;) and 6.0&nbsp;L (360&nbsp;in&sup3;), though some grew as large as Ford's 6.7&nbsp;L (408&nbsp;in&sup3;) ''[[Ford 335 engine#400|400 Cleveland]]''. As can be seen, there is overlap between big-block and small-block ranges, and an engine between 6.0&nbsp;L and 6.6&nbsp;L could belong to either class. Engines like this (much evolved, of course) are still in production.<br />
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During the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, every [[General Motors]] division had their own engines, whose merits varied. This enabled each division to have its own unique engine character, but made for much duplication of effort. Most, like the comparatively tiny ''[[Buick V8 engine#215|Buick 215]]'' and familiar ''[[Chevrolet Small-Block engine|Chevrolet 350]]'', were confusingly shared across many divisions. Ford and Chrysler had fewer divisions, and division-specific engines were quickly abandoned in favor of a few shared designs. Today, there are less than a dozen different American V8 engines in production.<br />
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=== See also (American V8s) ===<br />
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* [[Ford]]<br />
** 1932-1953 '''[[Ford Flathead engine|Flathead V8]]'''<br />
** 1954-1962 '''[[Ford Y-block engine|Y-block V8]]'''<br />
** 1958-1967 '''[[Ford MEL engine|MEL V8]]'''<br />
** 1962-1995 '''[[Ford Windsor engine|Windsor V8]]'''<br />
** 1963-1976 '''[[Ford FE engine|FE V8]]'''<br />
** 1968-1997 '''[[Ford 385 engine|385 V8]]'''<br />
** 1970-1982 '''[[Ford 335 engine|335/Cleveland V8]]'''<br />
** 1991-present '''[[Ford Modular engine|Modular V8]]'''/'''[[Ford Triton engine|Triton V8]]'''<br />
** 1996-present '''[[Jaguar AJ-V8 engine|Jaguar AJ-V8]]'''<br />
** 1996-present '''[[Ford Yamaha V8 engine|Yamaha V8]]'''<br />
** '''[[Cosworth Ford DFV|Cosworth DFV]]'''<br />
* [[General Motors]]<br />
** 1914-1992 '''[[Cadillac V8 engine|Cadillac V8]]'''<br />
** 1949-1990 '''[[Oldsmobile V8 engine|Oldsmobile Rocket V8]]'''<br />
** 1954-1970s '''[[Pontiac V8 engine|Pontiac V8]]'''<br />
** 1950s-1970s '''[[Buick V8 engine|Buick V8]]'''<br />
** 1954-1968 '''[[Chevrolet Small-Block engine|Chevrolet small-block V8]]'''<br />
** 1969-1991 '''[[Chevrolet Small-Block engine#350|Chevrolet 350 small-block]]'''<br />
** '''[[Chevrolet Big-Block engine]]'''<br />
** 1992-present '''[[GM Premium V engine|Northstar/Premium]]'''<br />
** 1993-1997 '''[[GM LT engine|Generation 2 small-block]]'''<br />
** 1998-present '''[[GM LS engine|Generation 3 small-block]]'''<br />
** 2005-present '''[[GM LS engine|Generation 4 small-block]]'''<br />
** '''[[GM Duramax engine|Duramax Diesel]]'''<br />
* [[Chrysler]]<br />
** '''[[Chrysler A engine|A family]]'''<br />
** '''[[Chrysler FirePower engine|FirePower]]'''<br />
** '''[[Chrysler B engine|B family]]'''<br />
** '''[[Chrysler RB engine|RB family]]'''<br />
** '''[[Chrysler Hemi engine|Original Hemi]]'''<br />
** '''[[AMC V8 engine|AMC V8]]'''<br />
** '''[[Chrysler LA engine|LA Family]]'''<br />
** '''[[Chrysler PowerTech engine|PowerTech]]'''<br />
** '''[[Chrysler Hemi engine#5.7|New Hemi]]'''<br />
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== British V8 engines ==<br />
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The most common British V8 is the [[Rover V8 engine|Rover V8]], used in countless British performance cars. This is not actually a British design at all but was imported from America, its roots being in [[General Motors]]' [[Oldsmobile]]/[[Buick]] cast-[[aluminum]] ''[[Buick V8 engine#215|215]]'' V8 in 1960. It was of the small (for the US market) size of 3.5&nbsp;L (215&nbsp;in&sup3;) and very light for a V8. It appeared in production in [[1961]] on some of that year's Buick, Oldsmobile and Pontiac models, but was soon dropped in favor of more conventional iron-blocked units.<br />
