Studebaker straight eight engine family 312.5, 337, 250.4, 236, 221 

34 Commander 35 President Charlie Daniels, Long Haired Country Boy?

My dad had 3 Studebakers the last one was a 57 President I learned to drive in that car loved it my Dad is gone I really miss him I’m 80 now no complaints❤

With todays modern engine oils these inline motors are even more reliable than ever ! Like alot of other inline motors ! Great video !

Studebaker afficionado here. Marvelously informative video on an oft neglected powerplant. Of the four Studebakers I have, one is a 1941 President four door with the described 250 ci engine. It is a wonderfully smooth engine, my example still such after 83 years. These engines are, however, subject to cooling issues, often overheating. Perhaps it is the distance from the water pump to the rear two cylinders. Great video, as always.

34 Commander,39 President, classic motorcycles AND engines would be really Cool!!!!! Great video!!!!

They also used the straight 8 in the fire trucks as well as i have a 1928 studebaker fire truck with the straight 8 in it

I like the 104 foot drop photo, makes me sleep sound at night to know I’m safe if I take my new Studebaker off a cliff

WYR: All of them. I'd love to see an episode on a Lanz Bulldog. Single cylinder 2-stroke hot bulb diesel engine that you start by hand. That engine can run at zero rpm by running at the idle setting without completing a full rotation of the crankshaft. It's crazy what German engineering could do in the 1940s.

The studebaker straight 8 was a great engine, but even better was the Studebaker v8, which was anywhere from 232-304 ci.. as the owner of a 58 silver hawk with a 289 v8 with a 4bbl I can tell you it’s a smooth, torquey and powerful engine

Personally, I would like tractor engines, but cycles work for me too,

I kept a 1931 Dictator for my Father-in-law for 2 years.Drove it to work twice,took it to Yorktown and Colonial Williamsburg and two car shows.It had the straight eight.Ended up going to germany.Too bad.

Hi Justin, nice video! I did not realize that Studebaker produced such good looking cars, in the 1930s and 1940s. In regards to profiling motorcycles, I say, absolutely! Please reply. Dave...

First pick 34 Studebaker Commander, second 35 Studebaker President. Those small bore 221 Studebaker straight 8's have more power than the small displacement 60 horsepower Ford V-8 . The motorcycle engines is a great idea maybe include the Honda CBX 1000 6 cyl motorcycle engne, also the GMC truck V-6's and the International diamond series straight 6's, and the Lycoming straight 8 and V8 if those haven't been done already and maybe the Olds quad 4, and Mustang SVO engines.

i keep reading/hearing that a straight 6 has perfect balance, which is why there are large GM, Ford, and Cummins six cylinder truck engines. I also heard that Mercedes and BMW are going back to straight sixes. I learn a lot from this series.

Back in the early-70's, I went with a friend who was going to buy this huge commercial lawn mower. The man who had it also had a 1920's vintage Studebaker President in his driveway. The car was huge and had an inline 8cyl. engine. At that time, I'd never heard of a Studebaker having an 8cyl. engine. Although they were also huge, most other cars of that era usually had 4 or 6 cyl. engines. But a Studebaker with an 8 cyl..........................

I like the 1934 car. Including the convertable. Studebaker made trucks for the military. They were strong. Very well done video, ty.

34 Commander, 32 President! I think the Rockne was dropped after his death and became the Erskin who also died but not in an airplane. In the early 1930's Studebaker was providing engines for cars in the Indianapolis 500 and they were not so fast, but they never broke. Erskin was a close associate with Samual Insull who was firmly convinced that the depression would be short and at least partly responsible for Erskin spending all Studebaker's money and driving it into bankruptcy when recovery didn't come soon enough.

Studebaker cars were actually well built. Our family had a 1951 Champion as a second car. I remember polishing the cars "Nose"!

Though it's not something you would normally do, you might consider reviewing the Tucker "helicopter" engine, the VW "boxer" engine, and/or the new Achates 3 cylinder/six piston engine, which is amazing.

There were a few of these engines which were 'oversquare', or where the bore was wider than the stroke was long. All modern engines are that way, but I was never expecting to see that pre-depression. And I didn't know Studebaker made a straight-8. There's a bunch of motorcycle engines you could cover but be warned: the 'purists' will whine and correct you harshly if you err on the details. Most of the better-known classics have lots of available info on them, and as for unusual how about an oval piston? Or a stepped-piston supercharged two stroke? And rotaries; there were a few different ones of those made. Tractors might be a popular subject too but I know little about them, and they go back to the steam era. WYR I like the 34 Commander and it's modern looks for the time, but the 28 President has a classy elegant look to it so call that one a tie. Round 2 goes to the 39 President.

Hi Jay, your idea to add motorcycles videos is gone to be a huge plus to your channel.

Motorcycles would be great !!!! WYR 1934 Stude Commander WYR 1932 President although I prefer the grill on the 1935 Always great stuff Jay, Thx

Would be interesting to compare the 1939 Studebaker Commander with the equivalent (4 door sedan?) Dodge of 1939 -- my father's older brother owned the '39 Studebaker and my father later owned a '39 Dodge - both these cars looked similar with the sort of Chrysler Airflow style front end with the headlights fared into the fenders and tall,narrow radiator opening. The Dodge I understand was quite sluggish.

