Why can't they get pictures of the actual motor they are talking about? 265 pontiac and shows a 389 tri power? Chrysler lean burn and shows a 440?

The 305 after the cam problem was a really good engine. I had several with no problems or complaints. This engine didn’t deserve to be on the list.

@shanemitchell477

12 күн бұрын

I had an 86' Iroc Z-28 with the TPI 305, it never gave me any problems, easy and cheap to mod also......I race the same Iroc as mentioned with my 81' Turbo T/A...The T/A would beat it in the quarter by about 5 lengths. All I did was take the muffler off the T/A, the cat on it made it quiet enough not to be too loud, and still pass emissions.

@animalcorvair

Күн бұрын

have one in my 79 caprice an a 305 in a 78 chevy truck....never one problem...i sold the 78 an bought a 92k1500 new with a 350...still have it

Take the Ford Flathead V-8 off your list it is a great engine and there is nothing as smooth as a Flathead V-8! FORD FLATHEADS V-8 FOREVER there is nothing else like it!

@johna7661

13 күн бұрын

Depends, there is an old style and a new style. The old style mostly never cracked, the new style mostly all cracked the block . The way to tell is the water spigot to the heads. The old style it was in the middle of the head . The new style the water spigot was at the front of the head and these blocks cracked in middle .

@flathead2397

13 күн бұрын

@@johna7661 You are so correct the 8BA is the 239 flathead V-8 most would use in their stock or built up card or trucks. Thank you so much for giving me comments because the flathead is the engine I like to work on, old school all the way!

@brucegillies1694

10 күн бұрын

Overheating at higher elevation !

@edmawhinney3564

10 күн бұрын

The said the 1932 flathead, not later versions

@fido139

6 күн бұрын

RIGHT ON!! I lived those!!

This AI lacks a depth of understanding. I’d liken the way the video was researched to Igor being tasked to find a brain for Frankenstein’s monster. The only V-8 in this video that was truly terrible was the Olds 5.7 diesel. The Chrysler Lean Burn wasn’t spectacular but it was the electronics, not the V-8. Some of the others may have had runs with bad substandard components but seems like the manufacturers fixed those types of issues. Lack of horsepower compared to previous years or the smog era doesn’t necessarily make for a terrible engine for grocery getter and commuter cars.

The 305 wasn't that bad pur out over 200,000 miles on a 1979 impla I owned.

You can put the worst car engine in a car and sell the car to Mr and Mrs average and they won't knew any better

@TheBenjammin

5 күн бұрын

Yep...my dad bought a ued 6.4 powerstroke deisel. Thinks he got a great truck.

The 307 was also in some Chevy's as well. A friend of mine had a 307 Nova. They also had horribly made camshafts like the 305 did. They would flatten because they were not made of hard enough steel.

Chevrolets 1955 V-8 wasn't a 262 it was a 265 and it was one of the best engine ever. You guys have fabricated a collection of lies like I have ever heard. You know nothing about engines.

@shanemitchell477

12 күн бұрын

No, I would say the 327 was.

@scottbryant7377

12 күн бұрын

The 262 they are referring to, did nor exist in 1955, lol. They didn't make production until, 1975, and could be found under the hood of Nova's and Monza's, and was gone by, 1977. Totally different engine than the original,1955, model 265 in small blocks.

@shanemitchell477

11 күн бұрын

@@scottbryant7377 Correct and they didn't even have spin on oil filters a first.

@billd.8336

7 күн бұрын

Some 55s cracked pistons. Fixed in 1966.

An engine being configured with a two-barrel carb has nothing to do with being able to run on cheap fuel, as I've found over my years of driving 4-barrel engines. Running a ridiculously low compression ratio, without any form of forced induction, however.... BTW: Chrysler's reason for going with the hemispherical combustion chamber in the first place was to be able to extract the maximum power possible from low-octane fuel. How low of octane typically was available in the early-50's, I cant say. But I do recall seeing (without audio) a commercial for Speedway 79 gasoline... so there's that.

the 305 chevy wasn't bad

@johncmitchell4941

7 күн бұрын

Some of the later 4.8s had poor head castings, a supplier issue. Porosity would allow coolant into the oil. By removing a valve cover the vendor casting mark would pretty much give away why your oil looked like tar. Sister's truck had a one like that. We just put in a crate engine vs try to fix it.

