straight-eight engine

It was the first British car with a straight-eight engine.

This dictated that the two long straight-eight engines be placed one behind the other, with the pilot in front of both.

Straight-eight engine, an engine with 8 cylinders in a straight line.

The straight-eight engine with its 115-horsepower strained to pull the heavy car over the slippery, uneven surface.

Straight-Eight engine poses against the garage wall in fresh blue paint, waiting for the time it will be lowered gently into place.

Powered by a straight-eight engine with 115 horsepower.

The straight-eight engine or straight-8 is an internal combustion engine with 8 cylinders.

The Mercedes W196 had independent suspension and a straight-eight engine which helped minimise its overall height.

It uses a 4.5-litre straight-eight engine, supercharged or unblown.

This straight-eight engine consisted of two straight-four engines.

After the more compact V8 replaced the straight-eight engine in 1953 this difference in chassis length was no longer needed.

Once there, Bob spent long hours working on the Buick, completely rebuilding the straight-eight engine and lining the brakes, all by himself in the garage.

The Straight Eight was the first car in series production in the United States with a straight-eight engine.

A Daimler powered by a 5.4 liter, straight-eight engine with Hooper coachwork.

The Roadmaster was introduced in a year when Buick's valve-in-head straight-eight engines were heavily revised.

There were two Sulzer 8LV31 straight-eight engines placed side-by-side with a gangway between them.

When introduced, the number of VentiPorts (three or four) denoted the size of straight-eight engine installed.

It used a Georges Roesch-designed straight-eight engine in a stretched Humber chassis.

Innovations included a straight-eight engine with overhead valves, twin spark plugs, and nine crankshaft bearings in 1930.

Hudson Eights were "often luxurious, and usually smooth, effortless performers" powered by a new for 1930 straight-eight engine that would be produced through 1952.

The Roosevelt was the first automobile in America with a straight-eight engine to be priced under $1,000, with the sedan and coupe selling for $995.

The straight-eight engine architecture was quickly adopted in the world of motor sport (in 1921 more than half of Indianapolis contestants were straight-eights).

General Motors made a front mounted air conditioning system optional in 1954 on Pontiacs with a straight-eight engine that added separate controls and air distribution.

Engine manufacturer Lycoming built straight-eight engines for sale to automobile manufacturers, including Gardner, Auburn, and Locomobile.

The Straight-Eight engines replaced Daimler's earlier Double-Six V12 engines.