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As the aluminium block made this engine one of the lightest stock V8s built there was some attempts to use it in racing at Indianapolis. The Australian firm Repco converted this engine for [[Formula One]] by reducing it to 3 litres and fitting a [[single overhead cam]]shaft per bank rather than the shared pushrod arrangement. Repco-powered [[Brabham Racing Organisation|Brabham]]s won the F1 championship twice, in 1966 and 1967.<br />
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[[Rover (car)|Rover]] was in need of a new, more powerful engine in the mid 1960s, and became aware of this small, lightweight V8. After some negotiation they acquired rights to it and have produced it ever since, its first appearances being in Rover saloons in the late 1960s.<br />
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As well as appearing in Rover cars, the engine was widely sold to small car builders, and has appeared in all kinds of vehicles. Rover V8s feature in some models from [[Morgan Motor Company|Morgan]], [[TVR]], [[Triumph Motor Company|Triumph]], [[Marcos (automobile)|Marcos]], and [[MG (car)|MG]], among many others. They're also the standard British engine in [[hot rod]]s, much like the Chevrolet 350 small-block is to American builders.<br />
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The last mass-produced car to use the Rover V8 was the Land Rover Discovery, which was replaced by an all-new model in 2005. Many independent sports cars manufacturers still use it in hand-built applications.<br />
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[[Triumph Motor Company|Triumph]] used the [[Triumph Slant-4 engine]] as a base of a V8 engine. The [[Triumph V8]] was used in the [[Triumph Stag]] and in a limited number of [[Saab 99]]s.<br />
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To be done :<br />
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[[Aston-Martin]]<br />
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[[Rolls-Royce]]<br />
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== French V8 engines ==<br />
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The French [[De Dion-Bouton]] firm was first to produce a V8 engine for sale in [[1910]]. Later examples came from [[Citroën]], with the never produced [[1934]] 22CV ''[[Citroën Traction Avant|Traction Avant]]'', and [[Simca]].<br />
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== Czech V8 engines ==<br />
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[[Tatra (car)|Tatra]] used air-cooled V8 engines.<br />
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== German V8 engines ==<br />
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*[[Daimler-Benz]]<br />
*[[Porsche 928]], [[Porsche Cayenne]]<br />
*[[Audi]]<br />
*[[BMW]]<br />
**[[BMW_M62|M62]]<br />
**[[BMW_N62|N62]]<br />
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== Italian V8 engines ==<br />
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===Alfa-Romeo===<br />
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The Alfa-Romeo Montreal was powered by a V8.<br />
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===Ferrari===<br />
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[[Ferrari]] adopted the V8 configuration in racing in [[1962]] with the [[Ferrari Dino#268 SP|268 SP]]. The first V8-powered Ferrari road car was 1974's [[Ferrari GT4#308 GT4|308 GT4]], with the familiar [[Ferrari 308 GTB|308 GTB]] following closely behind. The company continued to use this ''[[Ferrari Dino engine#V8|Dino]]'' V8 engine ever since with the [[Ferrari 328|328]], [[Ferrari 348|348]], and successors. Ferrari's smallest V8 (and indeed, [[list of automotive superlatives|the smallest ever]]) was the 2.0&nbsp;L (1990&nbsp;cc) unit found in the 1975 [[Ferrari GT4#208 GT4|208 GT4]]. The company produced a slightly-larger 2.0&nbsp;L V8 in the [[Ferrari 308 GTB#208 GTB|208 GTB]] of the [[1980s]]. Five-valve versions of Ferrari's 3.5&nbsp;L and 3.6&nbsp;L V8s were found in the [[Ferrari 355]] and [[Ferrari 360]]. The old ''Dino'' V8 was retired for 2005 with the introduction of a shared Ferrari/[[Maserati]] V8 in the [[Ferrari F430|F430]].<br />
