"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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Bedlam wrote:
As others pointed out the torque is due to the longer stroke of many in lines rather than the angles between the pistons.
Audi/VW used to run their 4-cylinder length wise in the engine bay even when they had a transaxle FWD. They eventually went transverse and even upped it to 5 cylinders but I think the nose would to long to do this with an in line five or six (as pointed out, it is too long to mount transversely) in FWD.
Opposing cylinders are pretty smooth if you could fit a flat 8...
The more fuel that can be used per stroke is what yields torque. So whether that comes from a larger bore, longer stroke, turbo charger, other supercharger or nitrous makes no difference. More fuel utilized per rev .... more torque. More fuel utilized per time ... more HP. If a 6.7 liter has a 4.88 inch stroke and small bore or 4.25 inch stroke and larger bore makes no difference on torque as far as the math is concerned. If both are given the same amount of fuel per rev then obviously the one which produces the higher torque value is the more fuel efficient engine.
