"Keen "to replace V6 with inline Gas engines
I have been reading how European manufacturers are now urgently wanting to dump V6 engines. One Automotive commentator said they " were a mistake" .Jaguars new Diesel and Gas engines will be inline si...
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A buddy had a truck only gas engine in an old Ford dump truck. It was huge...534 cubic inches, low revving....3800 rpm...and got 2 MPG. He started his trucking company with it, many decades ago. Link makes interesting reading.
Heavy Duty Ford truck engine from the past
I've gor part of a '60's heavy duty truck engine in my garage. Two valve covers from the famous Chevy 4...0...9 V8 !
This was out of a C60 or C80 truck of around 1964, 65 that used to run deliveries across the Canadian prairies between Winnipeg and Saskatoon, I was told.
They are beat up, dented in places...but mounted in a pride of position in my garage, right next to my Norton, Vincent, Matchless, BSA and Triumph tin plate advertising from the 1950's. I'm a vintage motorcycle collector/enthusiast.
These 409 valve covers are uniquely shaped ...like a W. Next to a first/second generation Mopar Hemi valve cover, I don't think there is a more 'purty' valve cover, ever to come out of Detroit.
But anyway, engine design has come a long way, with current electronic engine management control.
I have a 3.6 liter, DOHC, 4 valves per cylinder, short stroke, big bore, high compression V6 engine in my car. It puts out 305 hp, has a red line of around 7000 rpm...yet it's torque band is pretty well unchanging from a little over 1000 rpm to 5500 rpm. An inline six would not of been able to fit under the hood of my large car.
Years ago having the same torque figure from little over idle to 5500 rpm would not of been possible with an engine of this spec....this spec...as previously related was close to race engine...from the 1920's through to the '70's.
What changed... sophisticated electronics and computers, engine management controls.
In other words...determining power, power bands is more often than not, now controlled by electronic management.
I think the original premise that V series engines would be replaced by inline engines is not convincing.
If anything V series will continue to be the dominant design in 6 cylinders engines and up...V 10, V8, V 12...due to manufacturer's reduced packaging and aerodynamic, concerns and needs that they must ensure is part of modern vehicle design.
Inline engine are fine in medium and heavy duty trucks as there are not the tight space requirements, as per light trucks and cars.
But in the multitude of vehicles out there, V series engines, make for more efficient packaging.
Heavy Duty Ford truck engine from the past
I've gor part of a '60's heavy duty truck engine in my garage. Two valve covers from the famous Chevy 4...0...9 V8 !
This was out of a C60 or C80 truck of around 1964, 65 that used to run deliveries across the Canadian prairies between Winnipeg and Saskatoon, I was told.
They are beat up, dented in places...but mounted in a pride of position in my garage, right next to my Norton, Vincent, Matchless, BSA and Triumph tin plate advertising from the 1950's. I'm a vintage motorcycle collector/enthusiast.
These 409 valve covers are uniquely shaped ...like a W. Next to a first/second generation Mopar Hemi valve cover, I don't think there is a more 'purty' valve cover, ever to come out of Detroit.
But anyway, engine design has come a long way, with current electronic engine management control.
I have a 3.6 liter, DOHC, 4 valves per cylinder, short stroke, big bore, high compression V6 engine in my car. It puts out 305 hp, has a red line of around 7000 rpm...yet it's torque band is pretty well unchanging from a little over 1000 rpm to 5500 rpm. An inline six would not of been able to fit under the hood of my large car.
Years ago having the same torque figure from little over idle to 5500 rpm would not of been possible with an engine of this spec....this spec...as previously related was close to race engine...from the 1920's through to the '70's.
What changed... sophisticated electronics and computers, engine management controls.
In other words...determining power, power bands is more often than not, now controlled by electronic management.
I think the original premise that V series engines would be replaced by inline engines is not convincing.
If anything V series will continue to be the dominant design in 6 cylinders engines and up...V 10, V8, V 12...due to manufacturer's reduced packaging and aerodynamic, concerns and needs that they must ensure is part of modern vehicle design.
Inline engine are fine in medium and heavy duty trucks as there are not the tight space requirements, as per light trucks and cars.
But in the multitude of vehicles out there, V series engines, make for more efficient packaging.