@petepeterson5337

2 күн бұрын

Agreed. I had one in the bulbous 1992 Caprice. I was lacking in power but was fairly trouble free. I had an odd failure of an edge card contact on the engine control module (located inside the panel by the front passenger's feet) that was repaired with contact cleaner and needle-nose pliers. It was a tribute to the factory service manual that enabled me to debug down to that level. With its redundant injector throttle body fuel injection, I was not stranded by the failure.

I’m halfway through the video and I’ve yet to see a truly bad engine. All are reliable, albeit low power. My definition of bad is unreliable with serious issues

@minnesotatomcat

14 күн бұрын

Yeah it’s a bad name for the list, there were some real turds that didn’t make the list. It should have been called the most disappointing engines or something like that.

@mrliberty8468

12 күн бұрын

That Olds deisle was a turd.

@milesmahan

12 күн бұрын

So what qualifies?

@squidduck

12 күн бұрын

@@milesmahan Vega engine was garbage. 5.7 Olds diesel was bad, although with a simple water separator, it may have been okay. Iron duke wasn’t great. 3.3 Chrysler was awful. 4 litre ford was bad. New 6.2 Chevy seems to have an issue breaking cranks…… that’s bad. I’m sure there’s more, but that’ll do for starters

@squidduck

12 күн бұрын

4.6 and 5.4 fords shooting spark plugs through the hood is bad, not to mention the cam phaser issue. 5.7 hemi is chewing up there variable camshafts….. that’s bad

The 262 needed a cam and better heads to boost hp to 200ish. ❤ I eng. swapped a 260 into a diesel 82 Delta 88 and is was quite peppy.❤

the computer tech wasn't there

Pontiac 301 boat anchor

The imperial would have done well in my opinion had it not had the lean burn to begin with. I think those 2 door imperials are gorgeous

@andrewdevay1479

6 күн бұрын

Those Imperials really were a work of art. I myself had a 1981 Cordoba, the platform the Imperial was based on. Technically, the Imperial did not have Lean Burn-it had something EVEN MORE problematic: a special and weird Electronic Fuel Injection system that was unique only to the 1981-1983 Imperial. The system was so horrible, Chrysler agreed to retrofit the cars with traditional 4 BBL carburetors. It was an insanely expensive retrofit, and Chrysler lost tons of money on this car!

@NYCS19339

2 күн бұрын

Agreed, very good looking cars

Yes, Chrysler's lean burn system was dreadful, but the engines themselves were excellent. Those engines when equipped or retrofitted with Chrysler's older traditional electronic ignition were all excellent. My parents had a pre-Lean Burn Cordoba that never saw a mechanic's wrench, except for basic maintenance.

Funny thing: When GM figured out how to make a splayed-journal crankshaft by the late-70's, it made the Buick 3.8L V-6--and any other V-6 GM developed from an existing V-8 design (Chevy 4.3L) obviously a better engine than a extremely-small displacement V-8... especially when the latter were running such ridiculously low compression ratios. BTW: The Olds 260 was discontinued after the '80-m/y by the 307... not '82.

@PaulHayman-tq5kb

12 күн бұрын

@@pancudowny general motors Holden put same 3,8 litre in the Holden Commodore was a money pit another good car engine for Mr and Mrs average

My parents had a 85 Toronado with a 305, we had it for a long time and never had a problem with it and I thought it was a pretty peppy motor for that big old heavy car. The only thing on the list I really agree with is the 5.7 diesels, they were straight garbage.

@NYCS19339

2 күн бұрын

Uncle had an Impala with it and no issues with it, went over 200k when he sold the car

@minnesotatomcat

2 күн бұрын

@@NYCS19339 yeah those small block Chevys weren’t anything super special or anything, but they were absolutely good dependable engines. I don’t understand why that made the list, there were such worse that didn’t get mentioned.

