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Old 01-28-2011, 07:36 PM
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What engine is this?

http://www.americantorque.com/game/engine-id/

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Old 01-28-2011, 07:59 PM
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8/17 for me, not too bad considering I didn't look anything up. Fun game!
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Old 01-28-2011, 08:03 PM
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12/17. The ones that got me the most were the different variations of the old big block Chevy motors.
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Old 01-28-2011, 08:10 PM
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16 of 17. I mistook the early olds for a later olds....

off the cuff.

If you started with the seventies and later I would not do well, but using the fifties sixties and a few seventies......just the period I was still interested in all kinds of cars.

One of the games I like to play is to identify oddball engines at my favorite machinists.....blocks or heads sitting there with nothing to identify them.

I don't do too bad.

i also like to look at antique tools and small machines and try to figure out what they were for.
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Old 01-28-2011, 08:18 PM
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12/17 same issue trying to tell a 348 from a 409. Did a good job on the old Chryslers though.
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Old 01-28-2011, 08:28 PM
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I just got a 100% score on this one: http://www.americantorque.com/game/1960s-Car-ID-GM/
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got a 98% score on this: http://www.americantorque.com/game/1960s-Car-ID-Non-GM/
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Old 01-28-2011, 08:50 PM
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18 out of 19 - the last engine tripped me up: http://www.americantorque.com/game/60s-V8-engine-ID/?i=1
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Old 01-28-2011, 08:56 PM
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Meh - 13 out of 17: http://www.americantorque.com/game/automotive-history/
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Old 01-28-2011, 08:58 PM
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Ya dont want to know my score on American motors.
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Old 01-28-2011, 11:46 PM
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I got a measely 3/17. oh well
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Old 01-29-2011, 02:18 AM
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"You got 10 right out of 17."

Nice test...great seeing some of the engines I remembered as a kid.
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Old 01-29-2011, 09:12 AM
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6/17 Somewhat better than random guessing.
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Old 01-29-2011, 11:12 AM
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Perfect score. Wonder why there were no big block Ford engines?
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Old 01-29-2011, 12:36 PM
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