Re: Is it true that the current Bentley V-8 is based upon Packard's design?

Posted by Predictor On 2009/9/7 10:04:03

Yep a refined/modified version of that engine was in production up to about 10 years ago.

GM sold the tooling for the Buick V6 and the Chevy inline 4 (used in early Novas AKA Chevy II) to Kaiser Jeep. Fast forward to the first gas crisis and GM bought both back...eventually redesigned the V6 with split crank journals to allow for even firing, renaming it the 3.8 and it eventually became a mainstay of GM...Buick went nuts and put a hair drier on it. While across town Pontiac slapped a crossflow head on the 4 and rechristened it the Iron Puke, er Duke and even offered a Super Duty race version good for 300 horsies.

Some other engines used beyond their original applications that I recall include a Mopar flathead 6 that was used in forklifts and industrial applications for years...the Continental flathead 6 used in Kaisers/Frazers and even Checkers...Ford of Europe's V4 used in many British Fords and by Saab in addition to stationary apps...and last but not least, the infamous Crosley! I don't have enough electrons to type all the variants of this mini mite.