Largest V8

[WS61400]

What car had the largest V8 and what size was the engine?

[Hudson]

What car had the largest V8 and what size was the engine?

Cadillac's 500cid (8.2L) engine was the largest regular-production V8 engine in a car. There have been larger engines than that in cars including the 12.7L Bugatti straight-eight Type 41 Royale and the 13.5L straight-six found in the 1912-18 Pierce-Arrow, 1912-14 Peerless, and 1918 Fageol....and of course the 8.3L V10 in the current Dodge Viper. But you asked about the largest V8.

[WS61400]

Cadillac's 500cid (8.2L) engine was the largest regular-production V8 engine in a car. There have been larger engines than that in cars including the 12.7L Bugatti straight-eight Type 41 Royale and the 13.5L straight-six found in the 1912-18 Pierce-Arrow, 1912-14 Peerless, and 1918 Fageol....and of course the 8.3L V10 in the current Dodge Viper. But you asked about the largest V8.

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[Sixty8panther]

Cadillac is the standard of the world in many ways... and there's

no replacement for displacement. The enormeous 500, just like

the 472 & 425 suffer from breathing problems. Tey make good

horsepower & torque numbers and all but they have the

potential to make a LOT more with the right intake, carb and

exhausts, not to mention heads. The lower-longer-wider styling

of the 60s and 70s meant that the hood gave little clearance

for the ideal intake manifold design. Even the air cleaners on 8.2

and 7.7 V8s is ridiculous. It's the size and height of something

you'd expect on a Hyundai Pony, not a car wiht 5 times the

displacement and double the cylinders.