My 70 caddie convertible with 472 big block has 375 horse power stock. Every year after EPA choked more & more ponies. I periodically launch it & modern cars struggle to keep up...(till the next gas station) 😅

Unfortunately most people rate engine's by horsepower, I rate on how many times it will bring me from point A too point B, my Cadillac is the only 375 hp engine that didn't leave me walking ,and believe me I had to remove the oil wet spark plugs on my Mercury's 400ci. to start it Every time and it would quit at most redlights!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

They were talking about a Chevrolet car and show a Dodge, Aspen

Where is the Cadillac HT4100? It was truly a bad V8. It overheated, consumed oil, and often stalled. Most of the other engines on this list aren’t bad engines, they’re just underpowered. But the HT4100 was actually a bad engine; terribly underpowered AND unreliable.

Given that the flathead V8 basically put the automobile on the map let alone the Ford product. Also given the fact that these Flathead engines are still being reproduced today for Hot rod applications particularly a small for roadster cars. If they were so terrible why are they still being desired today. They're actually one of the simplest and best motors ever built. And of course they're not going to meet today's standards of reliability and mileage those motors were built different back then it was a different time for the time those were the best ever built.. and technically today less moving parts less maintenance low cost. Did those motors have their problems yes they did all engines do especially when they are newly introduced. And of course just because it didn't make that much power also does not mean it's a terrible engine. The biggest one ever was barely over 5 liters. Smallest one was about 130 cubic inches. And the crazy thing is is right at the end of the run of the flathead V8 it had already improved vastly. The only reason why the Flathead cease to exist as a mainstream engine was because it was so outdated by the time innovations came along for the newer V8S coming out. The only conversion that could have made the Flathead a formidable contender with the newer style engines with overhead valves is the Arden overhead valve version on the flatheads. And sadly those heads are almost impossible to find to this day. Had those heads been mass produced the Flathead may have survived a lot longer than it did. Overall I'm just glad to see them still around and being used for their into the purposes in honor of the tradition of the original V8.

This guy knows nothing about the small block chevy engine.

that 8-6-4 was bad

My parents bought new an Oldsmobile Cutlass sedan (Based on the G-body platform) that had the Oldsmobile equivalent of the Chevy 262: The 260. And it too only produced 110-hp. The worst part: My dad bought it partially because it's torque curve, as we'd be towing a single-axle camper trailer with it. Sadly, the V-6 model had a better one... but the dealer was trying to get this brand-new model, which was already a year old at the time, off the showroom floor. And my dad being how he always was over cheaply priced things....😒

The 350 ci i believe it was back in the late 70" or early 80"s GM tried to convert it into a diesel engine was a heap , We had one in a pick-up truck and wouldnt get out of its own way literally !

The Chrysler ELB system was first used in Australia on CL model Valiants with the 318 in 1977. The CM Valiants had ELB on the Hemi sixes as well. Economy improved on both. As for rubber hoses, if you don't maintain your car it'll go to shit in a few years like anything else. Chrysler Australia was first here with electronic ignition in 1973 and it was most of ten years before ford or holden went electronic.

those olds diesel was horrible

@JTA1961

11 күн бұрын

Fact

@dragracer4407

10 күн бұрын

it was horrible, they used a gasoline engine block to make there "diesel"

Add the Plymouth 318 ci engine. I had a 1958 Belvedere 2 door (same as Fury) that spun conrod bearings several times. During the time I owned that junk ANYTHING that could fail DID. Engine, auto transmission, rear end, AC system etc etc. Since then I have not owned a Chrysler product and have blocked many fleet purchases.

About the smaller Ford V-8s (255- & 302-ci.) of the 80's: I find it ironic that by the '85-y/o, they were able to produce a turbocharged 4-cyl. that made more horsepower than a V-8 of more than twice it's displacement at the time, only to de-tune the former the following year... for seemingly no explanation that even I can figure of than Ford just wanting it's V-8s to look good. Had they continued development of the SVO 2.3L (As it's known by) it probably could've produced 250-300hp by the early-90's, making the V-8's redundant except in applications seeing high-load demands (full-size trucks & vans, namely) and Police specialty models. But no... the carbureted Turbo 2.3L of '79, when placed in the Fairmont, gave & left with people a bad taste in their mouths. And the very malaise era of performance of the 70's left them longing for high-power V-8s as well. And since people [on average] are too stupid to comprehend complex things....🙄

@shanemitchell477

12 күн бұрын

They do, but Mazda makes it now.....the 2.3 Mazda engine is based off the SVO 2.3. It makes 263 hp last I checked. The only problem is we now have many 24 valve V-6 in cars that make the same as the turbo 2.3 Mazda. It's in the Mazdaspeed 3.

