Engine design

[Rave]

I found these interesting page about how engine design affects the amount of vibration an engine makes:

http://www.autozine.org/technical_sc...ne/smooth1.htm

But what I found particularly interesting was the last page about VW's VR and W engines:

http://www.autozine.org/technical_sc...ne/smooth5.htm

I didn't understand how they were laid out before, now I do. The W12 especially looks amazing!

[jon bda]

Nice one, i'll have a better read when i've put my shopping away!.

[Rave]

Actually the whole technical school section is packed with fascinating stuff. I now understand how the different kinds of VVT work, for example.

http://www.autozine.org/technical_school/tech_index.htm

[TiG]

Enjoyed reading that Rave, nice find. Going to have to re-read some of it as its pretty complex but the W12 setup is very interesting..

TiG

[Moby-Dick]

I've got a really old book on automotive technology - talks about combustion chamber design and all sorts of wonderfull stuff

[5lab]

thats all pretty clever..

amazingly, the volvo v90 has a transverse mounted v8 - i believe might be the only one in existance.. its a pretty fat car thou

[Rave]

amazingly, the volvo v90 has a transverse mounted v8 - i believe might be the only one in existance.. its a pretty fat car thou

Nah, the Cadillac Northstar was developed specifically for transverse FWD applications in 1992, and only adapted for RWD use a couple of years ago. A V8 is not much wider than an inline 4, so mounting them transversely is not hard. The S80 however has a transverse straight 6- that is quite impressive.

[5lab]

ah now i see.

well the xc90 has one as well (straight 6 that is).. so it shouldnt be hard fitting a boxter 12 in it?

ooooh

[Rave]

You could probably get a V12 into an XC90; if they make it with a V8 in the states and a straight six over here then there should be enough room in both directions. Boxer 12s are big though; only Ferrari have used them widely AFAIK (in the Testarossa etc.).