11/16/2023 0 Comments Balance and blueprint meaningAnyway that should get you started and save you some time on both sides of the question. Well, this is no surprise when you consider its origins it appears to have started life as an unlicensed copy of a Chrysler first generation (1950s) Hemi with a dash of the Chrysler Poly thrown in - which is kinda funny since the Poly was a cheapie version of the Hemi. Īs I understand it, certain versions of this engine were and still hold title to the most durable ever for toyota. Īlso worth noting is that they chose to stay with this engine in the Crown for the first eight years of Lexus V8 production rather than switch which speaks volumes really, about both. Īnyway, its better known in Japan as the engine used in the Crown series which is significant as this has been and continuies to be their most prestigious and expensive product they sell - still located up market from the LS. In one size or another, this engine was so well done by toyota standards that it was in production the longest of any recognizable engine series although if you go strictly by their labeling system rather than physical reality you would limit that comment to I think, second or third longest. That engine of course would be - if I can remember my nomenclature correctly, the "V" (OHV) V8 series. Now since toyotas built a lot of different engines you might as well just go right to the top there and save yourself some time. Going the other way, and considering Japanese production from anytime, built anywhere you'll want to look at Nissan first, Honda second, and the rest in third except toyota and Mitsubishi who occupy more of the bottom on longterm durability. While by no means an exclusive list you don't even want to think about anything from Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth ,Desoto, Oldsmobile, Cadillac ,American Motors, Rambler ,International Harvester ,Studebaker ,almost all of Buick, and large numbers of certain specific and complete engine famillies at Ford ,Lincoln, Mercury, Chevrolet, and a great deal of Pontiac production as well. If you want to take this further you can pick any 1960s American iron block V8 vs any Japanese gasoline burning engine ever built and then we can do the durability comparision. Kinda like bringing your secret decoder ring to knife fight - its already over and somehow its just not right. This just isn't much of a contest - its really almost unfair. kinda hard to do since so many '60s American V8s were soooo far ahead of sooooo many. Matter of fact, I'm trying to think of any American V8 from this period that couldn't at least match the very best from Japan. extreme prejudice - smacking this engine down but that said, I know of NO Japanese sourced engine that could even approach a properly cared for 396 on durability - including a few light diesels. That is why Japanese engines have the potential to last the longest. Blue printing is building an engine to the proper specs with the least possible variation in tolerances and have the clearances as tight as possible. Yes study up about the machine work and the finishes that the machine work leaves.
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