A Boxer Engine In A Class C??? Yes/No?
So all you gear heads out there, could you imagine a Boxer engine powering a B+, Class C, or Super C Motor Home? You'll probably say no, but before you nix that idea, check out the FORD 2017 F-150 wit...
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bagman wrote:
DrewE, So your saying a 2.7L Boxer style engine is bigger than a FORD 6.8 V-10?
I'm. saying that a 2.7L Boxer engine (in the traditional/standard use of the word, i.e. two horizontally opposed cylinders or banks of cylinders) is very likely to be wider than a 6.8L V10, yes. Not necessarily bigger in overall volume--which it would not be--but almost certainly wider.
A 2.7L would presumably be a four cylinder engine, in which case the cylinder displacement is practically the same as for the V10. Having pairs of cylinders opposed horizontally, each 90 degrees off from vertical, will be wider than having them angled at 30 or 45 degrees; that's simple geometry. With four cylinders it would almost certainly be shorter in overall length.
If, as Matt Colie wrote, this isn't what is generally termed a boxer engine, then of course things could be different and the quick analysis might not apply. In that case, it's also rather misleading to call it a boxer engine.
