Posted by wisbaker on December 13, 2013 at 20:42:33 from (173.30.33.15):
In Reply to: OT--V4 engine posted by Jiles on December 13, 2013 at 07:26:11:
Don't know about the inline four being more expensive, with a V-4 you have two heads, two exhaust manifolds, a more complex exhaust system and for small cars in this country a straight 4 fits just fine. Heck in a few cases they proved a straight 5 fits and works well (VW/Audi, Mercedes, Volvo and GM) Some straight fours were a six cylinder with two lopped off but still using a lot of common parts between the 4 and six like water pumps, rods, pistons, oil pumps and maybe even the same tooling to build. If you start with a v-8 we've seen them morphed into V-6s and v-10s, but cutting the engine size by half- from a v-8 to a v-4 isn't maybe a sound idea, some of the parts the worked okay when we added or subtracted 25% will be under or oversized at 50%. As another poster pointed out there have been a few v-4 to v-6 developments and maybe some backwards (v-6 to v-4) we don't know about. Also consider many of our 4's are OHC engines and a big long timing chain or belt for a V-4 will be a lot more complex and have to be stronger heavier to last as long as a simpler, shorter version needed for the inline engine. Timing belts kill a lot of cars when they break, do you really want more timing belt greif?
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