So, big ass four bangers. berkeley revving, right?
I had the thought recently that a Vega would be a really nice car with the grunty ass 2900 from my cousins Colorado under the hood. Then I started wondering what other honking big 4 pots exist in cars, and I can't think of many over 2.5 besides the 2.6 Mitsu had and the 2800/2900 Vortec. I'M HAVING IDEAS AGAIN GUISE, PLS HALP
Know of ones I'm missing?
Porsche 968 had a big 3.0 four
Yeah, from modern times pretty sure the 968 wins. Go back in time, and you'll find stuff like the Mercer Runabout's 5.0-liter inline-four.
In reply to mad_machine:
That's what I came in here to say, too.
The only other one that can be bigger and not pre-war is the "half-a-V8" Pontiac slant-4. Some sprint car series made custom slant-4's out of SBC's too, IIRC.
I'm missing?
Teh boosts.
A friend of mine took his Iron Duke out to (I think) 3.3 liters.
poopshovel wrote:I'm missing?Teh boosts.
That's an idea, I'm fairly certain my cousin would let me boost his work truck.
I am pretty sure you can take a Saab 4 cylinder out to about 2.7 litres.. just use the 2.3 from a car like the viggen and combine it with the big bore of the 2.1 from the last of the classic 900s.
Well E36 M3, now I'm wondering what 4s would take a stroking. 
Thanks for that.
I know this is cheating but Lycoming as a flat four with 360ci. But it spins props, not wheels.
O-360
VAC Motorsports makes a 2.7 liter kit for the S14 from the E30 M3.
But that's cubic $$$$
I believe there's kits or combos out there that will yield almost a 3 liter mazda f series. (B series trucks)
Grizz wrote: Well E36 M3, now I'm wondering what 4s would take a stroking.
You're welcome 
I had an International Slant 4 2.5 in my truck. Basically half a 302
Funny story: A 5.0 ford oil filter fits and so does a Bronco distributor cap with every other lead skipped!
It was perfect for a slow tractor/truck.
why? a V8 literally bolts in... big blocks, even...
the aluminum 5.3 i'm screwing together for my Camaro would be a blast in a Vega..
Can't believe no-one mentioned the big daddy yet.
Look how gorgeous it is.
Not cheap, or common, but built all the way up to 4.2L.
novaderrik wrote: why?
Why not?
novaderrik wrote: why? a V8 literally bolts in... big blocks, even... the aluminum 5.3 i'm screwing together for my Camaro would be a blast in a Vega..
too easy? I prefer 4s myself.. so I approve of this brainstorming
I like oddball stuff is all. My brain enables me, because it thinks up oddball stuff.
International Scout had a 3.2L inline four.
Model A had a 3.3L 4 banger, didn't it?
Ferrari 860 Monza had a 3.4 liter 4-banger, didn't it?
Amc has some a bangers. Not sure what they are but soemthing different.
Totally oddball
16.0 Liter inline 4 cylinder. 1908 Locomobile speedster. One the 1908 Auburn Cup, theoretically capable of triple digit speeds if they had the roads to do it on.
Some guy built a Locost with a marine 4 cylinder that was basically 1/2 of a 460, iirc. It wasn't a custom job. It was 1/2 of a 460 in the same way that a 4.3 vortec is a 350 with two pistons missing.
The_Jed wrote: Some guy built a Locost with a marine 4 cylinder that was basically 1/2 of a 460, iirc. It wasn't a custom job. It was 1/2 of a 460 in the same way that a 4.3 vortec is a 350 with two pistons missing.
I have no idea why I know this, but that would be a Mercruiser 488. 460 head, aluminum block, and a chevy bellhousing pattern. I guess that makes it a 3.7. 
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