Poll - Best Motors of the 60s-Page 2| Grassroots Motorsports forum |

Javelin MegaDork
10/28/13 1:14 p.m.

Um, all of them?

No, seriously. The 60's produced soooo many good motors that it's unreal. Even the "uncommon" stuff like AMC's, big Buick, etc are still being used to make huge power today. Heck, I don't think I can even name a "bad" motor from the 60's...

alfadriver PowerDork
10/28/13 1:19 p.m.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:
alfadriver wrote:
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:
That is a seriously unicorn engine. Twin Spark + Fuel injection says that it's a very odd ball one. and probably very powerful. The shape of the intake and the oil lines below the distributor kind of implies the oil driven supercharged version. Specific output wise, "high" volume- I would put Alfa, Low volume- Lotus, Race volume- Cosworth. Some of the greatest 4 cyl engines ever.
That is an inline 6 twinspark out of an Alfa 2600 GT Sprint circa somewhere around '62

can't count. It did look odd, but I've only seen a couple of those done up. So that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

bmwbav New Reader
10/28/13 1:20 p.m.

The BMW M30 came out in 1968, started with 170HP from 2.8L, lived on until 1993.

Autolex Dork
10/28/13 1:34 p.m.

Toyota 3M I-6 from the 2000GT

Hungary Bill Dork
10/28/13 1:41 p.m.

alfadriver wrote:
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:
alfadriver wrote:
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:
That is a seriously unicorn engine. Twin Spark + Fuel injection says that it's a very odd ball one. and probably very powerful. The shape of the intake and the oil lines below the distributor kind of implies the oil driven supercharged version. Specific output wise, "high" volume- I would put Alfa, Low volume- Lotus, Race volume- Cosworth. Some of the greatest 4 cyl engines ever.
That is an inline 6 twinspark out of an Alfa 2600 GT Sprint circa somewhere around '62
can't count. It did look odd, but I've only seen a couple of those done up. So that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

aaaaaaaand I need a towel

Hungary Bill Dork
10/28/13 1:45 p.m.

Javelin wrote: Um, all of them? No, seriously. The 60's produced soooo many good motors that it's unreal. Even the "uncommon" stuff like AMC's, big Buick, etc are still being used to make huge power today. Heck, I don't think I can even name a "bad" motor from the 60's...

Rotary gods please for give me for this but:

NSU single rotor Wankle blew donkey genitals (and apex seals too).

Rob_Mopar SuperDork
10/28/13 1:49 p.m.

1960 Slant Six Hyper Pack

1960 413 D-500 Long Ram

1962 413 Max Wedge

1964 426 Race Hemi

1966 D-Dart 273 Super Stock

1968 Road Runner 383

1968 340 4-bbl

I need to go back to work now...

mad_machine MegaDork
10/28/13 2:04 p.m.

I want to add the Fiat 124 engine in there. An engine ahead of it's time with DOHC, shims atop the tappets (instead of under them like many DOHC of the time) Aluminum head, A centrifugal oil filter, Belt Drive (one of the first production engines with it) and a lovely lovely sound. This is a 4 cylinder that went from 1.4 litres up to a 2.0 and powered everything from the lowely 124 TC (the sedan) up to world rally winning chassis in the Delta Integrale.

Truely an engine that needs to be more than a footnote in history

Adrian_Thompson UberDork
10/28/13 2:12 p.m.

Roots Imp Engine. 875cc all alloy over head cam when most of the competition was cast iron push rods. Developed from a real racing engine and one guy could pick up a complete engine (well I could 20 years ago)

yamaha PowerDork
10/28/13 2:39 p.m.

I would say that one was ahead of its time.....

dean1484 PowerDork
10/28/13 3:42 p.m.

Both budget moters.

GM SB 302

Jag I6 (Looks very similar to the alpha motor above)

oldeskewltoy Dork
10/28/13 4:13 p.m.

Autolex wrote: Toyota 3M I-6 from the 2000GT

add to the imports with the Skyline S20

Type Q Dork
10/28/13 4:33 p.m.

Flat Six from the Porsche 911. That hit the market in the early 60's.

pres589 SuperDork
10/28/13 4:41 p.m.

Lancia Fulvia V4 always sounds so so nice, and in such pretty cars, so that's my suggestion.

m4ff3w UltraDork
10/28/13 4:44 p.m.

1968 GTA-SA.

Built as a variant for FIA Group 5 racing, the 10 copies of the SA features a pair of oil-driven superchargers mated to a 1570CC engine. The boosted Alfa produced 250 horsepower, and only 10 were built.

kreb SuperDork
10/28/13 4:51 p.m.

ooh, ooh, I've got one! How about the Toyota small-bore aluminum Hemi V8:

fasted58 PowerDork
10/28/13 4:55 p.m.

lotta engine pron goin' on here

oldsaw PowerDork
10/28/13 5:30 p.m.

oldtin wrote: New category - best 16 cylinder of the 60s and one of the best car noises of all time.

That's the BRM H16; two 1.5 liter V8's cobbled together to reach the 3 liter rules. It was never considered a "great" engine.

For a 4cyl choice - the Cosworth BDA

For a 6cyl - any one that came in a factory Porsche racer

For an 8cyl - Ford's HiPo 289; it was awesome in Mustangs, Cobras and GT40's

For a 12cyl - just about any sporting a prancing horse and/or red valve covers

Type Q Dork
10/28/13 5:30 p.m.

In reply to kreb:

Is that out of of one the old Toyota "Century" limousines?

kreb SuperDork
10/28/13 5:38 p.m.

Type Q wrote: In reply to kreb: Is that out of of one the old Toyota "Century" limousines?

Yep. Pretty rare motor. Certainly intriguing.

Javelin MegaDork
10/28/13 5:47 p.m.

Yeah, I'll take this one as the 16:

kreb SuperDork
10/28/13 6:27 p.m.

Incredible motor. Porsche, yes? Even the distributor cap is amazing.

Javelin MegaDork
10/28/13 6:34 p.m.

In reply to kreb:

Yes, it's one of the 10 factory experimental Porsche flat-16's for Can Am. Donohue liked the turbo Flat 12 better, so they went with that instead.

irish44j UberDork
10/28/13 7:04 p.m.

ransom wrote: I'm going to nominate the BMW M10 for some kind of 4-cyl honorable mention. I just like it, though I don't think it could displace some of the earlier-mentioned engines from the top of the podium.

especially considering what was done with it in Formula-1