Ioe engine

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The intake over exhaust (IOE) engine, also known as F-head and pocket valve, is a Four-stroke internal combustion engine of primitive design used in early Harley-Davidson motorcycles. The design was also used in other motorcycles, and in car engines by various manufacturers.

The intake valves are "overhead" (located in the cylinder head) and operated by rocker arms and pushrods from the camshaft in the crankcase, while the exhaust valves are flathead (located in the cylinder or engine block) and operated by the camshaft without pushrods or rocker arms. This was a low compression design.

The ioe design allowed the use of much larger valves than a side valve or overhead valve engine, and was still being used in four wheel drive vehicles in the 1960s. (eg CJ-3B Jeep 1953-1964, 1966 Land Rover Six.)

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Harley-Davidson engines
Engine 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
One-cylinder engines
unnamed 1903–1910
unnamed 1926–?
Big twin engines
F-head (IOE) 1914–1929
Flathead 1929–1936
Knucklehead 1936–1947
Panhead 1948–1965
Shovelhead 1966–1985
Evolution 1984–1999
Twin Cam 1999–
Sport engines
Sport 1919–?
XA 1942
WR 1946-?
K 1952–1956
Ironhead 1957–1985
Evolution 1985–
Water-cooled engines
Revolution 2002–