A shameless image thread for the enginephiles

All that has to do with the power train, gearbox, clutch, fuels and lubricants, etc. Generally the mechanical side of Formula One.
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Jimenez Novia W16

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W16 made of 4 1100 Yamaha I4 ICEs

Max power 760 hp / 412.2 kW at 10 000 rpm
Max torque 432.00 Nm (318.5 ft·lbf) @ 7500.00 rpm
Honda!

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dren wrote:Veyron W16 Quad Turbo (didn't see this posted yet?)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... en_W16.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU32Q6QXtWQ

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The stillborn HKS 3.5 V12, stunning;

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regarding the Lancia V6
Lancia invented the 'staggered cylinder'(single block V) engine (that VW & Audi seem to have reinvented and base the W16 on)
Lancia made this exclusively,'their' type of engine from 1920 as V4, even V8 and IIRC V6, all too early for this Google age
the last being the V4 Fulvia of WRC fame

carry on !

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Speaking of Lancia, "staggered" valves;

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xpensive wrote:Speaking of Lancia, "staggered" valves;
The Triflux never gets old! It looks like a work of art.

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N/A Flathead
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3.8 Jag
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BTW, can I just say how much I love E types. First time I've seen one up close in many many years. So beautiful.

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xpensive wrote:Image
Air cooled Porsche flat six?
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A pair of them actually, if you look closely.
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Actually not a pair of them if you look even closer ;) Because two conrods share one crank, the 912 engine is a V12 180°, so not a flat 12..

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so Porsche calling their engines Boxer but really this is wrong naming ...nitpicky as Germans are this is outright scandalous.. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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marcush. wrote:so Porsche calling their engines Boxer but really this is wrong naming ...nitpicky as Germans are this is outright scandalous.. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
And the same goes for those Italian F1 engines, they were all 180 degree V12s and not Boxers, this is an outrage!

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I hope we can still use "Flat 12" though, as they are still flat? :wink:
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I agree with xpensive, these flat 12's are technically 180deg V-12's. The term "boxer" describes an engine with adjacent diametrically opposing cylinders whose pistons basically move in opposing directions. Similar to two boxers jabbing at each other. A true "boxer" engine has 180deg spacing between the crank pins of opposing cylinders. A flat 4 VW beetle engine is an example of a boxer.
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so are all other flat engines from porsche, real boxers! just the 912 is an exception I wanted to point out...