Different Types of Engines Used in Cars

different types of engines used in the course number one inline engines inline engines are the most common type of engines used in modern course in this type of engines the cylinders are arranged in a line facing upwards and are usually perpendicular to the car this type of engines are found in vast majority of family hatchbacks and small of course these engines are available in wide variety of configuration from a two cylinder engine to a six cylinder engine [Music] number two in the list is straight engine straight engine is basically the same as an inline engine but the cylinders are positioned in parallel with the car from front to back as opposed to across the engine bay this layout of engine is mostly using premium cars usually in rear-wheel drive cause these engines were present in wide variety of configuration from a four cylinder to six cylinders number third in the list is V engine the V type of engine got their name viewing the engine from the front the cylinders are arranged in a v-shape each bank of cylinders faces outwards and drives a common crankshaft at the base of the V this stain is generally reserved for premium and performance cost because due to a snail you could squeeze a higher displacement engine with more cylinders into smaller space there are wide variety of configuration of V engines from six cylinder to 12-cylinder engines next in the list is a boxer engine boxer engines are also known as flat or a horizontally opposed changes the cylinders are laid down on the side in two banks and point away from each other this type of engines help keep the center of gravity low usually to benefit the handling these engines are known for the distinctive sound and there is only two car companies that are currently using boxer engines in their range and they are Porsche and Subaru [Music] the next in the list is be our engine vo engine was developed by the Volkswagen Group it uses a similar principle 2v engines but the distance between two rows of cylinder is so narrow it would be squeezed together in one engine block these engines are rarely used now and are only used in some of the VW scores the next on the list is W engine W engine is basically a two vr engines which are joined together at the based performer W configuration these type of engines are only using ultra luxury and in high performance course like in some Bentley models and in Bugatti Veyron and the new sheriff the last one in the list is a rotary engine rotary engines are also known as rankle engine these type of engines has no distance but they have rotors instead these engines are small compact and has a curved for long inner shape its rotor turns in one direction only but it completes all four strokes of water cycle these types of engines are limited by their inherent restrictions on breathing capacity and also due to stricter emission knobs as these engines are known to consume oil mazda is the only manufacturer who uses rotary engine in its course like or exceed and some previous 7 models these engines have a substantial power-to-weight ratio over the conventional engines and that's it guys for this video I hope you guys found it interesting and tell me in the comment below which is your favorite type of engines and I will see in the next video until then supercharge the petrolhead here over and out [Music]

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Length: 5min 28sec (328 seconds)

Published: Fri Jan 19 2018