.

Flat-10 engine: Difference between revisions

Wikicars, a place to share your automotive knowledge
Jump to navigationJump to search
No edit summary
mNo edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
A FlatHead-10 cylinder is a very rare engine configuration although Chevrolet experimented with one in their Corvair.
{{stub}}
 
The '''flat 10''' engine is an engine with two banks of five opposing [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]s each.
 
It is a rare engine configuration. [[Chevrolet]] experimented with a flat 10 engine based on their [[Chevrolet Corvair engine|Corvair flat 6]] design when they wanted to expand the [[Corvair]] marque to include full-size vehicles.
 
==See Also==
{{Piston engine configurations}}
 
[[Category:Piston engine configurations]]
[[Category:Boxer engines]]
 
 
{{automotive-part-stub}}

Revision as of 00:56, 12 December 2008

This article is a stub. Help us expand it, and you get a cookie.

The flat 10 engine is an engine with two banks of five opposing cylinders each.

It is a rare engine configuration. Chevrolet experimented with a flat 10 engine based on their Corvair flat 6 design when they wanted to expand the Corvair marque to include full-size vehicles.

See Also

Piston engine configurations
v  d  e
Type BourkeControlled combustionDelticOrbitalPistonPistonless (Wankel) • RadialRotarySingleSplit cycleStelzerTschudi
Inline types H · U · Square four · VR · Opposed · X
Stroke cycles Two-stroke cycleFour-stroke cycleSix-stroke cycle
Straight Single · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 8 · 10 · 12 · 14
Flat 2 · 4 · 6 · 8 · 10 · 12 · 16
V 4 · 5 · 6 · 8 · 10 · 12 · 16 · 20 · 24
W 8 · 12 · 16 · 18
Valves Cylinder head portingCorlissSlideManifoldMultiPistonPoppetSleeveRotary valveVariable valve timingCamless
Mechanisms CamConnecting rodCrankCrank substituteCrankshaftScotch YokeSwashplateRhombic drive
Linkages EvansPeaucellier–LipkinSector straight-lineWatt's (parallel)
Other HemiRecuperatorTurbo-compounding


Template:Automotive-part-stub