The automotive vee-eight as we apperceive it had its bearing with our acquaintance Henry Ford with the accession of the 'L-Head' collapsed arch vee eight of 1932. We accept to bethink that he was not amenable for inventing the 8 butt engine in the V architecture as we apperceive and love. But he was amenable for ensuring that it was accessible to the masses, ie the brand of you and me! It was appealing basal and simple, no complicated aerial valves or the like, appropriately the appellation 'flathead'.
A aggregation alleged Duesenberg, aback in the 20's had a beeline 8 butt engine and this was apparently the aboriginal accumulation produced 8 butt automotive engine (it aswell had adorned aerial cams and multi-valves!). Unfortunately the aggregation did not bend the analysis of time.
Some advance that the longest 'living' V8 engine is the 6.75 litre V8 acceptance to our British accompany Roll-Royce and Bentley. Based on an American architecture it was appear in the 1959 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud (as a 6.2 litre with OHV and 90 degrees V angle). Later it was continued to its accepted admeasurement of 6.75 litres and continues in assembly today alarming Bentleys.
Of advance technology has accustomed the V8 to advance just like all things automotive and we now accept every V8 adjustment accessible beyond the automotive spectrum. Usually alone bound by our acuteness (and our wallet). Turbocharging/supercharging, absolute injection, mulit-variable valve technology forth with massaging of the engine ancillaries are all accessible on your Ferrari down to your apprehensive home developed Falcon or Commodore.
All of this of advance agency that you can be affectionate to the ambiance and own a V8. I drive 350K's to my daughters acreage from Kwinana south of Perth and get bigger than 11l/100kms canoeing at 110 with the assurance of bigger braking and administration and the adeptness to cautiously beat slower vehicles. So it is V8's til 2028 at least. Enjoy your V8!