Early Ford flathead was an awesome engine. I am old enough to have had them in the family, they ran great!!

The fuel pump was new to Ford in "32, but not the water pump. The Model A had a water pump.

It's funny that the relative problems that put engines on this list are nearly all present in a single v8 you called a "legend" in the last video of yours I watched. The Rover v8... Continuity seems to be a major problem here. Especially since most of the engines listed here are significantly more reliable than the rover v8s.

110 years v8 = cadillac 1914 september 1st v8 in america production !

Definitely take the chevy 305 off the list. Ny 84 El camino has well over 250k and no cam problems and that electronic quadrajet is the most reliable carb ive ever had!!

@extremedrivr

6 күн бұрын

To be fair, he said their reputation was tarnished. But agree that it actually can be a great small block chevy if modded right.

@geralderdek282

6 күн бұрын

@extremedrivr thanks! Your right!

I happen to agree with the video- if an engine doesn't have enough power to climb a hill- it's a bad engine.

The Chevy 305 was later a good engine, produced til 1995. The Olds 260, slow but reliable and almost impossible to overheat. The Cadillac 8-6-4, the system itself was bad, unplug it and you had the same reliable 368 from 1980. The Cadillac HT (hook and tow) 4100 should be on your list instead.

Need a list for the worst 4 cylinder engines, Japan made, there are alot

lean burn was on the 318 into the early 1980's

The Olds 260 Diesel was even a bigger dog than the gasoline version. I ferried many of those GM Diesels from Southern Indiana to Florida during those unfortunate Diesel years.

My olds 260 was slow in my 75 cutlass but it never used/ leaked oil or broke down and got 25 mpg at 55 mph,it got stolen with an odometer reading over 400k. Best car I EVER had.

How can they talk about the old rough running odd fire Buick 3.8 and then show a picture of a grand national which is clearly a 3.8 sequential injected, even fire V6. Sad excuse for a video all around

"Why doesn't someone contact the president?...why is he letting this happen to us? Clueless.

i had a 77 3.8 V6 oh so sad for power in a 77 firebird 3 speed

I worked at a company that had a fleet of Olds diesel cars (8) , the salesmen hated them and the head mechanic didn't like them either and told the salesmen to abuse them and blow them up to get a new gas model ! It seems they did better and kept going with cold start and high revving , but did get approx 20-23 MPG !

As a mechanic, I have never seen some of these smaller V8 displacement engines from Pontiac, Oldsmobile, and Ford.

i miss the days when you opened the hood on a car and all you saw was an engine. lol. i find it funny ford only has a couple of motors on this list.

The 305 is a great engine and it only went into California corvettes the 305 ho l69 and the lb9 tuned port 305’s are fantastic engines

The 5.7 olds diesel block make great high boost capable gas engines because of the extra webbing in the block

Narrative derides all these engines for low power, but the pictures generally are of high performance engines with multiple carbs and other performance features. He also should have noted the way horse power rating changed to deduct the power lost on accessories and in the drive train. Net horse power at the wheels is substantially lower than the old method. However it is true that all car makers had to struggle to comply with unreasonable fuel efficiency standards.

Should have done your homework. Hemi was Chrysler's design for an engine that wasn't octane sensitive, lot of 6 or 7 to 1 efforts, good gas to run your tank in Euorpe was Pipe Dream, Gov. didn't buy it (whole different story). Just my 2 cents, Ole Guy

Even GMs Holden 253 managed 185Hp.

