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zevolv · 01-10-2004, 11:26 PM

I learned about them through reading magazines taking engine specialist classes and working on cars with my dad since I was like ten. and racing bikes would never use a V engine it would weigh too much they just use really large V-twins. The only bike with a 4 cylinder engine is a honda which uses the Civic engine.

Zonda11 · 01-10-2004, 11:32 PM

Thanks BADMIHAI -- about 15 minutes ago i thought that V4 just meant 4 cylinders. I thought all engines used the V positioning. Thanks for the INLINE insight!

zevolv · 01-10-2004, 11:34 PM

Originally Posted by Zonda11

Thanks BADMIHAI -- about 15 minutes ago i thought that V4 just meant 4 cylinders. I thought all engines used the V positioning. Thanks for the INLINE insight!

WTF how did BADMIHAI help he didn't say anything.

Zonda11 · 01-10-2004, 11:37 PM

He said they were also used in bikes, but I hit Post before you told me they weren't used in bikes.

What I wrote after thanks was just explaining my stupidity or lack of engine knowlegde and how i had been set straight.

EDIT

I should have checked out Howstuffworks.com

zevolv · 01-10-2004, 11:39 PM

only in experimental use and the rotation of the V setup would cause the bike to be unstable at really high speed cornering

Zonda11 · 01-10-2004, 11:42 PM

Can you explain the boxter engine to me ---I assume that the Porsche is called the boxter because of its engine setup. Am I correct?

zevolv · 01-10-2004, 11:52 PM

Yes that is one of the reasons I'm sure there are other reasons and it's really spelled boxer no st (for future reference) the boxer engine is used in the 911s and in the boxster, it is also used in all subaru engines. the setup is basically the cylinders are placed directly across from eachother with the crankshaft in the center of the engine rather than in the bottom. there is no mechanical loss of power when transfered to the crank, power is lost through the accesories and the drivetrain. the boxer engine is also very short, it isn't a tall engine and that is one of the reasons that it can fit in the back of a porsche, if you've ever looked there really isn't that much room. you can also place the engine lower in the chassis to allow for a lower center of gravity. The boxers are also a little notorious for having rough idle but not on a newer car it's usually an older engine. If you ever look on the back of some subarus you will see a symbol that looks like H4 or H6 that is because in the boxer 4 from the top looks just like an H and the six is like an extra line on an H-l. BTW the official name for a boxer engine is an opposed engine if any other questions feel free to ask.

Zonda11 · 01-11-2004, 12:01 AM

COOL, Thanks -- I guess I'll learn more in a few months ---- my neighbor is living in Switzerland for a year and he bought a 911 recently. He is moving back to Canada in few months and bringing it back with him.

gr · 01-11-2004, 12:04 AM

Originally Posted by pimrusis

Kids in fast cars always speed. Always. If they put rims on there, or exhaust, they really will. Even if you hate foreign cars, just buy the kiddies a 1994 Honda Civic with a I-4 and an automatic box.

I completely agree with you. My first car was a BMW, and that wasn't a wise choice for a first car. 200kmh in the BM felt like 120kmh in crappy european Fords and rice cars. I just thought about that when driving home today. I was doing 120-130kmh on the freeway where the speed limit is 90kmh (40kmh over is just enough to keep the licence if pulled over), and I didn't want to drive any faster. It really felt fast enough for the car I was driving. Even though my BM wasn't the fastest around, it was so damn stable in high speeds. If I was in that car I would probably be doing 160-180kmh. I was so damn lucky not to end up dead or in jail because of that car...

corvette97 · 01-11-2004, 12:28 AM

pimrusis wrote:
Kids in fast cars always speed. Always. If they put rims on there, or exhaust, they really will. Even if you hate foreign cars, just buy the kiddies a 1994 Honda Civic with a I-4 and an automatic box.

I completely agree with you. My first car was a BMW, and that wasn't a wise choice for a first car. 200kmh in the BM felt like 120kmh in crappy european Fords and rice cars. I just thought about that when driving home today. I was doing 120-130kmh on the freeway where the speed limit is 90kmh (40kmh over is just enough to keep the licence if pulled over), and I didn't want to drive any faster. It really felt fast enough for the car I was driving. Even though my BM wasn't the fastest around, it was so damn stable in high speeds. If I was in that car I would probably be doing 160-180kmh. I was so damn lucky not to end up dead or in jail because of that car...

yeap i totally agree with all of u,i think that if own a fast car (mine), iwould be death by now, its just that when u have all that power in ur hands its so dificult not to use it, ihave driven a bmw (family owned), 330ci "m" kit, the car is so fast, my uncle drives it, when there are no cars around...one day the top speed that we get was... 240km/h!!!, when we where coming back i drove it...200km/h top speed, i think that for a 17 yearl old, drive that fast is so dam stupid, i regret every time i do stupid shits like that, but i guess is the need for some adrenaline...but i guess is still something stupid
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Leo_M3 · 01-11-2004, 03:49 AM

How would you define a fast car though?

Personaly when I get my first car I'm going to get somthing where I wont kill myself in. I hate people going around in jappenese car with fart pipes.

I'm grabing myself a non-///M BMW with 6 cylinders at the most.

E46 323i sounds right to me in a few years down the track

and it has 6 airbags 8)

yg60m · 01-11-2004, 03:54 AM

When i remember times which followed obtaining my licence i remember i use to drive much faster than now and i was less experimented to the traps of the everyday driving so i think it was better for me not having a fast car.

mhn3773 · 01-11-2004, 06:20 AM

they use v-4s in racing motor cycles? do u have a link to a motor cycle v-4 i have never seen one..least not that i know although if it was a v-4 i could have assumed it was just a 2cyl

Matty · 01-11-2004, 06:25 AM

my dads s200 has a inline v4 and it can do zero to 100 in around 5 seconds 4 if you use the vetec to your advantage

zevolv · 01-11-2004, 06:34 AM

Your dads S2000 does not have an inline V4 it has just an inline 4 not V4 don't you people ever read the whole thread before posting something! and by the way is that 100km/h or 100mph, if its mph your full of shit unless the thing is modded up the ass.