best engine

3800 series one engine is hands down the best engine ever made. Reliable,had decent torque, and even got pretty good economy. The series 2 engines leak at lower mileages, but they are still definately great engines, also have more recalls than anything else. The series 3's haven't been out long enough to tell.

I wouldn't say hands down. The VQ will have something to say about that before it is done.

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Can we include the engine sound in this thread? If yes, the Enzo Ferrari, the Porsche Carrera GT, the Aston Vanquish, and the Aston DB9 would be my picks and I would say that the Carrera GT is my favorite one in the crowd...Yes! That engine sounds great, hence it is very efficient performance-wise...

Eh, the problem with engine "sound" is that it really isnt 'engine sound', its exhaust sound, which can be widely varied depending on any one part of the exhaust. A Chevrolet caprice 350 engine sounds like nothing, but the same 350 engine with an exhaust off a camaro/firebird? now thats another story.

Gm 350 V8

Ford 427!!! either the side oiler high riser ( in the GT40's that won Le Mans for 4 consecutive years and put the cars over 220) or the Ford 427 SOHC. The SOHC was also referred to as the "CAMMER" and produced around I believe either 650 or 700hp. A very unique engine and very rare. But both were high HP engines, and as far as reliability goes I know for a fact that the side oiler was very reliable, but I don't know much about the SOHC.

Thank you for mentioning the 427. I was reading through and each page I passed I thought "how can it not be mentioned yet...".
Anyways, seeing as the 427 has been mentioned, two of my favorite engines of all time have not.
#1: 427 SOHC
#2: Mustang Cobra 4.6L Modular
http://mysticcobra.net/96info.shtml
Just read that.
#3: Ford 351c "Cleveland" series motors. The 351c 4v heads graced the top of the fierce Boss 302, and the motor can be found in both the Boss 351s, Mach 1s, and any Mustang from '70-'74, as well as torinos, rancheros, etc. It was a motor that was killed by smog regulations, probably because Ford already had the windsor series to detune, there was no point in detuning the performance designed cleveland. For such a short run of engines(first production year 1970, last production year 1974), the 351c based motor has one the most competitions of ANY Ford motor, as claimed by Ford. It is the winningest Ford motor of all time! And to a Ford fan(me), that means somethin. I got one in my Mustang, so I'm biased, but I think its a great motor. Most of its 'weaknesses' are just myths(ie oiling system, extremely weak, etc). The 4bbls are a bit too big for low end torque, but thats what we have the 2bbls for!