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  2. Pontiac straight-8 engine - Wikipedia

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    A Silver streak 8 in a 1949 Pontiac Streamliner - note the large intake silencer leading to an oil-bath air cleaner on the left side of the engine. The Pontiac straight-8 engine is an inline eight-cylinder automobile engine produced by Pontiac from 1933 to 1954. Introduced in the fall of 1932 for the 1933 models, it was Pontiac's most powerful ...

  3. Straight-eight engine - Wikipedia

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    The straight-eight engine or inline-eight engine (often abbreviated as I8) is an eight-cylinder internal combustion engine with all eight cylinders mounted in a straight line along the crankcase. The type has been produced in side-valve , IOE , overhead-valve , sleeve-valve , and overhead-cam configurations.

  4. Pontiac V8 engine - Wikipedia

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    After outselling Oakland, Pontiac became the sole survivor of the two by 1932. In addition to the inline 6, Pontiac used the Oakland V8 for one year, 1932, debuting the Pontiac straight-8 engine in 1933. The two inline engines were used through 1954, when Pontiac unveiled its OHV Strato Streak V8 in 1955.

  5. Pontiac Streamliner - Wikipedia

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    The engine abandoned the flathead V8 offered in 1932 and reverted to the straight-eight architecture which was engineered internally by Pontiac, while the 3-speed synchromesh manual transmission was supplied by the new transmission factory at Muncie, Indiana. 1933 was also the first year that branch assembly plants were built while knock down ...

  6. Category:Pontiac engines - Wikipedia

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    View history; Tools. Tools. ... Pages in category "Pontiac engines" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... Pontiac straight-8 engine; V.

  7. Category:Straight-eight engines - Wikipedia

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    View history; General ... Pages in category "Straight-eight engines" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. ... Pontiac straight-8 engine; R.

  8. Buick straight-8 engine - Wikipedia

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    The Buick straight-8 engine (Fireball 8) was produced from 1931 to 1953 and sold in Buick automobiles, replacing the Buick Straight-6 engine across the board in all models in 1931. Like many American automobile makers, Buick adopted the straight-eight engine in 1931 as a more powerful alternative to the previous engines.

  9. Pontiac (automobile) - Wikipedia

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    Unusually, Pontiac switched to the straight-eight for 1933 until it was replaced in 1954. [2] As the economy began to recover, by 1933, Pontiac had moved up to producing the least expensive cars available with straight-eight engines. This was achieved by using many components from the six-cylinder Chevrolet Master, such as the body. The ...