<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by carbking:
Rabon - if you are going to use this line of evolution, then the LS1 must be derived from Cadillac which sold a 346 CID V-8 engine to the military in 1944....................FOR A TANK!
At least IT had a carburetor!
To take this further, Oakland had a V-8 346 CID in 1916; but they were not the first. I will leave the additional research on this family tree to whomever should be interested.
Oh, and the 347 was a Pontiac block, not a small block.
Jon. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Jon
That 346 CI Caddy motor had been in use since 1936...
And of course, it was a flathead V8.
The true predecessor of the LS1 is the 331 CI (5.4L) Kettering OHV V8 introduced by Cadillac in 1949.
And the factory color of the 331 is blue...
In 1914, Cadillac was secretly working on the first mass-produced V8 engine that for ever would revolutionize the American motor car scene. The first American V8 was a 314 CI (5.1 L) and was originally installed in 1915 Cadillacs.
So if your just talking V8's it's the Cadillac, or if you want to (more correctly) talk OHV V8's, the answer is still Cadillac.
And yes, they had carbs....