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Usually found in 4 and 6 cylinder configurations, the straight engine (often designed as inline engine) is an internal-combustion engine with all cylinders aligned in one row, with no or only minimal offset. The word cylinder has several meanings. ...
An inline engine is an internal-combustion engine with cylinders aligned in one or several rows. ...
An internal combustion engine is an engine that is powered by the expansion of hot combustion products of fuel directly acting within an engine. ...
A straight engine is considerably easier to build than an otherwise equivalent horizontally opposed or V engine because the cylinder bank can be milled from a single metal casting and it requires fewer cylinder heads and camshafts. Inline engines are also much smaller in volume than designs like the radial, and can be mounted in any direction. Straight configurations are simpler than their V-shaped counterparts and usually provide smoother running, but at the cost of greater engine length. Diagram of the opposing pistons in a boxer engine A flat engine or boxer engine or horizontally opposed engine is a type of engine where the pistons lie horizontally opposed, with pairs of cylinders on the left and the right, as opposed to most modern engines where all pistons are...
A V engine is a common configuration for an internal combustion engine in which the pistons are aligned so that, if viewed along the line of the crankshaft, they appear to be in a V. Usually, two opposing pistons share one crank on the crankshaft. ...
Piston engines are typically arranged with their pistons in rows, moving inside individual cylinders. ...
The cylinder head from a GMC van. ...
The camshaft is an apparatus used in piston engines to operate poppet valves. ...
Radial engine of a biplane. ...
Automobile use
The straight-4 is by far the most common 4 cylinder configuration, whereas the straight-6 has largely given way to the V6, which although not as naturally smooth-running is smaller in both length and height and easier to fit into the engine bay of smaller modern cars. Some manufacturers, notably Acura, Audi, Toyota, VW and Volvo, have also used straight-5 configurations. The General Motors Atlas family includes straight-4, straight-5, and straight-6 engines. The straight-4 or inline-4 is an internal combustion engine with four cylinders aligned in one row. ...
The straight-6 (also inline 6, I-6, or I6) is an internal combustion engine with six cylinders aligned in a single row. ...
The Ford Essex V6 engine A V6 is an internal combustion piston engine with six cylinders in a V configuration. ...
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Jump to: navigation, search The straight-5 or inline-5 is an internal combustion engine with five cylinders aligned in one row, sharing a single engine block and crank case. ...
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Atlas is a name for a family of modern inline piston engines for trucks from General Motors. ...
Many manufacturers mount straight engines at an angle from the vertical, referring to them as slant engines. Chrysler's famous Slant 6 was used in many models in the 1960s and 1970s. Honda also often mounts their straight-4 and straight-5 engines at a slant, as on the Honda S2000 and Acura Vigor. SAAB first used an inline-4 tilted at 45 degrees for the Saab 99, but later versions of the engine was less tilted. The Chrysler Corporation is a United States-based automobile manufacturer, since 1998 merged with Daimler_Benz into DaimlerChrysler. ...
The Slant 6 is one of Chryslers two most famous automobile engines, along with the Chrysler Hemi engine. ...
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The Honda S2000 is a roadster automobile built by Honda. ...
The Acura Vigor was a midsized, front wheel drive sedan made by Acura from 1992 to 1994. ...
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A 1971 Saab 99. ...
Two main factors have led to the recent decline of the straight-6 in automotive applications. Lanchester balance shafts, an old idea reintroduced by Mitsubishi in the 1980s to overcome the natural harshness of the straight-4 engine and rapidly adopted by many other manufacturers, have made both straight-4 and V-6 engines much more refined than used to be the case. The inherent smoothness of the straight-6 is no longer as great an advantage as it used to be. Secondly, at around the same time, fuel consumption became a much more important factor. Cars became smaller and much more space-efficient. The engine bay of a modern small or medium car, typically designed for a straight-4, often does not have room for a straight-6, but can fit a V-6 with only minor modifications. Conversely, if the car is designed to have enough room for a straight-6, the 4-cylinder version of the same car will have wasted space and, all else being equal, cost a little more to manufacture and use more fuel. In piston engine engineering, a balance shaft is an eccentric weighted shaft which offsets the vibrations of unbalanced engines. ...
Some manufacturers (originally Lancia, and more recently Volkswagen with the VR6) have attempted to combine advantages of the straight and V configurations by producing a narrow-angle V; this is more compact than either configuration, but is less smooth (without balancing) than either. Jump to: navigation, search Lancia is an Italian automobile manufacturer founded in 1906 by Vincenzo Lancia, part of the Fiat group since 1969. ...
Volkswagen [literally: peoples car] (VW) is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Germany. ...
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Straight-6 engines can still be found in passenger vehicles like the Australian Ford Falcon, some entry-level Lexus models, the Toyota Landcruiser, and BMW 6-cylinder models. Jump to: navigation, search The Ford Falcon is a car which has been manufactured by Ford since 1960. ...
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Aviation use Renault produced an inverted air-cooled Straight-6 for airplanes this was used on the Stampe. A similar design was used on the de Havilland Tiger Moth. Until 1920, Geoffrey de Havillands de Havilland Aircraft Company had been known as Airco, where he was owner and chief designer. ...
Automotive, Aircraft and Marine use - Straight-twin
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- Straight-24
A straight-twin engine is a two cylinder piston engine that has its cylinders arranged in a single row. ...
A Straight-3 is an internal combustion engine with three cylinders arranged in a straight line side by side. ...
The straight-4 or inline-4 is an internal combustion engine with four cylinders aligned in one row. ...
Jump to: navigation, search The straight-5 or inline-5 is an internal combustion engine with five cylinders aligned in one row, sharing a single engine block and crank case. ...
The straight-6 (also inline 6, I-6, or I6) is an internal combustion engine with six cylinders aligned in a single row. ...
1940s Oldsmobile straight-8 engine A Straight-8 is a straight engine with eight cylinders. ...
A Straight-10 engine is a straight engine with ten cylinders. ...
A Straight-12 engine is a Straight engine with twelve cylinders. ...
A straight-14 engine is a straight engine with fourteen cylinders. ...
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