I will admit, the GM diesels of '80-'85 are worthy candidates for worst engine honors. Running a close second would be the Cadillac 4.1 liter V8 from '82-'87. These engines were severely underpowered and unreliable. The aluminum/cast iron mating surface between the intake manifold and the block created an expansion rate imbalance that inevitably caused gasket failure. The coolant found its way to the oil, washing out main bearings, and causing catastrophic wear of the cam lobes. These things were a nightmare. (By the way- the engine pictures in this video do not always match the engine being discussed.)

vibration heat and dirt frigin lean burn

Everything said about the first generation Hemi in this video is wrong. The original dual rocker shaft engine (Hemi) was never designed for outright power. It was merely designed to perform reasonably on any form of gasoline available at the time.

Add the Toyota SR2 2 litre with the pollution control on it.

I had an Olds 260 in a 76 Cutlass Supreme. It was an excellent engine and shouldn't have been on your list. I once had a 442 400 and was familiar with it. But it only got about 70k on it before the body rusted out. The engine was very smooth. And while no hp junkie, it was a standard 350 Olds engine and parts were readily available for it. The Buick 6 was total garbage. And my Cutlass rusted out way before the driveline failed. This car was so bad even the back bumper fell off from rust. And all the GM's of the time did the same thing. A horrible time for GM cars no doubt. But it was a gorgeous car and I loved my Cutlass Supreme all the way to it's accelerated decrepitude end. Today, I won't own a GM. And that's not why. That was a 2006 Impala SS, their most expensive car, that went the other way. It's body didn't rust; BUT EVERYTHING ELSE DID. It was such a junk car, I had to replace the transmission cooling lines twice, and the power steering hoses twice. Everything corroded and failed and when even the trunk seal started leaking, 275 dollars again. That was it, I swore off GM completely and it was GONE. The prettiest piece of garbage on the road. Thank the auto gods Mercedes bought out Chrysler. That gave me some time with Mopar at least and I bought four of them and still have them today. 3 Jeeps and an AWD supercharged Dodge Charger. One will be 20 years old next year and it still running strong and looks great. Then Stelantis came along and Mopar is off the list as well as GM. Does Mopar even exist anymore? I'm not even sure. SRT doesn't, and all the Mercedes are gone. Luckily all of mine are pretty new and I'm the one who's retired. LOL

This doesn’t make sense. The pictures don’t match the voice over. And it’s obvious that the narrator doesn’t have a clue what he is talking about. Someone needs to find a new pastime!

Used to work on a 74 cutlass with a preproduction 260 . The only thing was the intake was crap , they would corrode. They were sweet outside of that, and some good heads would have made them happy

those bloody lean burn devils total garbage

The Dodge baby hemi in 1954 model was reliable and much quicker than the new Ford overhead valve V8 of the same year. I believe the version of the Hemi in a Dodge that my grandparents owned had a 4 barrel carburetor on top of a silvery sort of high rise intake manifold,the car was a bit sluggish off the line but revved and revved and revved,I think it could have done much more than 100 mph the weakness of the car was the lousy 2 speed automatic transmission,not the engine.

At 12:34 I like the gallons of fuel remaining. That's better than the distance remaining in today's cars. The car doesn't know if you're going to be driving on the highway or city traffic so it can't possibly give you an accurate number.

The 255 Ford V8 would've been so much better than the 3.3 L in-line 6 in the Fox bodies that they would've seemed competent.