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===Lamborghini===<br />
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[[Lamborghini]] have always fitted V12s in their top-of-the-line cars, but have built many V8s for their lower models, including the [[Lamborghini Urraco|Urraco]] and [[Lamborghini Jalpa|Jalpa]].<br />
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===Maserati===<br />
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[[Maserati]] have used V8s for many of their models, including the [[Maserati Bora]]. This engine was initially designed as a racing engine for the Maserati 450S. The company's latest V8, found in the [[Maserati Quattroporte|Quattroporte]], [[Maserate Coupe|Coupe]], and [[Maserati Spyder|Spyder]], is a new design shared with [[Ferrari]].<br />
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== Spanish V8 engines ==<br />
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[[Spain|Spanish]] truck company [[Pegaso]] made around 100 cars in the [[1950s]] and [[1960s]]. These cars were powered by a DOHC 32 valve V8, with up to 360 [[Horsepower|hp]] (270 kW).<br />
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== Australian V8 engines ==<br />
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The V8 is a very popular engine amongst Australians, particularly the Australian country male. This popularity can be attributed to both the popularity of the V8 in the [[USA]], but also the V8's inherent characteristics. The V8's deep growl (actually a property of the [[muffler]] system) and its powerful mid-range torque have made it a masculine engine to the more refined I6 and V6 engines. [[Holden]] (including its performance vehicle operations [[HDT Special Vehicles]] and [[Holden Special Vehicles|HSV]]) have been manufacuring V8 performance vehicles since the late 1960's, as has [[Ford]] Australia. The performance arm of Ford Australia, [[Ford Performance Vehicles]] {FPV), have recently resurged in the market with the new [[Ford Falcon|Falcon]] BA based models.<br />
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The Australian V8 is typically a American manufactured block from either [[Ford]] or [[General Motors]] yet often use local heads and auxilary systems (pistons, exhaust etc.). However, there are a couple of exceptions to this - the [[Holden]] small block V8, and the [[British Leyland]] alloy small block V8. <br />
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The [[Holden]] small block V8 was an all Australian designed and manufactered cast-iron 90 degree pushrod OHV engine, manufactured in the capacities of 4.2L (253ci), 5.0L (308ci, later destroked to 304ci), and 5.7L (348ci, later stroked to 350ci). First introduced in 1969, finally ceasing production in 1999, it powered a variety of Holden vehicles including the [[Holden Kingswood|Kingswood]], [[Holden Monaro|Monaro]], [[Holden Torana|Torana]] and [[Holden Commodore|Commodore]], and proved to be a popular and successful powerplant in Australian motorsport (especially [[Touring car racing|Touring cars]]).<br />
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The [[British Leyland]] small block V8 was also a pushrod OHV engine, however it was an all alloy block like the British [[Rover]] V8. Unlike the Rover V8, the British Leyland V8 had a 60 degree bank and a capacity of 4.4L. The motor was originally designed and fitted to the [[Leyland P76]] sedan, although due to its light weight and narrow bank, has been used by some street machiners in vehicles that would normally be powered by I4 powerplants.<br />
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== V8s in Aviation ==<br />
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* 45° Liberty engine V8.<br />
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* [[Hispano-Suiza]] WW1 V8.<br />
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== V8s in Motorcycles==<br />
[[Moto-Guzzi]] racing V8 engine.<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [http://www.geocities.com/infieldg/v8main.html Ford V8 Pages]<br />
