Noob's Guide to Car Engine Types!

Hello everyone Swordsman Angel, and as promised in my non-car dictionary series, I thought it would also be helpful to explain the different

types

of car

engine

s in this video. I'll only go over commonly used internal combustion

engine

s, like those in the V lines. Dual-purpose boxers and rotaries. I won't cover weird absurdities like single-cylinder engines, maybe one day I'll cover rare engine configurations and a full video. I say it now, but I probably never will anyway on the topic at hand. As we begin this video, we're going to talk about one of the most common engine configurations on the market.

Most of you watching probably have a car with an inline engine configuration. Inline engines, also known as straight engines, get their name from how their cylinders are arranged in a row. Inline engines are easy to build, especially compared to V-shaped engines, which we'll get to later. This is because both the cylinder bank and crankshaft can be milled from a single piece of metal and also because, in general, most inline engines tend to have fewer cylinders than most inline engines. V, typically resulting in a smaller, more compact design that is perfect for creating an economical, low-power engine, making it a perfect choice for most compact cars and even some mid-size sedans .

Both the base model Toyota Camry and Honda Accord use an inline-four engine, not a v4. I know for my car enthusiast viewers you're probably sick of hearing me be a dead horse, but believe me, some non-car people still say this is your Toyota Camry and Honda Accord, if it's a base model, it doesn't have a v4, it's an inline 4, so stop saying v4 if you ever wonder why your eBay listing isn't selling, it's probably because everyone who sees it thinks they're idiots who don't even know the engine. your own car, so don't be lazy and learn what it is anyway, we're not done here yet because I can already hear my BMW fans writing furiously in the comments sections, but what in the cargo suits they don't know. concern I did not forget about the inline six, one of the biggest problems of the inline four engine is that it suffers from a lot of engine vibration, so they avoid high displacement designs, otherwise they are no longer mechanically balanced, however, this problem can be solved by adding more cylinders, which is why the straight-six design was introduced.

The inline-six was a popular choice among many automakers who wanted to make a high-performance vehicle with more power while using simple, intuitive engines. The six-in-a-row has found its way. legends like Toyota Supra Nissan Skyline and many of BMW's performance cars; However, despite being simple, the inline six was not cheap to manufacture and, when it came to the cost-to-power ratio, the V6 quickly became its successor, which is not to say that six engines inline be Out of production, even to this day BMW still makes many of its high-performance vehicles with inline six cylinders; However, many other manufacturers found a compromise and began producing inline five-cylinders, rather than moving to V engines.

V engines are also named for the shape of their cylinders. Arranged when viewed along the axis of their crankshaft, these cylinders and pistons appear V-shaped compared to inline engines of the same number of cylinders. V engines tend to be more compact, which resulted in lunges becoming a popular choice for engines with taller cylinders. large account Arrangements such as inline eight-cylinder engines were too large and cumbersome in design to mitigate this problem. Engineers quickly discovered that it was more efficient to arrange eight cylinders in a V shape. This is also another factor why V-6 engines were preferred to straight-6 engines. six, however this was never successful in smaller engines such as four cylinders.

When it comes to an inline-four, it's already as compact as it is and it's already extremely cheap to make, as the V shape is pretty unnecessarily complicated for an engine that's already so small that it simply wasn't worth the effort to make. make a V four for a car now that's not to say V four engines don't exist as some cars tried to use them however they found their use and compact size to be more popular for motorcycles but this video doesn't is about motorcycles, so let's get back to the topic at hand. V engines are a very popular configuration for high performance vehicles such as American and Australian muscle cars that exclusively use v8 engines.

I don't count the v6 counterparts like muscle cars or the EcoBoost or four. -turbo cylinder anyway, we already got to the topic when the v8 is not enough, some companies are even looking to make a v10 to list some vehicles, the Dodge Ram srt10, Lexus LFA, Dodge Viper and Lamborghini Huracan, their v10 engines and it just goes on. . like some companies sign that v10 is still not big enough and use a v12 to list some Lamborghini Aventador Pagani Zonda and Aston Martin Vanquish and when that is still not enough some cars like this are Etta v 16 T trying to guess what engine it uses This car, that's right, if you don't already know it by name, uses a V 16;

However, in the same way that an inline 8-cylinder engine becomes too long and cumbersome from the point of view of dimensions, the V 16 also begins to suffer from the same problem when it begins to reach the limit of practical use. of V engines, so how do we fix something when it starts to stretch too far? Widening it, of course, enters the W engines. W engines get their name from their banks of cylinders that form a W shape. The original W engine uses three banks of cylinders connected to a crankshaft, making it look like a single engine.

