A&Q about 350Z
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damn you!
my stars are purple. i win.
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yes, the lads at
are making V8s as though they were making biscuits....take (2) four-cylinder engines, (1) reverse mounted cylinder head, modified block, custom ground camshafts, custom crankshaft, custom engine management, add fuel, and you have Formula 1 performance at Daimler-Chrysler price! Damn them....I wanted to do it first.
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A flat crank definately sounds different. I can't remember the last place I heard one. Do 2 cyclinders fire at same time?
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it has to do with the order the cylinders fire in.
i'm not sure of the order, but it makes a different noise than an 'american' design V-8
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A normal 90 degree v-8 has 2 cylinders up at same time, going to a flat crank ould have 4 cylinders up at the same time and 2 must be fired at once, sounding like a "pair of inline 4's"
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isnt that rather inefficient tho?
wouldnt it be better to take two inline 4 cranks and connect them, but rotate one 90*
that way, the firing would be more uniform
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Yes, I think so. That's probably why all v-8 are 4 different throws on the crank. I can't for the life of me remember what the idea was with going to a flat crank in a v-8, I haven't heard many, but if I remember correctly were in pulling tractors and had a very distinct sound that could not be mistaken, but they never seemed to catch on very well.
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side to side balance would suck...
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and yet is still there in a ferrari 360 and the V8 in a TVR.
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OMG bro I don't know which one of your posts I want for my signature. They're so funny
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A flat crank V8?
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yup.
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That's right, I forgot. No big counterweights and no bob weights . The two end pins are lined up right? and the 2 center pins?
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exact same crank geometry as an I4, just two con rods per journal instead of one
what would be really interesting would be a big bang V8 in such a config. 1 & 7 would fire at the same time, as would 3 & 5, 2 and 8, 4 & 6
Basically a really big V4 engine
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what pins? gotta picture?