* [http://8w.forix.com/dfv.html Customer power: the Cosworth DFV story]<br />
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[[Category:Piston engine configurations]]</div>65.203.76.4http://woiweb.com/wiki/index.php?title=V8&diff=1513&oldid=prev70.56.175.115 at 15:43, 3 November 20052005-11-03T15:43:42Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>:''This page is about the engine configuration. For other uses of "V8", see [[V8 (disambiguation)]]''<br />
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[[Image:Aero4G11.jpg|thumb|The Liberty V8 aircraft engine clearly shows the configuration]]<br />
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A '''V8''' engine is a [[V engine]] with eight [[cylinder]]s.<br />
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==Overview==<br />
The V8 is a very common configuration for large [[automobile]] engines. V8 engines are rarely less than 4 litres in displacement and in automobile use have gone up to 8.5 litres or so. <br />
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The V8 is a common engine configuration in the highest echelons of motorsport, especially in the USA where it is required in [[Indy Racing League|IRL]], [[ChampCar]] and [[NASCAR]]. [[Formula One]] will use V8 engines for the 2006 season onwards.<br />
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===V angles===<br />
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The most-common V angle for a V8 by far is 90°. This configuration produces a wide, low engine with optimal firing and vibration characteristics. Since many [[V6]] engines are derived from V8 designs, they often use the 90° angle as well, but with more complex cranks to even the firing cycle.<br />
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However, some V8s use different angles. One notable example is the [[Ford Yamaha V8 engine|Ford/Yamaha V8]] used in the [[Ford Taurus]] ''SHO''. It was based on [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'s [[Ford Duratec engine#Duratec 25|Duratec V6]] and shares that engine's 60° vee angle. This engine is used by [[Volvo Cars]] as of [[2005]].<br />
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===Cross-plane and flat-plane===<br />
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There are two classic types of V8s which differ by crankshaft:<br />
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* The '''cross-plane''' V8 is the typical V8 configuration used in American road cars. Each crank pin (of four) is at a 90° angle from the previous, so that viewed from the end the crankshaft forms a cross. The cross-plane can achieve very good balance but requires heavy counterweights on the crankshaft. This makes the cross-plane V8 a slow-revving engine that cannot speed up or slow down very quickly compared to other designs, because of the greater rotating mass. While the firing of the cross-plane V8 is regular overall, the firing of each bank is not; this leads to the need to connect exhaust pipes between the two banks to design an optimal exhaust system. This complex and encumbering exhaust system has been a major problem for single-seater racing car designers.<br />
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* The '''flat-plane''' V8 design has crank pins at 180°. They are imperfectly balanced and thus produce severe vibrations unless [[balance shaft]]s are used. As they don't require counterweights, the crankshaft has less mass and thus inertia, allowing higher RPM and quicker acceleration. The design was popularized in modern racing with the [[Coventry Climax]] 1.5&nbsp;L V8 which evolved from a cross-plane to a flat-plane configuration. Flat-plane V8s on road cars come from [[Ferrari]] (the ''[[Ferrari Dino engine#V8|Dino]]''), [[Lotus Cars|Lotus]] (the [[Lotus Esprit|Esprit V8]]), and [[TVR]] (the Speed Eight). This design is popular in racing engines, the most famous example being the [[Cosworth DFV]].<br />
