3 cylinder engines dont do meny miles?

Most engines should be able to make it past 100k with little more than the standard servicing. Manufactures run multiple stress tests on engines to ensure that they know what will break and when so that they can factor it into the servicing schedule.

As for the 3 cyl they sound brilliant, I love taking my wife's C1 for a thrash every now and then the noise is just nicer than the humdrum 4 cyl. And if anyone mocks you for having 1 less cyl just say that it's half a porsche!
 
Orionaut said:
This really.

It isn't the number of cylinders that is the problem. It is the "Getting a Quart out of a Pint pot" that is the problem!

And it isn't just modern 3 cyl engines that blow up either, the 4 cylinder ones do too!
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I don't think double digit BHP out of a 3cyl engine is "Getting a Quart out of a Pint pot".
 
That's not really the norm yet, turbo 3cyl engines are just becoming more common but most 3cyl cars on the road are horrible rot boxes with about 10bhp.
 
Clarkey said:
Quite a few turbo 3cyl Kei sports cars over in J-land, almost unheard of here though.
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I had a Daihatsu Mira Classic Turbo 659cc 3 cylinder. Was most entertaining, you could get all kinds of tuning parts too :cool:

Probably the most well known performace 3 cylinder over here would be the Charade gtti.
 
No it was a three, there was a later Charade GTI that was a 1.6 inline 4. I had a Charade turbo diesel 1.0 3 cylinder that shared a similar block to the petrol one.
 
Who remembers the Wartburg :)

Seriously though 3 cylinders is good, many bikes over the years have had three, no issues. 120 degree firing interval is smooth. Fewer parts to wear out and replace. Three larger cylinders versus four smaller ones also sounds right.
 
Suzuki Cappuccino? Alto Works? Daihatsu Mira? Charade GTTI? They're not cars. They are petrol powered invalid carriages.
 
Janesy B said:
I don't think double digit BHP out of a 3cyl engine is "Getting a Quart out of a Pint pot".
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10 years ago 40-50 BHP/L was pretty normal for a standard tune n/a petrol engine/turbo diesel. Nowadays it is nearer 50-60 or even more!

Couple that with smaller oil/coolant capacities and extended service intervals (To keep the ecotards happy) and it all comes at a price!

Give me my 20 year old 40BHP/L 160BHP turbo diesel any day!:D
 
I had a 3 cyl 0.8L Daewoo Matiz as my first car.. such a terrible mistake. It was great on petrol but any kind of hill was a serious challenge, you'd have to drop a gear or two to stop the speedo moving backwards. No rev counter so I might have been redlining it all the time for all I knew, you really had to put your foot down to get out of junctions 'quickly' and the noise was just ridiculous.
 
Orionaut said:
10 years ago 40-50 BHP/L was pretty normal for a standard tune n/a petrol engine/turbo diesel. Nowadays it is nearer 50-60 or even more!

Couple that with smaller oil/coolant capacities and extended service intervals (To keep the ecotards happy) and it all comes at a price!

Give me my 20 year old 40BHP/L 160BHP turbo diesel any day!:D
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Not being funny but 50bhp/litre was rubbish even 10 years ago.
 
Orionaut said:
10 years ago 40-50 BHP/L was pretty normal for a standard tune n/a petrol engine/turbo diesel. Nowadays it is nearer 50-60 or even more!

Couple that with smaller oil/coolant capacities and extended service intervals (To keep the ecotards happy) and it all comes at a price!

Give me my 20 year old 40BHP/L 160BHP turbo diesel any day!:D
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1999 = 125hp/litre
 
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