- To be able to choose the car with the demand, you should equip themselves with a basic knowledge of most of the engine. There are many things to learn when you start buying and using a new car. These new cars are often used relatively "blind" in the understanding of motor vehicle they use. Here are just some of the most basic knowledge to sort to tell you this car on the style used any form of engine. The phrase refers to the arrangement of the cylinders in an engine The engineers have two ways to arrange the cylinders in the same row or symmetry. If all the cylinders are arranged along a path is called a cylinder by the type of alignment. Most motors 4, 5 and 6 cylinders are arranged in linear style.
This type motor is used quite a lot, especially in old cars or average price. With this arrangement, the engine takes up more space. However, the technical conditions for higher and higher, people interested in starting the engine to compact it can fit the smaller space. Engineers began to study the placement of the cylinders in two rows facing each other the letter "V". With this configuration, the cylinders are always arranged in pairs, because this is a necessary condition for equilibrium.Most of the engines of the "V" is arranged with 3, 4, 5 or 6 cylinders on each side. Therefore, concepts such as the V6, V8, V10, V12 also comes from the number to call for the appropriate cylinder.
There are two types of engines "V": a kind of two rows of cylinders are classified according to the angle 60 degrees, classified according to a 90 degree angle.
Some manufacturers have developed and still uses cylinder engine with 180 degrees or symmetrical to each other. Subaru has done this with both types of engines 4 and 6 cylinder. Car maker Porsche and similar applications with 6 cylinders.
A newer cylinders arranged in the shape of the letter "W", of which at least a 16-cylinder engine is used in the design of the F1 racing car or sample the famous Bugatti Veyron. Volkswagen has launched a 12 W motor is developed on the basis of the V6. Once there, the cylinder block is made up of the letter "W" and not "V". All 12 cylinders share the same crankshaft, which is also similar to the other cylinder design shown above.