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The cross-plane design was neither obvious nor simple to design. For this reason, most early V8 engines, including those from [[De Dion-Bouton]], [[Peerless]], and [[Cadillac (automobile)|Cadillac]], were flat-plane designs. In [[1915]], the cross-plane design was proposed at an automotive engineering conference in the United States, but it took another eight years to bring it to production. Cadillac and Peerless (who had hired an ex-Cadillac mathematician for the job) applied for a patent on the cross-plane design simultaneously, and the two agreed to share the idea. Cadillac introduced their "[[Cadillac V8 engine|Compensated Crankshaft]]" V8 in [[1923]], with the "Equipoised Eight" from Peerless appearing in November of [[1924]].<br />
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More information is available [http://www.autozine.org/technical_school/engine/smooth4.htm here].<br />
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== American V8 Engines ==<br />
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The [[United States]] can be considered the "home of the V8" &mdash; it has always been more popular there than anywhere else, and it is certainly now the preferred arrangement for any large engine. With the recent exceptions of the [[Dodge Viper]]'s [[V10]] and the [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] large truck engine of the same arrangement, there are practically no large engines in the US of post-[[World War II]] design that have not been of this type.<br />
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[[Cadillac (automobile)|Cadillac]] produced the first American V8 engine, [[1914]]'s ''[[Cadillac V8 engine|L-Head]]''. It was a complicated hand-built unit with cast iron paired closed-head cylinders bolted to an aluminum crankcase, and it used a flat-plane crankshaft. [[Peerless]] followed, introducing a V8 licensed from [[amusement park]] manufacturer, [[Herschell-Spillman]], the next year. Cadillac and Peerless were one year apart again ([[1923]] and [[1924]], respectively) with the introduction of the cross-plane crankshaft. [[Cunningham]] and [[Lincoln (automobile)|Lincoln]] also had V8 cars in those years.<br />
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Ford were the first company to use V8s ''en masse''. Instead of going to a [[straight-6]] like its competitors when something larger than a [[straight-4]] was needed, Ford designed a modern V8, the famous ''[[Ford Flathead engine|Flathead]]'' of [[1932]]. This engine powered almost all larger Ford cars until [[1953]], and was produced until around [[1970]] by Ford licensees around the world, mostly powering commercial vehicles.<br />
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After [[World War II]], greater vehicle size meant that the straight-6 became increasingly underpowered, while lower hoods and more aerodynamic styling meant that the straight-8 was simply too large. [[General Motors]] responded to Ford's V8 success with the [[1949]] introduction of the ''[[Oldsmobile V8 engine|Oldsmobile Rocket]]'' and ''[[Cadillac V8 engine#OHV|Cadillac OHV]]'', the first [[OHV]] V8 engines ever produced. [[Chrysler]] introduced their ''[[Chrysler FirePower engine|FirePower]]'' hemi-head V8 the next year. Sales were beyond all expectations, so [[Buick]], [[Chevrolet]], and [[Pontiac]] introduced V8s of their own in [[1954]].<br />
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A full history of each manufacturer's engines is out of scope in this article, but engine sizes on [[full-size car]]s grew throughout the [[1950s]], [[1960s]] and into the early to mid [[1970s]]. The increasing size of full-size cars meant that smaller models of car were introduced and became more popular, with the result that by the [[1960s]] Chrysler, Ford, and Chevrolet had two V8 models.<br />
