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The Jensen C-V8 is a four-seater GT car produced by Jensen Motors between 1962 and 1966. Launched in October 1962, [2] the C-V8 series had fibreglass bodywork with aluminium door skins, as did the preceding 541 series. All C-V8s used big-block engines sourced from Chrysler; first the 361 and then, from
American Motors designed an entirely new six-cylinder engine for 1964 and introduced the 232 in the new Classic Hardtop as the Typhoon. In 1965 AMC introduced the more economical 199 in the Rambler American. In the 1970s, VAM (See Vehículos Automotores Mexicanos) introduced a 282-cubic-inch version of the engine. American Motors and Chrysler ...
One of AMC's engineers, David Potter, had worked on developing V8 engines for Kaiser-Frazer. [5] American Motor's first V8 engine debuted having 250 cu in (4.1 L) in 1956 with a 327 cu in (5.4 L) version in 1957. [6] The larger displacement engine included a pioneering electronic fuel-injected (EFI) system named "Electrojector" version in 1957.
1961–1980 Buick small block V8 (formed the basis of the 1961-1963 Oldsmobile 215 aluminum V8) (now better known as the Rover V8 and also the Buick-based "Dauntless V8" on Jeeps or the Repco V8 Formula One engine based on the Oldsmobile version) 1965–2009 Chevrolet Big-Block V8 (originally "Turbo-Jet")
GMC's own V8 was the 637-cubic-inch (10.4 L) unit, which was essentially a 478 V6 with two cylinders added. It shared the 5.125 in × 3.86 in (130.2 mm × 98.0 mm) bore and stroke and used a single camshaft. It was manufactured in gasoline and diesel versions, and was the largest-displacement production gasoline V8 ever made for highway trucks.
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The bore spacing of 4 + 3 ⁄ 4 in (120.7 mm) was unlike any American V8 engine, with the sole exceptions of Buick's big block V-8 and AMC American Motor's V-8 line which share the same identical 4.750 bore centers, and the firing order was 1-5-4-8-6-3-7-2 something uncommon in any period American OHV V8.
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