.
W16 engine: Difference between revisions
Wikicars, a place to share your automotive knowledge
Jump to navigationJump to search
Red marquis (talk | contribs) mNo edit summary |
Red marquis (talk | contribs) mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[image:W16.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A [[Volkswagen]]/[[Bugatti]] W16 Engine]] | [[image:W16.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A [[Volkswagen]]/[[Bugatti]] W16 Engine]] | ||
A '''W16 engine''' is a sixteen cylinder piston engine in a W configuration. All W16 engines consist of four banks of four cylinders (two juxtaposed V8 engine blocks), coupled to a single crankshaft. This engine was developed by [[Volkswagen]] and is used in the [[Bugatti Veyron]]. | A '''W16 engine''' is a sixteen cylinder piston engine in a W configuration. All W16 engines consist of four banks of four cylinders (two juxtaposed V8 engine blocks), coupled to a single crankshaft. This engine was developed by [[Volkswagen]] and is used in the [[Bugatti Veyron]]. | ||
{{-}} | |||
==See Also== | |||
{{Piston engine configurations}} | |||
[[Category:Engines]] | [[Category:Engines]] | ||
Revision as of 11:43, 29 October 2008
A W16 engine is a sixteen cylinder piston engine in a W configuration. All W16 engines consist of four banks of four cylinders (two juxtaposed V8 engine blocks), coupled to a single crankshaft. This engine was developed by Volkswagen and is used in the Bugatti Veyron.
See Also
| Piston engine configurations v • d • e | |
|---|---|
| Type | Bourke • Controlled combustion • Deltic •Orbital • Piston • Pistonless (Wankel) • Radial • Rotary • Single • Split cycle • Stelzer • Tschudi |
| Inline types | H · U · Square four · VR · Opposed · X |
| Stroke cycles | Two-stroke cycle • Four-stroke cycle • Six-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 porting • Corliss • Slide • Manifold • Multi • Piston • Poppet • Sleeve • Rotary valve • Variable valve timing • Camless |
| Mechanisms | Cam • Connecting rod • Crank • Crank substitute • Crankshaft • Scotch Yoke • Swashplate • Rhombic drive |
| Linkages | Evans • Peaucellier–Lipkin • Sector straight-line • Watt's (parallel) |
| Other | Hemi • Recuperator • Turbo-compounding |
