Piston engine with eight cylinders in V-configuration
A first generation Chevrolet small-block V8, manufactured 1954–2003
The AMC V8 engine was manufactured 1956–1991; pictured here, the AMC 390, installed in an AMX
A V8 engine is an eight-cylinder piston engine in which two banks of four cylinders share a common crankshaft and are arranged in a V configuration.[1]
- ^ Nunney, Malcolm James (2006). Light and Heavy Vehicle Technology (Fourth ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 13–14. ISBN 0-7506-8037-7.