I was thinking about this the other day. Out of all the cars I’ve owned, I’ve owned V8s the most. Kind of interesting when you think back on it, especially when it’s not intentional.
1965 Chevelle Malibu - 283ci V8
1984 Cadillac Eldorado - HT4100 V8
1980 Mazda Rx-7 - 12A Rotary
1989 Toyota Corolla Wagon - 4A-F 4-Cylinder
1986 Crown Victoria Coupe - 5.0L V8
1995 Jeep Cherokee XJ - 4.0L Inline 6
2003 Dodge Durango - 5.9L V8
1968 Corvair Monza - 164ci Flat 6
2013 Ford Focus - 2.0L 4-Cylinder
2008 GMC Sierra 2500HD - 6.6L Turbo Diesel V8
tjbell
Reader
12/21/18 4:27 p.m.
For me, mostly inline 4 turbo.
1997 Saab 900se
2004 Saab 9-5
2009 VW GTI
2017 VW Golf (1.8t)
2013 VW GTI
2006 Audi a4
2017 Hyundai Elantra Sport
Followed by V8's
1999 Silverado 5.3
1989 Iroc Camaro 5.0
1985 Bronco 351w
2004 Cvpi 4.6
Misc
1990 Plymouth Acclaim 3.0 V6
2004 Sentra SER Spec V 2.5 I4
1994 M edition Miata 1.8 I4
1994 Jeep Grandcherokee 4.0 I6
1997 F150 4.2? V6
2001 Camry (x2) 2.4? I4
1990 Miata 1.6 I4
2004 XC70 2.5 I5
Motorcycles
1997 Triumph speed triple 885 I3
1998 Triumph Daytona 955 I3
Probably equal between opposed 4 cylinder and V8s.
Cooter
Dork
12/21/18 4:42 p.m.
V8
440 V8, to be specific
1970 Challenger R/T 440 Magnum Convertible
1970 Challenger Convertible 318 car that I swapped a 440 into
1970 Road Runner 383/4 speed Car with a 440 swapped in
1974 Century Ski Fury Factory 440
1973 Chrysler Imperial with a 440
1978 D200 Crew Cab with a factory 440
And various and sundry 318s of Poly and Wedge varieties, some 340s and 360s, a 350 Chevy or three, a LT1, and even a 302 Windsor.
The overall list is well over 100, so this is about as in depth as it will get.
After that? Inline 4 cylinder, SOHC, DOHC, NA and Turbo.
mostly 4 cyl. First turbo.
77 K10 V8
71 Beetle flat 4
73 Super Beetle flat 4
01 Saturn SL1 inline 4
77 K10 V8
97 Grand Cherokee inline 6
84 Horizon inline 4
88? D50 inline 4
79 Lesabre V8
77 Plymouth Van V8
05 Focus inline 4
93 Accord inline 4
90 Accord inline 4
11 Camry V6
90 S10 V6
95 MX-6 V6
18 Fit inline 4
81 Zephyr inline 6
Probably forgetting a few, not counting bikes or cars with no engines. Too many inline 4's. I do like the Honda ones though....
Dave
Reader
12/21/18 4:56 p.m.
Had a lot of variety but the four cylinder rules the day I guess
V8 - 6
V6 - 9
Inline 6 - 3
Inline 4 - 32
Inline 3 - 1
Flat 4 - 1
Rotary - 2
If we add in bikes
Twin - 1
Single - 1
Depends. Does it count twice if I've had the same motor in two different cars? For me it's:
V8 x 2/3
I6 x 2
I5 x 2
I4 x 1
H4 x 1
In reply to SyntheticBlinkerFluid :
V12 = 50+ all Jaguar
inline six = 20+ all but 2 Jaguar 1 Chris Craft I Chevy
V8 = 18 mostly Chevy 2 Fords 2 Buick’s
inline 8 = 4 Buick
V6 =3 GM
inline 4 = 9 MG Morris minor
inline 2 = 3 1 Royal Enfield 2 Honda
single cylinder 20?
My memory isn't good enough to provide a definite answer. At a guess I'd say V8s.
Edit. Best I can remember,
7, V8
7, V6
4, I4
2, I6
3, Rotary
Guaranteed, I've missed several.
2nd edit. Add two more V6.
3rd Edit, Add another I4 and 2, I5 and another I6.
4th Edit, Add another V6.
It's gotta be straight fours, followed by two straight fours with a common crank 
Im somewhere near 60 cars over the last 20 years. 4 cyl, then v8, then v6, then flat 4, then straight 6. 1 flathead.
Depends if you count flippers. If not, V8. Counting all the Neons I've bought, repaired and sold, four cylinders by a huge margin.
66 Fury 2, 318 poly.
67 Impala, 283.
69 Custom10, 307, then 350.
66 Delta 88, 425 Ultra high compression super rocket V8.
Datsun 510, 1600.
70 Chev C10, 350.
82 Camaro, 305, now 350.
Another 510.
