Automakers often toss around terms that look like alphabet soup to some, including engine descriptors such as DOHC, SOHC and OHV. These engine acronyms can be confusing. Here is what they stand ...

Classic V8 engines like the Chrysler 426 Hemi and the Ford Flathead may have the historic profile, but there are all sorts of ...

Buick has employed the OHV engine configuration in virtually every car it's manufactured since its 1904 debut until the early 1980s when it switched to OHC engines in most products.

Engine names often have numbers and letters that can tell you a lot about that engine. If you see OHV, this is what it means and how it works.

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The OHV engine made 160 (gross) horsepower, 10 more than the larger-displacement V-8 it replaced, and Bond suggested buyers could expect as much as a 2-mpg fuel-economy improvement.

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Overhead valve (OHV) motors place the camshaft—the brain of the engine—deep inside the engine block.

For typical overhead-valve (OHV), gasoline-fueled, street engines used in cars and light trucks, a 5,500- to 6,000-rpm redline seems to be the target speed for delivering a satisfactory daily ...

The abbreviations DOHC, SOHC, and OHV usually refer to different types of car engines. A particular setup mostly depends on the type and age of your vehicle − be it a vintage car dating back to the ...

A lot of us, me included, love cars but aren't totally sure what all of the whacky nomenclature means, especially when looking under the hood. Terms like DOHC, SOHC and OHV can sound confusing and ...