Ford has produced its one hundred millionth V-8 engine.

I've never owned one (Ford or V-8).

My first car had a Chrysler V8. I miss it.

So what you're saying, Rand, is you could have had a V-8?

Yes, I supposed I could have. But I didn't want one. ;-)

Ah Yes, the 1973 358 Cleveland. My first love.

I'm looking for a classic muscle car right at the moment. I had a 1966 Plymouth Belvedre with a 383 that I built by myself and I loved that car. But alas the suspension wore out and the car was on its last legs so I got rid of it. But now I want a 1968 Plymouth Satellite GTX preferably with a 440 magnum but a Dodge Challenger would please me just as well.

Oh and I own a Ford Mustang GT, with a 5 liter V-8 woohoo.

I can't drive anything with fewer than 8 cylinders, any other motor smaller than that and I just tear it up in 6 months with my Hefty foot.

My first car had a V8, a '78 Chevy Malibu... I loved that car because it was my first, but the 3800 Turbo V6 moves the '00 Grand Prix GT I just bought just as fast and much smoother than the old V8 ever moved that Malibu.

Size isn't everything.

Hefty, there is only a weak correlation between displacement and number of cylinders.

More cylinders translates to smoother performance, but not necessarily more horsepower or torque.

Or fuel economy, or reliability, or maintainability...

I have a Ford V8. It's in my Taurus. We have a lawsuit pending against Ford for it's design. www.v8sho.com has details. I guess 20,000 out of 100,000,000 isn't all that bad of a track record, if you think about it in those grand terms.

But, the V8 is a very smooth and highway-savvy engine. I take a lot of long trips, and I've made the trek from Iowa to Chicago with 2 cylinders, 4 cylinders, 6, and 8. I think a 2:1 cylinder:wheel ratio makes for a nice highway cruising machine :)