Talk:Vauxhall Slant-4 engine

American V-8[edit]

Article mentions that the design was based on an American V-8. Anyone know which one?--Pqdave 20:08, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)

My recollection is that it was one that was never produced, but reached the prototype stage only. The slant-4 was one way of recovering some of the tooling and R&D costs invested in it. However, this is only a vague memory that "somebody once told me" so it may be totally wrong. There is probably an interesting story here, if it is even possible to dig it up after all this time. Graham 22:32, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)

The current article text, which states that the engine was developed from a (prototype) V8 GM design, is in agreement with what is stated in the only source I can locate, which is an extensive article in "Classics" magazine from June 1997. So whoever keeps reverting this under an anon IP address, if you want to contest it, please a) register yourself so it can be discussed (and so that your input can be taken seriously), and b) cite your sources. Sentences such as "...you can see what a ludicrous notion this is" are POV and unencyclopedic. The V8 design was a prototype and never reached production in that form, so it probably differed greatly from the usual V8 American iron that you are using as a comparison. Graham 05:43, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merging?[edit]

The Triumph Slant-4 engine article should be merged in as a section of this article as is the Lotus 907. --Mach535 03:13, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

From the description it sounds like there are two different engines that both are called "slant four". // Liftarn

Of course the two engines are totally unrelated. A merge would be silly. retirle the pages Slant Four (Vauxhall) and Slant Four (Triumph) instead. 203.87.74.230 04:10, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

First Paragraph[edit]

The last sentence in the first paragraph is incorrect. The vast majority of modern engines do not use a rubber belt but use the superior chains. Almost all engines produced in America in the past 10 years use chain-driven camshafts. The statement might have been true 30 years ago. I cannot supply sources, so I will just delete the unverifiable statement.

Well, pretty much every European/Japanese engine I've looked at lately uses toothed rubber belts. Maybe chains are considered "superior" in America, but it doesn't mean they are used on the majority of engines worldwide. I'm not adding the passage back in because I don't have a source for any actual figures either, but don't assume that what you know is the whole story. 58.168.91.115 (talk) 14:46, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]