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V8 engine
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A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders. The V8 is a very common configuration for large automobile engines. V8 engines are rarely less than 4L in displacement and in automobile use have gone up to 8.5L or so.
The V8 is a common engine configuration in the highest echelons of motorsport, especially in the USA where it is required in IRL, ChampCar and NASCAR. Formula One began the 2006 season using naturally aspirated 2.4L V8 engines, which replaced the 3.0L V10s as a move to cut down power.
The first V8 engine was made by The Cadillac Automobile Company in 1915.
See Also
| Piston engine configurations v • d • e | |
|---|---|
| Type | Bourke • Controlled combustion • Deltic •Orbital • Piston • Pistonless (Wankel) • Radial • Rotary • Single • Split cycle • Stelzer • Tschudi |
| Inline types | H · U · Square four · VR · Opposed · X |
| Stroke cycles | Two-stroke cycle • Four-stroke cycle • Six-stroke cycle |
| Straight | Single · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 8 · 10 · 12 · 14 |
| Flat | 2 · 4 · 6 · 8 · 10 · 12 · 16 |
| V | 4 · 5 · 6 · 8 · 10 · 12 · 16 · 20 · 24 |
| W | 8 · 12 · 16 · 18 |
| Valves | Cylinder head porting • Corliss • Slide • Manifold • Multi • Piston • Poppet • Sleeve • Rotary valve • Variable valve timing • Camless |
| Mechanisms | Cam • Connecting rod • Crank • Crank substitute • Crankshaft • Scotch Yoke • Swashplate • Rhombic drive |
| Linkages | Evans • Peaucellier–Lipkin • Sector straight-line • Watt's (parallel) |
| Other | Hemi • Recuperator • Turbo-compounding |
