谷哥爱跑题 The Low Traction Show

Ep. 023 All about Engine Layouts


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In today's episode, I try to explain every common engine layout found in production cars. I learned so much researching this subject. Hope you can learn something new from this episode, too.

2:07 Single

3:20 Inline 2 & the Volkswagen you've never heard of

7:42 Inline 3 & the Tiny Friendly Giant

11:15 Inline 4 & secondary imbalance

13:43 Inline 5, Audi & Volvo

16:55 Inline 6, 2JZ, RB, and BMW

18:05 Inline 8, Duesenberg & Bugatti

20:16 V2

21:55 V4 & SAAB

22:50 V6 does it all

25:00 V8 - the quintessential sports car engine

26:54 V10 - probably the best sounding of them all

36:26 V12 - a car person's wet dream

37:54 V16 & Italian extravaganza

41:55 VR is both V and inline

47:04 Not all flat engines are boxers

50:03 Flat 2 & Citreon 2CV

53:30 The irony of the Ferrari 512 Berlinetta Boxer

54:17 W engines & what do the Bugatti Veyron & the Passat have in common?

58:42 Wankel stands for rotary

1:07:53 Personal announcement

(Music credit: Joe Diffie - Pickup Man)

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