file.newsgroup.cars.103770 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (FranklinKL)
Subject: Re: V4 V6 V8 V12 Vx?
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Brian J Queiser) writes:
| [email protected] (OrioleFan@uiuc) writes:
| >[email protected] (Andrew A. Spencer) writes:
|
| >>i think that it is technicaly known as a 180 degree vee configuration.
| >>(could be wrong....this is how i've seen them referred to)
|
| > Then what is a "Flat-" engine???
|
| flat = 180 deg V = horizonatlly opposed
|
| Usually, it also equals "boxer," however, I think the term is
| traditionally reserved for 8's and 12's (and firing order matters).
| This was talked about here in r.a many months back; I can't remember
| the consensus.
|
| Examples:
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| Ferrari's 512TR is a flat 12 boxer.
| Porsche's 911 is a flat 6.
| Subaru's Impreza is a flat 4.
|
| Regards,
|
Not to inject a non-automotive note to this thread, but the BMW opposed
twin used in motorcycles for a *long* time is and always has been known as
a "boxer".
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