V with a straight motor in the middle. Unfortunately, this turned out to be quite unnecessary, but that didn't stop a certain company in their quest for thick engines. I'm losing my voice right now, but in the name of saying the thick meme I'm going to go ahead and seriously, why is Indiana still snowing? It's damn April, of course I'm sick, this is stupid, now my voice sucks, but I'm going to keep moving while mother nature makes it hot for once Car and Coffee season just started here anyway, like I said, now we're going to go back to the video in which a Volkswagen group, for whatever reason, leaves the W engines and I mean they have a big boner with the W engines, they said onwards in search of their thickness and ended up creating a modern and efficient method for Bank that is basically putting together 2V motors and boom, now that's a thick motor They started by creating a w8 as a prototype to help them understand where to go as they looked at increasingly fatter engine designs.

This eventually led them to making the w12 in the Nardo Volkswagen Phaeton and Bentley Continental GT concept, which eventually led them to the W 16 in the Bugatti Veyron, which and the engine also has four turbochargers because you're a Bugatti, so even though I'm a Koenigsegg fan, I can even appreciate the development and effort it took for a Volkswagen to make Bugatti's chunky, right? tired of chunky memes but hey don't worry the next engine on this list is the exact opposite of the floor gap you saw coming if it's not chunky it's flat from where most automakers progressed in lines , two V, two double use in The Search for Thickness Selim decided that flat is justice and took that path.

Instead, a flat engine gets its name from its horizontally opposed cylinders. Flat engines have the pistons share a crank journal and move forward and backward at the same time. Poplar manufacturers use flat motors. Include Subaru Porsche and Ferrari, a common misconception is that flats and boxers are exactly the same and thoughts are interchangeable regarding that, think squares and rectangles, all boxer engines are flat engines, but not all flat engines are boxer engines in the case of the Ferrari f12. The engine is a flat engine but not a boxer, it's basically just a V12 that turns 180 degrees to the side and goes to the boxer engines.

They get their name from the fact that their pistons appear to be punching, as if boxers do. each has its own pin and are positioned 180 degrees opposite the opposite piston they move back and forth in front of each other here is a visual representation of the differences compared to a boxer on a moving flat engine salute to the vortex VW for members to explain this and last but certainly not least we have rotary engines, the rotaries found in cars are not to be confused with the rotary engines used in WWI aircraft. The rotaries used in automobiles originated from winkles which is a list of pistons compared to the rotaries used in WWI aircraft anyway let's leave the semantics behind and for the rest of this video I'll just call them rotaries as I'm sure there are plenty of mouse owners who would put me on the line if I did.

Anyway, the rotary engine is noticeably more compact and lighter than most other engine configurations for its size and weight, they generate considerable power, about one horsepower per pound of engine and here it's story time, since, wow, a rotary engine has quite a history. After this, many manufacturers received licenses to produce rotaries, but in the end most of them ended up discontinuing their use after only a few years and several engine failures, despite being praised for their smooth operation. Lightweight and compact power rotaries were extremely problematic engines due to their reliability. It's terrible and any attempt to make them reliable ended up with poor consistency between the results;

However, Mazda did not back down when the challenge became too high, as they were stupidly determined to prove to the world that rotaries could become reliable engines. Mazda started using them. in luxury cruisers, but soon discovered that its potential was better suited to high-performance sports cars after several mediocre attempts. Mazda finally struck gold with its RX-7. His most famous pun found its way onto the 787b racing car, which would be his first. Japanese car and the first piston list car to win Lamont's 787 B. The victory was not only due to speed but also its reliability; However, despite the success and massive cult following on the rotary, it would soon reach its peak as the RX-8 did not sell as well in 2011.

Mazda announced that they would discontinue production of rotaries due to strict emissions regulations, poor sales and horrible fuel economy. Many fans have since said that the company has resigned itself to mediocrity and that its golden age is long. past, even if that is the case, they have already gone down in history and will be known for making the small rotary that could do it. If Mazda would pluck up the courage to try again, I'm sure the world will be waiting. All the engine settings I will cover in this video and mainly because now my voice is going out.

I would also like to mention that at this point I realized that I should probably make a video explaining the many components of an engine because I think some of you watching this video now are more confused at the end than at the beginning. Other than that, thanks for watching and as always, see you next time.