Poll - Best Motors of the 60s

From a performance perspective. I have seven categories:

Price no object 4 cylinder: 6 cyl: 8 cyl: 12 cyl:

budget

4 cyl: 6 cyl: 8 cyl:

Just cuz I love um. 429ci Cobra Jet

On a budget I might go 302. It sounds cheaper.

L-88

427 side oiler

Shelby-ized HiPo 289. 306hp from 289 cu in was pretty impressive at the time.

Expensive: Jaguar 4.2 six, and?

less so: Alfa 1.6 four, SBF and SBC.

426 Hemi 421 Pontiac Boss 302

NSU Wankelmotor!

For 6-cylinder I'm torn between a Clifford performance modified slant-6, preferably the aluminum block one, and any AMC straight-6 built with the best of the parts bin through the years.

Does the ginormous GMC v-12 get a nod for torque?

4-Cylinder Budget: BMC A-Series

-Rob

Seriously... no one has mentioned it yet? ZL-1, that aluminum blocked Big Block 427 for the "no limits" V8.

For a six, I'd have to go with the Poncho OHC 230 inline 6.

dz302, boss302, 421 pontiac, 427 cammer

Lotus twin cam. 427 sohc. Much better than that unicorn 427 chevy motor.

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

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.

No budget:

4: Cosworth BDA (just sneaks in to the 60's), 6: Porsche 906 engine (901/20), 8: Cosworth DFV, 12: Lamborghini V12.

Budget:

4: Fiat Twin Cam, 6: Datsun L series, 8: Small block Ford.

In reply to Giant Purple Snorklewacker:

If it says, "Cosworth" on it, it must be something special.

oldtin wrote:

Oh my! Women swoon, children run in fear, and men merely drool........

DZ 302, 413 Wedge. Slant 6.

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.

Did MB or BMW have any slick I6s in that period?

In reply to kreb:

Edit: evidently the 507 was v8 and ended in '59......hmm

We're forgetting arguably the best budget gasoline I-6.....the ford 300ci came about in the 60's and went until the mid 90's.....

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