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Anonymous10/17/25, 16:50No.28675727
Was the Iron Duke a good engine?
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Anon10/17/25, 16:59No.28675741
Define "good"
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Anon10/17/25, 17:02No.28675746
It would be a better water pump than an engine.
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Anon10/17/25, 17:52No.28675817
Lots of potential but you have to spend money to get there.Namely they're a prime example of engines that breathe through a straw, from the throttle body/carb right down to the valve. Ditch the intake, port and polish the heads, better exhaust, and you can make decent power for a 4 banger, and with modern fixings and know how, not bad power for a 4 banger. They're super oversquare doe, but 4 inch bore x 3 inch stroke, so you'll have to spin it to the moon to make power out of it, which isn't a pushrods strong point
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Anon10/17/25, 17:57No.28675823
Of course not. Are you fucking retarded? The iron duke is a monument to everything a car engine should not be. It's the opposite of a good engine.
It's not big, it's not exciting, it's not reliable. It was badly out of date when it was brand new. There's nothing to like about this engine unless you're the kind of person who likes 3 legged dogs with brain damage.
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Anon10/17/25, 18:06No.28675837
>The most powerful engine was a 2.7 litre 232hp engine.
Wow. Amazing.
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Anon10/17/25, 19:03No.28675933
Yes
It was a reliable engine that accomplished what it was supposed to.Engines have
Power
Reliability
Fuel economyTo be a bad engine, it has to fail all 3.
Iron duke were reliable.
And got Ok ish MPG for the era.
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Anon10/17/25, 19:10No.28675949
I had an early 80s Camaro with that iron puke. It was stupid easy to restore that engine and get that car running reliably again even after sitting for decades. Power? No. It could and did move that car which is what I wanted in a really inexpensive car for errands around town but any highway driving was scary. Sadly, rust ate the frame and body panels while the body folded in half after a few months of driving it.
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Anon10/17/25, 22:31No.28676353
>immortal if you change the oil by american standards and immortal if you change the oil by toyota standards are completely different things.
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Anon10/17/25, 22:37No.28676361
You can drag one out of a field and it'll still run. I'll burn smoke more than a jamaican but it'll run.
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Anon10/18/25, 02:34No.28676632
it’s an economy engine that does economy things. and it’s pretty good at that. what more do you want? are you a honda stance fag that expected an engine used by USPS mail trucks to output and behave the same as a fucking K24 or some shit? they’re like american’s bmc b-series
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Anon10/18/25, 03:16No.28676670
I hated the goddam oil filters. They're in that large circular part on the bottom of the oil pan. Those would seize due to extended change intervals and would be a bitch to remove. Then it would drip oil forfuckingever so you were guaranteed to get oil on you. Sometimes the oil filter itself would be varnished in place so you'd have to tear it apart to get it out all the while being dripped on. All for a customer service I didn't want to do to begin with.
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Anon10/18/25, 05:19No.28676799
90hp from 2.5 litres. Oh yeah, a real unit.
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Anon10/18/25, 08:29No.28676927
Its like an old turbodiesel. Without the economy. Or the reliability. Or a turbo.
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Anon10/18/25, 15:01No.28677249
>ITT: once again, benchracing faggots are unable to comprehend use cases that do not include "hurr durr I mash gas pedal and GO EPIC FAST!!!1!"