What's the difference between a L cylinder and a V cylinder? What's the good news?
Arrangement of cylindersType W arrangement and type VMany people think like V type engine cylinder arranged in a V shape, arrangement of W engine cylinder must be in a W shape, in fact, it is only approximate W shaped arrangement, strictly speaking should also belong to V type engine, at least is a variant of V engine.The V engine of each side of the cylinder and then a small angle stagger (such as Passat W8 small angle of 15 degrees), it has become a W engine. Or W engine cylinder arrangement is composed of two small V shape, a large V shape.Compared with W type and V type engine engine can be made shorter, the crankshaft can also be shorter, so the engine can save space, but also can lighten the weight, but its width is larger, so that the engine room is full.The biggest problem with W engines relative to the V engines is that the engine is divided into two parts by a whole, which inevitably causes a lot of vibration at the time of operation. To solve this problem, the Volkswagen designed two reverse rotating balance shafts on the W engine, allowing the vibration of the two parts to cancel each other in the interior.Volkswagen has three types of W engines, W8, W12 and W16
The two different arrangements of the cylinder, the power should be L type to win some (the same displacement), but V type of space saving, technically V type of difficulty
A straight cylinder, also called a parallel cylinder, is usually a 4 cylinder or 6 cylinder.The utility model has the advantages of stability, low cost, simple structure, good running balance, small volume, high stability, low speed torque characteristic, low fuel consumption, compact size and wide application.Disadvantages: when the amount of exhaust and the number of cylinders increase, the length of the engine will increase greatly.4 cylinder inline engines are widely used in engines with a displacement of 2.2 liters or less."Inline" can be represented by L, followed by the cylinder number is the engine code, modern cars are mainly L3, L4, L5, and L6 engines.The most famous example of a 6 cylinder inline engine is the BMW M3. The main purpose of the BMW 6 cylinder inline engine is to facilitate counterweight and stability. The inline engine, though simple, is by no means a bad synonym.Model V engineThe cylinders are divided into two groups, and the adjacent cylinders are arranged in a certain angle so that the two sets of cylinders form two planes with an included angle, and the cylinder is V in shape from the side, so that the V type engine is called. The height and length of the V type engine are small, so it is convenient to be arranged on the automobile. In particular, modern cars pay more attention to aerodynamics, requiring the smaller the windward side of the car, the better the lower the hood.The common V engines are V6, V8, V10, V12. And V3, V5, and V16 (don't get stuck with some straight engines that represent valve numbers).