Hello again, Jay! Wow, what an exhaustive video on the Stude straight-8's! No wonder they had to file for bankruptcy! You know one or two versions of the 8 would have been enough! A large one for the fancier models, and a smaller one for the lesser models. Not only that, they went and redesigned the thing during the depths of the Depression! That HAD to cost a lot of money. Luckily, they were able to recover before the war. One thing, though, that engineer was probably right! That big six was probably just as good an engine as the eight! WYR #1 1934 Commander! #2 OK I want ALL of those!

We need more car companies here in the united states it's getting boring here with just GM Ford & Chrysler.

The bore and stroke math doesn’t work out for the 337 if it has a stroke of 3.3, however, if the stroke is about 4.37, you get your 337 cubic inch displacement.

Imagine the reaction to naming a new car the Dictator today’s ultra sensitive environment. Straight eight’s were incredibly smooth engines, I’ve only seen a couple of them actually running, one was a Buick, the other, might have been a Pontiac.

Motor cycle engine and cycle history would be great too!

My 1st car was a 51 Commander V8 also have had a 50 Champion fitted with 186 Holden motor and later on had 1961 Hawk and two other 64 Hawks all with 289 V 8s they were great cars and such have kept the Hawks

Sounds Good.

Motorcycles and their motor are a good idea. There is a wide range of motorcycle and motors, but maybe you could also in the future, add some diesel motors as well. This is just my opinion

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Nash had an OHV straight eight, from about 1932-40.

Country boy can survive ---- Hank Williams Jr. ?

Great vid!!!

This engine must weigh at least 700 pounds~ Inline 8's are fascinating, but they have several very BAD issues. They cannot rev out at all; They have huge issues revving past about 3000 rpm due to bending node. Basically, what happens is that the end cylinder fires, and the thrust travels down the crank. And it bends, and the bend works as a spring: Imagine one single cylinder firing. It fires, the pressure pushes the piston down, the crankshaft is turned, but then like a spring, as soon as the exhaust valve opens about 120 degrees after top dead center, the metal that has been slightly twisted by the firing piston, bounces back. Then it goes all the way back to the front of the engine, like a wave rebounding off of a seawall. It completely bounces back. Now, 90 degrees of crankshaft rotation later, another cylinder fires. This sends another flex down the spring of the crankshaft. And then another 90 degrees later another flex is added to the crankshaft.... You wind up with vibrations along the long crankshaft that will eventually cause it to break if you have it at the speed that allows the waves of flex to come together in one spot. THIS is why they do not make inline 8 engines this day! The crankshaft would need to be MASSIVELY heavy! Even Inline 6 engines have problems with RPM; BMW made some inline 6 engines that could hit 7600 rpm; They made 333 hp this way, but I understand that the inline 6 crankshaft in this engine weighed 62 pounds, which is 10 pounds more than the crankshaft in a 7.4 liter/454 cubic inch Chevy V8! These old engines are totally cool, if you run across one at a Cars & Coffee event, but that is the ONLY place you should see one of these cars.

Douglas Motorcycle engines and their progenitors.... (all flat twin motorycycle engines). Evolution of Mr Turner's twin (Triumph) would be neat, newest iteration is in my garage, among others. de Dion and what that turned into (like every motorcycle engine) can get weird and delve into atmospheric intake valves and such... so much that could bore the face off a lot of folks, but not this group! Me included...

I wonder if these car companies could go back in time, if they'd be buying other companies in '28 waiting for what was around the corner. The thing I don't get, during the depression, car sales went thru the floor. Meanwhile, they're hemorrhaging cash to come up with new engines, and not just one or two, but whole families of engines to go into cars that aren't able to be sold. You'd think the smart business move would be stick by the tried and true powertrains, advertising the reliability and low maintenance costs, and focusing on driver/passenger enhancements, which were cheaper. But, history can't be re-written. WYR: 1) '34 Commander 2) '35 President

Thumbs up for motorcycle engine videos!!

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Bike engines would be cool.

Motorcycles, yes plz

For WYR, it’s the ‘34 Commander and the ‘35 President.

You could cover the whole Continental engine brand line

1934 Commander and 1039 President.

All of them

Please ......Start your motorcycle Engine analysis with........it's a good series opener Only if you're willing but The Suzuki G T....750 Triple Water Cooled 2 stroke for the one's who's never seen one in traffic..... Thanks for your time

Yes...start some motorcycle engines!

Yes. Motorcycles

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"34 Commander and '35 President.

"Dynamically" balanced crank - not "dramatically" unless I am uninformed. Good video otherwise - keep up the good work!

34 commander

Charlie Daniels Long haired country boy

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me, i want, i really want, a 1928 locomobile 8, and am willing to pay for one

Pls do Buick fireball 8

34 Commander.

Hudson inline 6

Do bikes for sure…

My vote is Indian

1928 Studebaker President 1935 President

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If you left out reading specs, there wouldn’t be anything left

Dynamically not dramatically balanced