75 Volvo 242, B20F
81 Volvo 245, B23E.
Jeep J20, 360.
Jeep Commanche, 2.5.
Jeep Cherokee, 4.0.
Dakota, 318.
94 Sentra, 1600 then SR20.
2K Silverado, 4.8.
Volvo XC90, B6294T
2002 RT Neon, SRT swapped
And roughly 35 other Neons.
43) inline 4
4)V4 60 degree Ford/Saab Sonett
1) inline 6
V8 leads the way for me. Followed by v6 sadly. Although the 4 cylinders are catching up.. if you go to certain engines it would be 302 Ford followed by 2.3 Ford
dropstep said:
V8 leads the way for me. Followed by v6 sadly. Although the 4 cylinders are catching up.. if you go to certain engines it would be 302 Ford followed by 2.3 Ford
Why sadly on the V6’s?
I’ll count up later for my tally
Hmm. Going strictly by vehicle:
5x 2 rotor/stick axle (four 1st-gen RX-7s, one RX-3)
4x transverse engine front wheel drive (one manual transmission A2 Golf, one auto B12 Sentra, one A1 GTI, one 4-cylinder Volvo S40)
3x longitudinal AWD (one GL-series Subaru, two VW Quantum Syncro)
3x piston engine RWD ('72 Ford Thunderbird mit built 429, '76 T-bird mit slugmotor smog slug 460, '85 Isuzu Impulse Turbo)
1x transverse AWD (teh Volvo S60R)
Adrian_Thompson said:
Why sadly on the V6’s?
V6s are always sad. A real V6 has a 120 degree bank angle. Almost zero V6s are built like this. (I do understand that there are some Italian V6s that are, cannot remember if Ferrari or Alfa Romeo) You can make an even fire 90 degree V6 with a split-pin crank, like Buick did for the 231/3.8/3.0/3.3/3300/3800, or you can make a 90 degree semi-odd-fire crank like Chevy did for the 4.3, or you can make a 60 degree V6 wth a crank that is best thought of as a 4-main inline six crank that has been folded on itself, like EVERY MANUFACTURER ON EARTH has made.
Or you can make an oddfire 90 degree crank, like Buick did before 1978, and like Ford did in their NASCAR 4.5l V6.
But mostly, V6s suuuuuuuck.
JAGwinn
New Reader
12/21/18 7:20 p.m.
V-8 all GM 265ci up to 400ci CHEVROLET, PONTIAC
V-6 GM SILVERADO, PONTIAC FIERO
I-4 FIAT, MG, NISSAN, CHRYSLER
V-2 TROYBILT
1 cyl .049 DIESEL
Knurled. said:
Adrian_Thompson said:
Why sadly on the V6’s?
V6s are always sad. A real V6 has a 120 degree bank angle. Almost zero V6s are built like this. (I do understand that there are some Italian V6s that are, cannot remember if Ferrari or Alfa Romeo) You can make an even fire 90 degree V6 with a split-pin crank, like Buick did for the 231/3.8/3.0/3.3/3300/3800, or you can make a 90 degree semi-odd-fire crank like Chevy did for the 4.3, or you can make a 60 degree V6 wth a crank that is best thought of as a 4-main inline six crank that has been folded on itself, like EVERY MANUFACTURER ON EARTH has made.
Or you can make an oddfire 90 degree crank, like Buick did before 1978, and like Ford did in their NASCAR 4.5l V6.
But mostly, V6s suuuuuuuck.
I used to think the same way, but the G35 does manage to bring a smile to my face on a fairly regular basis.
And, I need to go back and edit my previous post again.
Adrian_Thompson said:
dropstep said:
V8 leads the way for me. Followed by v6 sadly. Although the 4 cylinders are catching up.. if you go to certain engines it would be 302 Ford followed by 2.3 Ford
Why sadly on the V6’s?
I’ll count up later for my tally
Because most of the v6s were sub 500 dollar beaters I purchased out of necessity and hated. Only performance oriented v6 I've owned is a super coupe
2 Transverse I4 (90 z24 cavalier vert, 03 Nissan Altima)
2 Longitudinal I4 (95 Miata, 87 Samurai)
1 Transverse I3 Turbo (15 Fiesta)
1 Flat 4 (18 Crosstrek)
1 V8 (99 426k mile Land Cruiser)
1 I6 (91 Comanche)
A three-way tie for the lead at 4 each:
- 4 V6 (87 Taurus, 95 Probe GT, 01 Audi S4, 07 Honda Odyssey). 2 turbos on the S4
- 4 V8, 2 gas, 2 diesel (04 Audi S4, 02 Silverado 2500HD, 07 Silverado 2500HD, 16 Audi S6), turbo diesel on the trucks, twin turbo on the S6
- 4 I4 (99 Miata, 2003 Focus, Miata-based Locost, 2016 CX-9), aftermarket turbo on the Miata, stock turbo on the CX-9
- 1 I6 (04 M3)
- 1 2-rotor (93 RX7), stock twin turbos
