Name for the New Engine
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From: Tulsa, OK
http://www.revzilla.com/common-tread...e-eight-engine
Again it's not a twin cam.
These new engines are a single-cam design but have four-valve heads. The cam is chain-driven, presumably to keep the EPA happy about engine noise, and the valves are operated by a forked rocker.
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From: Upstate New York
Since it is now OK to talk about the new engine, aka the "Milwaukee 8", I thought it would be kind of interesting to try to come up with an alternative name for the beast in keeping with the flat/knuckle/pan/shovel themed power plants. I'll be first to admit we don't have much to go on (a few pictures from Revzilla), but the cylinder head structure is fairly clear in one picture what with the little bumps on top. So I'll go with that and consider them to be small "growths" protruding out of a flat surface. I'm thinking of human skin here so I'll start with these:
Mole Head
Pimple Head
Zit Head
Pin Head
Cancer Head (Naah, really bad choice)
Now, those names may be a bit pejorative, but what the heck, ya gotta start somewhere. :-) Clearly, I'm not very creative but I'll bet some of you folks out there are. Have at it, maybe we can establish a foundation for a name that sticks world wide!
Mole Head
Pimple Head
Zit Head
Pin Head
Cancer Head (Naah, really bad choice)
Now, those names may be a bit pejorative, but what the heck, ya gotta start somewhere. :-) Clearly, I'm not very creative but I'll bet some of you folks out there are. Have at it, maybe we can establish a foundation for a name that sticks world wide!
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From: san diego
You see, you have to adjust your attitude!! Its not to make them right.... its to make them BETTER!! now we don't feel so bad when we drop 5k into a new motor, and have no way to justify it!! and just in case, its a safety issue!! When You need to pass that big truck on that one lane road, you need that "better engine" to pass safely!!!
Last edited by harleycharlie1992; Jul 27, 2016 at 10:00 PM.
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From: Niles Canyon Ca.
Yeah it is but I can see Camel Toe sticking , interesting they are adapting some old shovel designs into it give the beast some character. Upper ends on the evo's and twinkies are so vanilla looking.
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From: Connecticut
"Panhead"
"Shovelhead"
"Evo"
"Twin Cam"
...all "short sounding" words (just two syllables with the exception of Shovelhead, but it still rolls off the tongue easily).
"Milwaukee 8" is more of a mouthful.
So... how to "condense it" into a two-syllable phrase?
"M-8"
"8-valve"
"8-V"
"Shovelhead"
"Evo"
"Twin Cam"
...all "short sounding" words (just two syllables with the exception of Shovelhead, but it still rolls off the tongue easily).
"Milwaukee 8" is more of a mouthful.
So... how to "condense it" into a two-syllable phrase?
"M-8"
"8-valve"
"8-V"