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The larger engines, known as [[big-block V8]]s, were used in the full-size cars. Big-blocks generally had displacements in excess of 6&nbsp;L (360&nbsp;in&sup3;), but in stock form are often not all that efficient. Big-block displacement reached its zenith with the 1970 [[Cadillac Eldorado]]'s 8.2&nbsp;L (500&nbsp;in&sup3;) ''[[Cadillac V8 engine#500|500]]''. Once the 1970s oil crisis and pollution regulations hit, big-block V8s didn't last too much longer in cars; luxury cars lasted the longest, but by [[1977]] or so they were gone. In [[truck]]s and other larger vehicles, big-block V8s in their historic form lasted until the early [[1990s]].<br />
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Smaller engines, known as [[small-block V8]]s, were fitted in the [[mid-size car]] ranges and generally displaced between 4.4&nbsp;L (270&nbsp;in&sup3;) and 6.0&nbsp;L (360&nbsp;in&sup3;), though some grew as large as Ford's 6.7&nbsp;L (408&nbsp;in&sup3;) ''[[Ford 335 engine#400|400 Cleveland]]''. As can be seen, there is overlap between big-block and small-block ranges, and an engine between 6.0&nbsp;L and 6.6&nbsp;L could belong to either class. Engines like this (much evolved, of course) are still in production.<br />
<br />
During the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, every [[General Motors]] division had their own engines, whose merits varied. This enabled each division to have its own unique engine character, but made for much duplication of effort. Most, like the comparatively tiny ''[[Buick V8 engine#215|Buick 215]]'' and familiar ''[[Chevrolet Small-Block engine|Chevrolet 350]]'', were confusingly shared across many divisions. Ford and Chrysler had fewer divisions, and division-specific engines were quickly abandoned in favor of a few shared designs. Today, there are less than a dozen different American V8 engines in production.<br />
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=== See also (American V8s) ===<br />
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* [[Ford]]<br />
** 1932-1953 '''[[Ford Flathead engine|Flathead V8]]'''<br />
** 1954-1962 '''[[Ford Y-block engine|Y-block V8]]'''<br />
** 1958-1967 '''[[Ford MEL engine|MEL V8]]'''<br />
** 1962-1995 '''[[Ford Windsor engine|Windsor V8]]'''<br />
** 1963-1976 '''[[Ford FE engine|FE V8]]'''<br />
** 1968-1997 '''[[Ford 385 engine|385 V8]]'''<br />
** 1970-1982 '''[[Ford 335 engine|335/Cleveland V8]]'''<br />
** 1991-present '''[[Ford Modular engine|Modular V8]]'''/'''[[Ford Triton engine|Triton V8]]'''<br />
** 1996-present '''[[Jaguar AJ-V8 engine|Jaguar AJ-V8]]'''<br />
** 1996-present '''[[Ford Yamaha V8 engine|Yamaha V8]]'''<br />
** '''[[Cosworth Ford DFV|Cosworth DFV]]'''<br />
* [[General Motors]]<br />
** 1914-1992 '''[[Cadillac V8 engine|Cadillac V8]]'''<br />
** 1949-1990 '''[[Oldsmobile V8 engine|Oldsmobile Rocket V8]]'''<br />
** 1954-1970s '''[[Pontiac V8 engine|Pontiac V8]]'''<br />
** 1950s-1970s '''[[Buick V8 engine|Buick V8]]'''<br />
** 1954-1968 '''[[Chevrolet Small-Block engine|Chevrolet small-block V8]]'''<br />
** 1969-1991 '''[[Chevrolet Small-Block engine#350|Chevrolet 350 small-block]]'''<br />
** '''[[Chevrolet Big-Block engine]]'''<br />
** 1992-present '''[[GM Premium V engine|Northstar/Premium]]'''<br />
** 1993-1997 '''[[GM LT engine|Generation 2 small-block]]'''<br />
** 1998-present '''[[GM LS engine|Generation 3 small-block]]'''<br />
** 2005-present '''[[GM LS engine|Generation 4 small-block]]'''<br />
** '''[[GM Duramax engine|Duramax Diesel]]'''<br />
* [[Chrysler]]<br />
** '''[[Chrysler A engine|A family]]'''<br />
** '''[[Chrysler FirePower engine|FirePower]]'''<br />
** '''[[Chrysler B engine|B family]]'''<br />
** '''[[Chrysler RB engine|RB family]]'''<br />
** '''[[Chrysler Hemi engine|Original Hemi]]'''<br />
** '''[[AMC V8 engine|AMC V8]]'''<br />
** '''[[Chrysler LA engine|LA Family]]'''<br />
** '''[[Chrysler PowerTech engine|PowerTech]]'''<br />
** '''[[Chrysler Hemi engine#5.7|New Hemi]]'''<br />
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== British V8 engines ==<br />
<br />
