Odd motor configurations (valve, Texas, Cadillac, Ford)

[Narfcake]

Originally Posted by Mr.Cat

Ever seen a W4 motor? Me neither.

W4 with dual crankshafts, W3 with single crankshaft.
W engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[tvdxer]

Interesting. Right after making this thread, I remembered that Wikipedia has exactly the information I was looking for: Straight-six engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia , V5 engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia , etc., but I would have made this post anyway because I wanted a discussion.

This monster is an I-12 used for container ships.

[Orincarnia]

lol, i checked out that monstrous I-12 link, those comments are hilarious!

"connect one of these to the driveshaft of a Subaru and it will do Warp Factor 5."

[Narfcake]

You know your engine is big when there's a step ladder built in ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXHvY-zY9hA

[burdell]

Originally Posted by Lux Hauler

The geometry of a an odd numbered V configuration is nonsensical and would be a balancing predicament. I-3 is around, off the top of my head I can think of the 1.0L in a geo metro.

HONDA uses a V-5 configuration in its MotoGP bikes quite successfully.

[rbohm]

Originally Posted by tvdxer

Anybody know of engines that were...

V-3/I-3?

no V3, but as indicated there are cars that have inline 3 cylinder engines, the geo metro being one. i believe diahatsu also had in inline 3.

V-5?

honda had a V6 engine they raced, and VW had kind of a V5 engine, though it was actually a staggered cylinder design rather than a true V type engine

I-5?

a few manufacturers had/have inline five cylinder engines, mercedes, volvo, audi, gmc, to name a few.

I-6?

there were many inline 6 engines going way back to the early 20's chevrolet cars up through to todays BMW.

V-7?
I-7?

the only 7 cylinder engines that i can think of were radial engines, and only used in airplanes or tanks.

I-8?

many manufacturers had a straight 8 engine design; read this;

Straight-eight engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[asubram3]

Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick, Chrysler, Duesenberg, Hudson, and some other American marques made inline 8 engines till the mid-50s.

V4s were made by Lancia, Saab, and Ford Europe (4 different V4s, in fact).

Ford Taunus V4 engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ford Essex V4 engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[rbohm]

by the way, there are also V10's, V12's, and even V16's by a few manufacturers. in addition ferrari made a flat 12. bmw had a flat 2, there have been a few flat fours and flat sixes, and as i recall a flat 8 as well.

[motormaker]

And Pontiac had some what of a slant 4 the they had in their early Tempest models where the cit the 389 in half.

[Wilson513]

My dad had a straight 8 Buick, 1951. It had a 3 speed column shifter and was fast.