Which is the weirdest engine in the world?
The engine above is British Racing Motors’ H16 engine. There are plenty of weird, esoteric terms used in automotive circles, but the weird letters that show up in engine names are perfectly sensible (mostly).
What do you need to know about engine performance?
1) Maximum output power without reduction gear 2) Maximum output power after marine reduction gear 3) Propeller power curve 4) Torque curve 5) Specific fuel consumption Between them, pretty much everything you need to know about this engine’s performance is spelled out.
What kind of engine is in a British racing car?
The engine above is British Racing Motors’ H16 engine. There are plenty of weird, esoteric terms used in automotive circles, but the weird letters that show up in engine names are perfectly sensible (mostly). My car is powered by an I4 engine, which means it’s an inline-four: four cylinders in a straight line.
What are the performance curves of an engine?
At any rate, there are five standard performance curves: 1) Maximum output power without reduction gear 2) Maximum output power after marine reduction gear 3) Propeller power curve 4) Torque curve 5) Specific fuel consumption Between them, pretty much everything you need to know about this engine’s performance is spelled out.
To put together our list of 10 crazy car engines, we followed some rules: production passenger-vehicle powerplants only; no racing mills or one-off experiments, because those are weird by definition. We also left off engines that distinguish themselves solely by being the first or largest of something.
Are there any nonconformist engines in the world?
Some of the nonconformist engines are just weird enough to raise an eyebrow, but a small number are completely off-the-wall, shirt-eating, stranger-hugging insane. Sometimes there was a method to the madness, such as trying to improve efficiency.
Which is the oddest engine in Le Mans?
The Panhard twin remains the oddest engine ever to notch class wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Strange name, sure, but the engine is even weirder.
What kind of engine did Henry Ford have?
His 1904–07 Compound models featured an inline three-cylinder engine where two outer cylinders powered an unignited, “dead” middle cylinder with their exhaust gases; the middle cylinder provided the engine’s output. The outer cylinders were huge, with 7.5-inch bores, but the inner, at 12 inches across, was larger still.