The most common British V8 is the [[Rover V8 engine|Rover V8]], used in countless British performance cars. This is not actually a British design at all but was imported from America, its roots being in [[General Motors]]' [[Oldsmobile]]/[[Buick]] cast-[[aluminum]] ''[[Buick V8 engine#215|215]]'' V8 in 1960. It was of the small (for the US market) size of 3.5&nbsp;L (215&nbsp;in&sup3;) and very light for a V8. It appeared in production in [[1961]] on some of that year's Buick, Oldsmobile and Pontiac models, but was soon dropped in favor of more conventional iron-blocked units.<br />
<br />
As the aluminium block made this engine one of the lightest stock V8s built there was some attempts to use it in racing at Indianapolis. The Australian firm Repco converted this engine for [[Formula One]] by reducing it to 3 litres and fitting a [[single overhead cam]]shaft per bank rather than the shared pushrod arrangement. Repco-powered [[Brabham Racing Organisation|Brabham]]s won the F1 championship twice, in 1966 and 1967.<br />
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[[Rover (car)|Rover]] was in need of a new, more powerful engine in the mid 1960s, and became aware of this small, lightweight V8. After some negotiation they acquired rights to it and have produced it ever since, its first appearances being in Rover saloons in the late 1960s.<br />
<br />
As well as appearing in Rover cars, the engine was widely sold to small car builders, and has appeared in all kinds of vehicles. Rover V8s feature in some models from [[Morgan Motor Company|Morgan]], [[TVR]], [[Triumph Motor Company|Triumph]], [[Marcos (automobile)|Marcos]], and [[MG (car)|MG]], among many others. They're also the standard British engine in [[hot rod]]s, much like the Chevrolet 350 small-block is to American builders.<br />
<br />
The last mass-produced car to use the Rover V8 was the Land Rover Discovery, which was replaced by an all-new model in 2005. Many independent sports cars manufacturers still use it in hand-built applications.<br />
<br />
[[Triumph Motor Company|Triumph]] used the [[Triumph Slant-4 engine]] as a base of a V8 engine. The [[Triumph V8]] was used in the [[Triumph Stag]] and in a limited number of [[Saab 99]]s.<br />
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To be done :<br />
<br />
[[Aston-Martin]]<br />
<br />
[[Rolls-Royce]]<br />
<br />
== French V8 engines ==<br />
<br />
The French [[De Dion-Bouton]] firm was first to produce a V8 engine for sale in [[1910]]. Later examples came from [[Citroën]], with the never produced [[1934]] 22CV ''[[Citroën Traction Avant|Traction Avant]]'', and [[Simca]].<br />
<br />
== Czech V8 engines ==<br />
<br />
[[Tatra (car)|Tatra]] used air-cooled V8 engines.<br />
<br />
== German V8 engines ==<br />
<br />
*[[Daimler-Benz]]<br />
*[[Porsche 928]], [[Porsche Cayenne]]<br />
*[[Audi]]<br />
*[[BMW]]<br />
**[[BMW_M62|M62]]<br />
**[[BMW_N62|N62]]<br />
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== Italian V8 engines ==<br />
<br />
===Alfa-Romeo===<br />
<br />
The Alfa-Romeo Montreal was powered by a V8.<br />
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===Ferrari===<br />
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[[Ferrari]] adopted the V8 configuration in racing in [[1962]] with the [[Ferrari Dino#268 SP|268 SP]]. The first V8-powered Ferrari road car was 1974's [[Ferrari GT4#308 GT4|308 GT4]], with the familiar [[Ferrari 308 GTB|308 GTB]] following closely behind. The company continued to use this ''[[Ferrari Dino engine#V8|Dino]]'' V8 engine ever since with the [[Ferrari 328|328]], [[Ferrari 348|348]], and successors. Ferrari's smallest V8 (and indeed, [[list of automotive superlatives|the smallest ever]]) was the 2.0&nbsp;L (1990&nbsp;cc) unit found in the 1975 [[Ferrari GT4#208 GT4|208 GT4]]. The company produced a slightly-larger 2.0&nbsp;L V8 in the [[Ferrari 308 GTB#208 GTB|208 GTB]] of the [[1980s]]. Five-valve versions of Ferrari's 3.5&nbsp;L and 3.6&nbsp;L V8s were found in the [[Ferrari 355]] and [[Ferrari 360]]. The old ''Dino'' V8 was retired for 2005 with the introduction of a shared Ferrari/[[Maserati]] V8 in the [[Ferrari F430|F430]].<br />
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===Lamborghini===<br />
