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  2. Buick straight-8 engine - Wikipedia

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    The Buick straight-8 engine (Fireball 8) was a straight-eight cylinder automobile engine produced from 1931 to 1953 by the Buick division of General Motors. It replaced the Buick Straight-6 engine across the board in all models on its debut.

  3. Pontiac straight-8 engine - Wikipedia

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    A Silver streak 8 in a 1949 Pontiac Streamliner - note the large intake silencer leading to an oil-bath air cleaner on the left side of the engine. The Pontiac straight-8 engine is an inline eight-cylinder automobile engine produced by Pontiac from 1933 to 1954. Introduced in the fall of 1932 for the 1933 models, it was Pontiac's most powerful ...

  4. Straight-eight engine - Wikipedia

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    The straight-eight engine or inline-eight engine (often abbreviated as I8) is an eight-cylinder internal combustion engine with all eight cylinders mounted in a straight line along the crankcase. The type has been produced in side-valve , IOE , overhead-valve , sleeve-valve , and overhead-cam configurations.

  5. Category:Straight-eight engines - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Straight-eight engines" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  6. Oldsmobile straight-8 engine - Wikipedia

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    1948 Oldsmobile Straight-8 engine Oldsmobile inline 8 engine at the R. E. Olds Transportation Museum. Oldsmobile produced a straight-8 engine in the 1930s and 1940s. This was the company's top engine choice from 1932 until the 1949 introduction of the overhead valve Rocket V8, and was briefly exclusive to the Oldsmobile L-Series.

  7. Duesenberg Model A - Wikipedia

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    The Duesenberg Model X, a derivative of the Straight Eight, had a short production run in 1927. About twelve were built. [2] [22] The Model X had an engine with the same bore and stroke as the Straight Eight [23] but with a non-crossflow head. The engine delivered 100 horsepower (75 kW). The chassis had a wheelbase of 135 inches (3,400 mm). [2]

  8. Studebaker Big Six - Wikipedia

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    In the case of the Big Six President, 1928 would mark the introduction of Studebaker's famed 313-in³ Straight-8 which developed 100 bhp (75 kW) at 2600 rpm. The larger straight-six engine was utilised in the GB Commander before being replaced with a 248-in³ engine in 1929, marking the end of the line for the famous Big Six.

  9. Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A - Wikipedia

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    This new engine could produce 115–160 metric horsepower (85–118 kW). [2] This was the most powerful mass-produced straight-8 engine in the world at that time. [3] The Tipo 8A was offered only with bare chassis and engine for the coachbuilders. [4] The Isotta Fraschini car company promised that every car could do 150 km/h (93 mph).