how many problems with lexus engines??? NONE

When you hear this voice, Ratchet 😂

Where is the Ford (Ferd! 😆) Y-Block with a plague of oiling issues for the top end (rocker arms/shafts) due to a very bad design of the oil galleries, that was also used in one of their inline 6’s with equal identical issues? And to compound the oiling issues, the Y block V8’s had that stupid cross over exhaust pipe across the front of the engine that dumped heat over the engine that caused them to run hot (and the flat head V8 sometimes used the same stupid set up!) and also dumped so much hot gases through the passenger side exhaust manifold that it pretty much glowed red, compounding the poor oiling issue by coking the oil in the exhaust valves on the passenger side causing sticking of them sometimes and overheating them, causing warping and burning? Also, the Y block had, for some unlocked reasoning, an odd, different firing order that made these Y blocks sound like they had a misfire when they did not, especially when fitted with single exhaust with that dumb cross over “knuckle burner” pipe! And the true cause of overheating in the Ford flat heads was NOT the 2 water pumps, but rather, the exhaust passages in the block being too long to the ports where the 3 branch exhaust manifolds attach to the block, and run through the water jackets where the high heat dumped into the coolant and overwhelmed the cooling system, often generating steam bubbles that caused pockets that blocked coolant flow to the radiator. Henry Ford wasn’t that bright. He saw this design as good in winter for fast warm-up and cabin heat, not ever considering severe overheating in the SUMMER!! Duurr! 🤪 This issue is why other flat head V8’s like Cadillac had a “hot V” design with intake and exhaust manifolds in the valley up top to keep exhaust heat out of the cooling system, even insulating the manifolds and down pipes in asbestos to prevent radiant heat from being van issue! Engineers Ford never had and still don’t Every engine they ever made literally belongs on this list! All were a fail in one way or another! 🙄😬 Cheers! 👍🏻😊

@deadon4847

11 күн бұрын

Thank you for posting your ignorance, bigotry and racism for all to see.

You could've said any American V-8 between 1974 to 1985.

@daveridgeway2639

13 күн бұрын

Hi HichaelRoy, one problem the "the big three" had was that the final drive ratio (rear end gear ratio) in most of the cars at that time where geared much too high. Instead of lets say a 3:50 to 1, or an 3:25 to 1 gear ratio, the factory would install a 2:75 to 1 for better fuel economy but the cars would not perform good at all. For an example, the late 1970s Pontiac Trans-Am(s) had big powerful engines, but came with about a 2:50 to 1 gear ratio! SICK! Please reply. Dave...

@shanemitchell477

12 күн бұрын

@@daveridgeway2639 Sir...The 1973 T/A SD455 had a 3.42:1 and no not ALL cars had the high gear ratios.

As soon as i heard the AI voice you know its pure bull shit. Just another Tesla lover that knows nothing of cars.

@ronaldmendoza390

19 сағат бұрын

You're absolutely f******correct!!

This guy does not know what he is talking about, I have worked on every type of engine for over 40 yrs, this guy is an air head. Some of the reasons these engines had problems was nothing he is talking about. Gets his information on social media.

Caddy 8-6-4, so bad its in part 1 and 2

This article is full of shit.

Old bean learn I mean lean burn

Those lean burn Chrysler engines were HATED by Chrysler fans. All of the manufactures mid 70s to early 80 engines tended to be awful. Chrysler had an addition problem. The company was in a bad situation. This led to the hated "K" cars. Overall the engines that were choked down to meet MPG requirements or just designed as fuel efficient engines seem to be all over this list. This should be noted by GM, Stellantis (idiots IMO) and Ford. Ford, IMO, has done better than anyone in managing their car models to have some performance they can sell and cars whose fuel efficiency is high enough to offset the former models performance. GM had announced, a couple years ago I believe, that they were going to stop all car models. That implementation appears to have drug on much longer than GM wanted. Stellantis promoted Dodge as their performance brand. Now with all the carbon credits they have had to pay to keep it that way, Stellantis is almost universally going to hybrid or some form of high MPG engines. This entire fiasco that many US companies are fighting is INSANE MPG requirements. Why do these exist? Simple - force the fake global warming on humanity. It has been global cooling then global warming then global cooling than global warming and they got tired of selling 180 degree opposite problems all the time. Now it is global "change." Of course it changes - it is called WEATHER. Our temperature and carbon in the air have been perfectly normal. The more carbon is taken away the less green life exists. The less green life that exists the less oxygen exists. The less oxygen is bad for humanity. This is the definition of fascism/Corporatocracy. Ultimately they want to create a feudal society where you are in effect all slaves to serve the "lord" - the elite international corporations. DON'T BELIEVE ME. Read the #1 goal on the GA Guidestones they destroyed. To keep population at less than 500 million for the Earth. That means 7.5 BILLION people have to be eliminated. 2 Read about the UN Agenda 21. 3 Read the UN Agenda 2030. 4 Read about World Economic Fund. There are many more. Educate yourself or practice yes sir lord and giving everything you have, including your life, to your lord of the manor. Do you want to own nothing? Do you want all humanity to live on less than 5-10% of the land? Don't worry, the elites need serfs.