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[[Lamborghini]] have always fitted V12s in their top-of-the-line cars, but have built many V8s for their lower models, including the [[Lamborghini Urraco|Urraco]] and [[Lamborghini Jalpa|Jalpa]].<br />
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===Maserati===<br />
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[[Maserati]] have used V8s for many of their models, including the [[Maserati Bora]]. This engine was initially designed as a racing engine for the Maserati 450S. The company's latest V8, found in the [[Maserati Quattroporte|Quattroporte]], [[Maserate Coupe|Coupe]], and [[Maserati Spyder|Spyder]], is a new design shared with [[Ferrari]].<br />
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== Spanish V8 engines ==<br />
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[[Spain|Spanish]] truck company [[Pegaso]] made around 100 cars in the [[1950s]] and [[1960s]]. These cars were powered by a DOHC 32 valve V8, with up to 360 [[Horsepower|hp]] (270 kW).<br />
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== Australian V8 engines ==<br />
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The V8 is a very popular engine amongst Australians, particularly the Australian country male. This popularity can be attributed to both the popularity of the V8 in the [[USA]], but also the V8's inherent characteristics. The V8's deep growl (actually a property of the [[muffler]] system) and its powerful mid-range torque have made it a masculine engine to the more refined I6 and V6 engines. [[Holden]] (including its performance vehicle operations [[HDT Special Vehicles]] and [[Holden Special Vehicles|HSV]]) have been manufacuring V8 performance vehicles since the late 1960's, as has [[Ford]] Australia. The performance arm of Ford Australia, [[Ford Performance Vehicles]] {FPV), have recently resurged in the market with the new [[Ford Falcon|Falcon]] BA based models.<br />
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The Australian V8 is typically a American manufactured block from either [[Ford]] or [[General Motors]] yet often use local heads and auxilary systems (pistons, exhaust etc.). However, there are a couple of exceptions to this - the [[Holden]] small block V8, and the [[British Leyland]] alloy small block V8. <br />
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The [[Holden]] small block V8 was an all Australian designed and manufactered cast-iron 90 degree pushrod OHV engine, manufactured in the capacities of 4.2L (253ci), 5.0L (308ci, later destroked to 304ci), and 5.7L (348ci, later stroked to 350ci). First introduced in 1969, finally ceasing production in 1999, it powered a variety of Holden vehicles including the [[Holden Kingswood|Kingswood]], [[Holden Monaro|Monaro]], [[Holden Torana|Torana]] and [[Holden Commodore|Commodore]], and proved to be a popular and successful powerplant in Australian motorsport (especially [[Touring car racing|Touring cars]]).<br />
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The [[British Leyland]] small block V8 was also a pushrod OHV engine, however it was an all alloy block like the British [[Rover]] V8. Unlike the Rover V8, the British Leyland V8 had a 60 degree bank and a capacity of 4.4L. The motor was originally designed and fitted to the [[Leyland P76]] sedan, although due to its light weight and narrow bank, has been used by some street machiners in vehicles that would normally be powered by I4 powerplants.<br />
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== V8s in Aviation ==<br />
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* 45° Liberty engine V8.<br />
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* [[Hispano-Suiza]] WW1 V8.<br />
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== V8s in Motorcycles==<br />
[[Moto-Guzzi]] racing V8 engine.<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [http://www.geocities.com/infieldg/v8main.html Ford V8 Pages]<br />
* [http://8w.forix.com/dfv.html Customer power: the Cosworth DFV story]<br />
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