We've all been guilty of it at one time or another. You know, defending the powerplant of our unruly street machine by righteously declaring it has more than enough grunt to get the job done.

There was a time not long ago when a real engine was thought of in cubic inches! We're not talking low-vacuum, 3.0-liter V6s or Turbo 1.8s, but beefy V8s with 500 cubic inches! Picture eight oil cans ...

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