motor

frodefe · 01-10-2004, 05:45 PM

A interesting site which i visit now and then

allot of stuff for the "autophile"

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/

yg60m · 01-10-2004, 06:10 PM

Thank you, i added it to my favorites. It's very interresting.

pedrohmb · 01-10-2004, 06:31 PM

Is it a boxer engine??

dylan99 · 01-10-2004, 07:38 PM

Great site now I understand more about cars and other things and how they work.
Thanx.

Wutputt · 01-10-2004, 08:09 PM

Originally Posted by pedrohmb

Is it a boxer engine??

Yes, because: opposite cilinders are mounted with an angle of 180°, and during the compression phase or exhaust phase, opposite pistons are 'boxing' away from each other

zevolv · 01-10-2004, 09:00 PM

The official name is an opposed cylinder engine but the accepted name is boxer.

veteq · 01-10-2004, 09:06 PM

Excellet site

PS: the boxer engines are great except for the rough idle they all seem to share.
They sound great though

bmwdakias · 02-02-2004, 09:53 PM

Great site, the first time i visited it i spent about four hours in front of the screen reading for all sort of things.

bmwdakias · 02-02-2004, 09:53 PM

Great site, the first time i visited it i spent about four hours in front of the screen reading for all sort of things.

Toronto · 02-02-2004, 10:16 PM

[quote="zevolv"]The official name is an opposed cylinder engine but the accepted name is boxer.[/quot

yet they and most of the auto world call it a flat (eg. flat 4cyl)

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/engine-flat.htm

zevolv · 02-02-2004, 10:32 PM

Porsche calls it a Boxer engine on their site actually
And Subaru calls it a Horizontallyy Opposed engine on their site
and those are the only two that I know of that use that layout.

gottacatchup · 02-02-2004, 11:03 PM

haha i've used that site before mainly for visual aids to explain how rotary engines work to my gf.

Evo · 02-03-2004, 05:09 AM

Yeah I use that site a lot .. It got a lot of useful information.... I accully learn something fron that site more than I learn at school..

undien717 · 02-05-2004, 08:24 PM

Yeah- that site is very useful not just for car info, but info for many other mechanical devices and how they work.

crazidude · 02-06-2004, 01:30 AM

I loved that site. Used it to help with my networking management course. My teacher had a test based on it a while ago, I barely passed lol. I had to draw the dam pictures they had.