A V8 engine is an eight-cylinder piston engine in which two banks of four cylinders share a common crankshaft and are arranged in a V configuration.
Chevrolet small-block engine, manufactured 1954–2003
Installed AMC V8 engine, manufactured 1956–1991
1909 Antoinette VII aircraft
Vulcan automobile engine (c. 1919)
A crankshaft is a mechanical component used in a piston engine to convert the reciprocating motion into rotational motion. The crankshaft is a rotating shaft containing one or more crankpins, that are driven by the pistons via the connecting rods.
Crankshaft, pistons and connecting rods for a typical internal combustion engine
Marine engine crankshafts from 1942
Flying arm (the boomerang-shaped link between first and second crankpins) on a crankshaft)
Forged crankshaft