Hey! Thanks for posting! I like seeing what you and others do to name their cars and engines.
So for naming cars and their trim I still don’t have a “system”, but I do try to stick to naming the car one or two letters of their type of body style + a number. For example:
(we have an suv): U50
(we have a coupe): C10
But what I do have is a system for is naming engines. What I usually do here is (examples below) I choose the letter of the alphabet that is in the position that corresponds to the number of cylinders, then, I add the displacement in liters. If each cylinder has more that 2 valves I put that in the name, if it’s turbocharged then I ad a “T” to the end. And if it is a “V” engine, I add either a “v” (for V60º) or a “V” (for V90º) at the beginning.
(inline 4, 1200cc, naturally aspirated, 2 valve OHC): D1.8
(same as before but turbocharged): D1.8T
(same as before but also with 4 valve OHC): D1.8v4T
(V8 (60º), 4300cc, turbocharged, 5 valve DOHC) vH4.3V5T
Some of these engines are serious mouthfuls. My main company just uses a simple and slick (IMO) system inspired by Nissan and Toyota. A letter to denote engine type combined with a second random letter and maybe a number to give the engine family. Always followed by a two digit number to denote displacement. Followed by a variety of assigned letters to indicate tune and equipment of the engine variant. If there is nothing, you’ve got yourself an early 80s carburated van or truck engine.
An example: VT56E
V Big-block V8 T Engine family (in combination with the V) 56 Displacement of 5.6L E Electronic fuel injection, tuned for 95 octane unleaded fuel
What we have then is a 5.6L V8 for high-end applications with 330hp…
Another example of the same family: VT60M
A 6.0L V8 also with EFI but tuned for low-end torque, a truck engine with 285hp.
Another example of the same family: VT58G
A 5.8L V8 also with EFI but with high-flow cylinder heads, high-lift camshafts and a more aggressive intake plenum optimized for top end power and and throttle response, a sporting engine with 400hp.
This is a Weineck Cobra. It is german, it is road legal, and it is powered by a hand-built 780ci V8 that produces 1200hp and 1250ft-lb of torque naturally aspirated. Years ago I’ve read that there is also a 1000ci engine available but I’ve yet to find evidence for its existence.
I didn’t consider myself poor until I looked at those engines. $96K is approximately as much as every vehicle I have ever owned, combined and then multiplied by a factor of ten.