The very worst engines not on your list were from Cadillac, of all people. The Cadillac 8-6-4 engine, not only didn't work. It would actually start on fire and it was illegal to make them safe. And next is the Cadillac Northstar that was made to replace it. It could go "100k between tune ups" and couldn't keep a head gasket and were terminal when they blew. And don't forget the Cadillac 4.1 all aluminum all time biggest POS ever made. Those completely wore out in only 20,000 miles. Only 2nd to the Chrysler Lean Burn, which was also illegal to fix. Those three Cadillac engines were absolute total garbage and should've bankrupted the company. Our family wrote Cadillacs off completely after those fiascos, and three generations of us were driving them. Four counting my father. What a damned shame. We came from the Caddy 525's, 500's and 425's. Total sweethearts, to being ripped off by that junk.

Lots and lots of 260 is cu inchers on this list

so for everyone 65 and younger this is why american cars have the reputation they have. of crap. if you buy one depreciation destroys you dealers rip you off and overcharge and a reliable used or high mileage one is a joke. its sad, really.

the 351/400 M serie where very bad engine

@daveridgeway2639

13 күн бұрын

Hi bigdon, I am 64 years old and I was a mechanic at three Ford dealerships and two Lincoln-Mercury dealerships. The 351/400M engine blocks where/are notorious for suffering from "cracked engine blocks" and I am not talking about being overheated or left out in the freezing conditions. I do not understand why. With all due respect, the 400M achieved the same fuel economy as the 460 4V (4 barrel), but with not much more power than the 351M. I do not understand why. Please reply. Dave...

307 chevy

The Chevy Vega engine. Hands down the worst ever.

Hello Mr. It's Just Cars, not a bad video. Most people call the 255 CID, 302 CID and sometimes the 289 CID for that matter, a "Windsor" because they are very much the same as the "351 Windsor". I do not mean to be a know it all, but the only Ford small block that was produced at the Windsor engine plant was the "351 Windsor". The other small block(s) where produced at the Cleveland engine plant, even though the 351 Cleveland is not much the same as the 302. Please reply. Dave...

@squidduck

14 күн бұрын

Also the modified, which is the same family as the 400

@daveridgeway2639

13 күн бұрын

@@squidduckYou are correct. The 351 modified and the 400 are the same block and they look the same as the 351 Cleveland, but in the mean time they are both a taller engine block then the 351 Cleveland. Please reply. Dave...

@shanemitchell477

12 күн бұрын

Sir, the 289, 302, 351 are all in the windsor family of engines, that's why. Except the Boss 302, 351 Cleveland, 351M and 400M. For small blocks.

Photos don''t line up. Also, hire humans Stop taking jobs from People!

There was another bad v8. This one was made by Ford. The engine was the 351m and the 400. They both had low horse power and low oil pressure. The only difference between the two, was the 400. It had about 1/2 longer stroke. Both engines also had low torque.

The area I live in people thought those were badass engines when they were nothing but problems and junk..They installed duel exhaust with loud mufflers and I honestly think they lost horsepower instead of gaining cause all they were was noise makers instead of more horsepower. They still do it thinking they get more power lol 😂

Awesome channel 👍🏻

AMC 360 v8 bad engine

The Chevy 305 was a reliable and fuel efficient engine. It could also be made more powerful by changing the pistons and heads to raise the compression ratio.

This video is a waste of time.

well done

Anything related to Chrapsler (Dodge, Jeep, Plymouth etc) is garbage

@73-carina18

13 күн бұрын

ever wondered what powers the fastes cars in dragracing??? 426 hemi 🤣😇😍🤘

@EvilJ069

9 күн бұрын

@@73-carina18 And do YOU know who actually invented the Hemi? Ford... Well, one of their former engineers anyway. And speed isn't everything, bruh, I'm talking reliability

The lean burn system went well into the 80s