V4 engine?

vanpeebles · 7 Jul 2006 at 23:11

No! was a 3 litre v6

Iamzod · 7 Jul 2006 at 23:15

vanpeebles said:
No! was a 3 litre v6

Thought it was a 3.6 Litre Straight 6?

vanpeebles · 7 Jul 2006 at 23:17

it was 3.6 but v6

TomO · 7 Jul 2006 at 23:18

with a couple of turbos

vanpeebles · 7 Jul 2006 at 23:18

im aware of the turbos

TomO · 7 Jul 2006 at 23:21

well we were going along the line of V4's and 3 litres only, so who knows

DreXeL · 7 Jul 2006 at 23:28

vanpeebles said:
it was 3.6 but v6

I'm sure it was a straight six......

EDIT: Yep, straight six: Clicky.

Iamzod · 7 Jul 2006 at 23:29

V4 Twin Turbo, cant see why it would not be doable, but there aint really any point other than to be different, cant see it being cheap or particularly powerful compared to what you could do for the same money to another engine.

(And whilst i'm posting the Carlton ia a 3615cc Straight 6 with a pair of Garrett T25 Turbo's stuck on giving something like 380 Horsies?)

vanpeebles · 7 Jul 2006 at 23:34

eee i always thought it was a v6, i did the same with the supra too

silversurfer · 7 Jul 2006 at 23:46

PeterT said:
I used to have a 1.7 V4 engine in my first car. It was a Ford Corsair originally made in 1970.
Fairly powerful as it would do 100mph on a good day. I eventually sold it to my boss after 6 years of ownership.

http://www.rarespares.net.au/events/SFS/images/sfs9.jpg

Mine was silver with a black roof, a bit ugly by today's standards but a good wagon back in 1980.

Regards, PeterT

Looking pretty smart, I can see why your boss brought it

I dont remember most cars looking that good back in the 80's

Is that pic taken in the uk btw?

Akira · 8 Jul 2006 at 00:33

Honda NR750 had a V4, though it also had oval pistons with two conrods per piston, making it kind of a V8. The cylinders were almost the same shape as a tin of spam.
I'd love to hear one running, never mind ride one.

Dogbreath · 8 Jul 2006 at 00:37

Akira said:
Honda NR750 had a V4, though it also had oval pistons with two conrods per piston, making it kind of a V8. The cylinders were almost the same shape as a tin of spam.
I'd love to hear one running, never mind ride one.

Yep, mad things with 8 valves per cylinder. Shame there were so many problems with ring sealing and they didn't actualy have much power advantage IIRC.

Rotty · 8 Jul 2006 at 00:43

saab 99 ? was that a V4 ?

nutcase · 8 Jul 2006 at 08:23

Nope, a slant 4, same basic engine as the Dolomite/TR7. But mroe reliable

They were half a V8 though.

Pants · 8 Jul 2006 at 09:55

Heres a more modern V4: click me

Hmm 180 bhp from the 2.0 N/A, 300bhp from the "marine turbo" setup.

Also it's quite interesting what they did to the Street Ka.

Lopéz · 8 Jul 2006 at 17:59

Dogbreath said:
Yep, mad things with 8 valves per cylinder. Shame there were so many problems with ring sealing and they didn't actualy have much power advantage IIRC.

Weren't they marketed as the "future of engine development" or something similar at the time?

Cool looking bike too.

Lashout_UK · 8 Jul 2006 at 18:10

Early Saabs had V4's afaik.....Plenty of V5's out there too.

nutcase · 8 Jul 2006 at 19:29

Lashout_UK said:
Early Saabs had V4's afaik.....Plenty of V5's out there too.

The earliest had 2 cyl 2 strokes based on a German design (DKN?)

Then 3 cyl 2 strokes. Then the German V4.

Jonny69 · 8 Jul 2006 at 21:13

vanpeebles said:
no we wasnt

Damn your eyeballs

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