Don't call it a Coyote: This Honda K24-based V-8 could be a 990-hp banshee | Hagerty Media

[Hagerty]

If you've ever been down the engine-building rabbit hole far enough, you know there's an endless number of imagine-if powerplants. With the right tools and enough time, a builder can treat whole cylinder heads like Lego bricks, piecing together a rotating assembly to make everything work together-which is exactly what mechanical engineer Craig Williams has begun to do with this Honda K24-based build.
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[drhino]

Interesting article.
There is reference to a “rear windshield”. Always makes me cringe when that is said or written; a true oxymoron (like “jumbo shrimp”—invoking George Carlin). The windshield is in the front; shielding you from the wind. The rear glass is the backlite; at least that’s what I always believed.

[ToniFHarder]

Some people drive so slow that need a rear windshield to avoid mosquitos hitting their back.

[Tinkerah]

I sincerely enjoy this type of vocabulary trivia. Thanks!

[PhillipThomas]

Absolutely nobody refers the rear windshield as a backlite in common linguistics.
And you ever driven a car without one? It's quite windy.

[mbseaman]

My initial reaction is that this is a cool idea but it looks like intake and exhaust packaging in a vehicle would be problematic. On the intake side, I suppose twin turbos might make sense but there is all the plumbing, intercooler(s) etc that would require a lot of space.

Similarly, how do you design an efficient exhaust system and deal with its associated heat? Especially in a front engine car.

I have to assume this engine is destined for race duty in an open wheel, rear engine car like an Indy car.

[JohninNC]

Thinking about a NSX swap, what about the turbo V6 from the Buick Grand National or even better the GNX! That would be cool. Aluminum LS V8... cool too. Could a new vette drivetrain fit in the NSX I wonder! Now that would be awesome.

[TonyT]

With a timing cover at both ends of the block, how does the flywheel and starter enter the picture?

[GlidingPast]

Doesn't look slimmer. One is dry sump (apparently) and one is not. Make them both dry sump and the Coyote is the slimmer engine. Having a slim bellhousing usually means limited holding power or extreme dollars to make up for that design choice.

[TG]

I have always wondered why more manufacturers do not run the exhaust through the valley. It would seem that natural convection/stack effect would tend to drive better scavenging if the exhaust ports were higher than the intakes

[Tinkerah]

Seems like a monumental amount of re-engineering to avoid a cam drive puzzle.

[sgrant]

BMW N63 v-8 has turbos and exhaust inside the V, think they call it a Hot V or something like that.