Things about 5.0L V-8's you didn't care about

[purposefulinsanity]

What's the next number you're aiming for with your karma?

[Litigious]

I know that there are some gun company in the US that has made a revolver with a 7 shot chamber instead of 6, but there have never been a 7 cylinder car built that has worked for some reason. 

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I know that there are some gun company in the US that has made a revolver with a 7 shot chamber instead of 6, but there have never been a 7 cylinder car built that has worked for some reason. 

No, but there were many 7 cylinder radial engines built for aircaft. Double-row 14 cylinders were also common.

A 7-cylinder car engine would serve no practical purpose. It would have to be an inline engine which would make it too long to fit in most engine compartments. A V-8 on the other hand would be shorter and have more power.

The 5-cylinder engine is a different story. Mercedes first produced one and the reason for the 5-cylinder is that it gives a perfomance advantage over a 4-cylinder and can fit into engine compartments that the longer inline-6 and wider V-6 can't fit into.

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What's the next number you're aiming for with your karma?

Next would be a Chevy 327........ then a Dodge 340 

[purposefulinsanity]

Well let me get you a point closer then.

[McGiver]

did you naswer my question about how many mpg that your beloved 5.0 get on the highway?

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did you naswer my question about how many mpg that your beloved 5.0 get on the highway?

There's too many versions of 5.0L V-8's to give an acurate number. They vary from the racing 302's which got 3-4 MPG to about 25 for a modern TPI 305.

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Well let me get you a point closer then.

Thanx. 

[ASpHole]

A 7-cylinder car engine would serve no practical purpose. It would have to be an inline engine which would make it too long to fit in most engine compartments. A V-8 on the other hand would be shorter and have more power.

Actually a slim profile 'V'/Staggered inline like the VW VR6 and the 5 cylinder engine that Mercedes uses for the Sprinter would be doable. --It would take up a bit less space than a straight 6, and provide a bit more power.

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A 7-cylinder car engine would serve no practical purpose. It would have to be an inline engine which would make it too long to fit in most engine compartments. A V-8 on the other hand would be shorter and have more power.

Actually a slim profile 'V'/Staggered inline like the VW VR6 and the 5 cylinder engine that Mercedes uses for the Sprinter would be doable. --It would take up a bit less space than a straight 6, and provide a bit more power.

Yes, but it would vibrate like a motherfucker. You'd have to have HUGE ballance shafts to keep the vibrations under controll. Then you'd realize...... WOW I could've had a V-8!!!

You cant get past the "Why bother" element of a 7 cylinder. A 5 cylinder, however makes sense.

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333 isn't an engine size that I know of. 

[purposefulinsanity]

333 isn't an engine size that I know of. 

So what's the nearest one to 333?

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333 isn't an engine size that I know of. 

So what's the nearest one to 333?

That would be the Dodge/Chrysler/Plymouth High Performance 340. 

[purposefulinsanity]

333 isn't an engine size that I know of. 

So what's the nearest one to 333?

That would be the Dodge/Chrysler/Plymouth High Performance 340. 

Ok I'll plus you 1 step nearer to that.

[ASpHole]

333 isn't an engine size that I know of. 

So what's the nearest one to 333?

That would be the Dodge/Chrysler/Plymouth High Performance 340. 

Actually, moving down the displacement scale, the Chevy 327 is a bit closer. --Bothe are good engines in their own right, though.