The BEST and WORST 4-Cylinder Engines EVER

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  @Dustrunnersauto · 2 years ago · pinned

  What would you add or take away from this list? 👀

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• RY

  @ryanlabombard9799 · 2 years ago

  Was surprised at the omission of the Ford Cosworth 2.0.  The first engine to break the 100 hp/liter barrier that went on to power the Sierra RS Cosworth to an incredible 84% winnning percentage in racing.  Utterly tunable it was making 550 hp+ in the dominant RS500 for racing and was also used in the legendary Escort RS Cosworth.

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• AN

  @andrewhansen4179 · 2 years ago

  Alfa Romeo Twin Cam, straight 4 cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine. GT Am. Aluminum alloy engine block with cast iron &quot;wet&quot; cylinder liners, aluminium alloy head with hemispherical combustion chambers, cross flow design with 2 Weber carbs on one side, exhaust on the other. Fully counterweighted crankshaft, <br>forged steel crankshaft with 5 main bearings <br>DOHC (direct valve actuation with bucket tappets) driven by a double row timing chain <br>80 degrees angle between inlet and exhaust valves axis <br>Aspiration, 2 x Weber 45DCOE carburetors <br>flat, finned oil sump, oil capacity 10 quarts. <br>Final drive, 41/6, 43/7 <br>Starting period 1969, as 1750 GT Am, and the same model changed name as 2000 GT Am in 1972 <br>1985cc <br>240 HP <br>5 speed manual gearbox <br>1st 2,33 <br>2nd 1,58 <br>3rd 1,21 <br>4th 1 <br>5th 0,88

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• CH

  @chriskappert1365 · 2 years ago

  Alfa Romeo Nord DOHC 1.3 / 1.6 / 1.8 / 2.0 liter .<br>Made from early 50s to late 80s and won hundreds of races .

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• RO

  @ronaldjones743 · 2 years ago

  Really surprised he didn&apos;t mention the Ford 2.3 Lima. You&apos;ll see that engine on dirt tracks, dune buggy&apos;s, and just about any kind of off road racing you can imagine. There&apos;s tons of aftermarket parts for them from hundreds of companies.<br>Ive seen them pushing 1000 HP at the drag strips I&apos;ve even seen them in power boat racing.<br>That engine platform is so simple and easy to modify.<br>Very dependable on the street even making 350 RWHP.

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• CH

  @ChuckFicago73 · 2 years ago

  Surprised the VAG 1.8t didn&apos;t make the cut. Super reliable and extremely tunable.

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• RO

  @robpottie662 · 2 years ago

  Ecotec is a very broad term that applies to a lot of engines. Not all of them are direct injected, not all of them use timing chains, and not all of them are aluminum blocks.

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• CH

  @chuckgladfelter · 2 years ago

  I had an Iron Duke in an &apos;88 S-10 and it went almost 300,000 miles before the rest of the truck wore out.

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• GO

  @GoldRaven-oe4by · 2 years ago

  Ngl for the average consumer mazda makes some pretty banger engines

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  @85bbenjaminfan · 2 years ago

  I had a 2005 Saturn Ion 1 with a 2.2 Ecotec engine. Had to retire it due to the rear subframe mount rusting out on me. It had 289k miles, and still started up and ran strong

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• AD

  @adambatchelder4121 · 2 years ago

  For reliability i would add the 22r and re toyata. <br>For performance pretty much all modern 4 cylinder sport bike motors &nbsp;power to weight raito that nothing can compare to.

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• JE

  @jeddi20 · 2 years ago

  my 98 accord had the F23A1 engine and is still running with close to 500k on the dash.

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