In 1983, Porsche once again embarked into uncharted territory with the development of the 959 super sports car, designing a 2.8 - litre six - cylinder
flat engine with sequential turbo charging.
The race car with mid-engine is driven by a 3.8 litres, six - cylinder
flat engine with 385 HP; the power is transmitted over an adjusted six - gear dual clutch transmission.
The naturally aspirated six - cylinder
flat engine with four - litre displacement is taken from racing cars such as the 911 RSR and 911 GT3 Cup.
Not exact matches
This adds considerable weight: best go
with the V - 8
engine, a heavy - duty suspension, reinforced door hinges and run -
flat tires.
The 2015 Subaru Legacy continues to offer a choice between a 2.5 - liter
flat - four and a 3.6 - liter
flat - six
engine, both of which come
with all - wheel drive and a continuously variable transmission (CVT).
That's a horsepower increase of 35 over the old naturally aspirated 2.7 - and 3.4 - liter
flat - sixes,
with the Boxster making an additional 74 lb - ft and the S 43 lb - ft compared to the outgoing
engines.
The
engine had installed the
flat pistons
with coil oil rings, I got the dome pistons and a set of rings including coil oil rings.
However, Bell is let down by the GT - R's
flat engine note, and the fact that it's all - wheel - drive system is obvious and ever - present, unlike the Audi R8 he recently drove that felt like a rear - drive car
with occasional help from the front wheels.
At least Porsche had a suitable
engine: the 2.6 - litre twin turbo
flat six,
with air - cooled barrels and water - cooled cylinder heads, originally developed for the unused Indycar project and used in the last of the 936s the year before.
Both the 2.0 - liter in the Boxster and the 2.5 in the S share parts and engineering / technology
with the new turbo
flat - six
engines found in the 911 range,
with the S employing 911 Turbo - derived variable turbine geometry for better throttle response at low and high revs.
Front
engine, rear - wheel drive, small lightweight coupe body but
with a 200bhp
flat - four boxer
engine.
Mated to this remarkable
flat - six
engine is a quick and slick manual transmission staged to vroom you through the speed range
with perfectly timed enthusiasm.
The original 2.2 - liter
flat six was replaced in favor of a high - compression, 240 - hp 2.7 - liter
engine, along
with a full roll cage, uprated brakes, SC rear fenders, and Lexan windows.
When you fire up the McLaren M838T V - 8, this
engine with its
flat - plane crankshaft and twin IHI turbos has more presence than an Audi V - 8, yet it never tries to overpower you like a Ferrari V - 8.
The same two
flat - six
engine options from the droptop appear in the Cayman: either a 274 - hp 2.7 - liter in the Cayman or a 325 - hp 3.4 - liter in the Cayman S; both available
with a six - speed manual or seven - speed PDK dual - clutch transmission.
This base model comes
with a 2.5 - liter
flat - four
engine rated for 173 hp, but spending $ 29,690 gets buyers into the 3.6 R Limited model, which has a 3.6 - liter
flat - six
engine rated at 256 hp.
The 2.5 - liter
flat - four and 3.6 - liter
flat - six
engines essentially carry over, but both are now paired exclusively
with Subaru's continuously variable transmission.
It produced 360bhp and 273 lb ft of torque from its atmospheric «Mezger» 3.6 - litre
flat - six
engine, which, when combined
with the car's skinny 1350 kg kerbweight, could launch the car from 0 to 60mph in 4.5 sec.
Like you mention, getting on a
flat surface (
with wheel chocks of somesort), and not using the brake, to avoid changing
engine vacuum abruptly when it's in this delicate state.
Power delivery is more linear compared
with similar - size
engines in the Nissan Juke and the MINI Cooper S, but the Veloster is also significantly
flatter in response to throttle changes.
Power came from a 3.6 - liter twin - turbocharged
flat - six
engine, outfitted standard
with the X50 power pack, boosting output to around 450 hp.
The model has a 4.0 - liter
flat - six naturally aspirated
engine with direct injection and variable valve timing.
The current Porsche 911 Carrera offers a standard 350 - hp, 3.6 - liter
flat - six
engine, and the 911 Carrera S comes
with a larger 400 - hp, 3.8 - liter six - cylinder
engine.
The numbers are pretty astonishing,
with the GT2 RS producing a maximum power output of 691bhp and 553 lb ft of torque, from a 911 Turbo S derived 3.8 - litre twin - turbo
flat - six
engine; some 120bhp more than a Turbo S.
In the same way that Ferrari has long stuck
with flat - and V - 12
engines, Ducati has spent more than forty years developing and perfecting the oversquare 90 - degree V - twins that give its bikes a narrow profile and a low center of gravity while also making noises that are among the most recognizable and agreeable in all of internal combustion, starting
with the 750's mellow sonority in 1972.
I crunched some numbers for a simple
flat piston
with dimensions similar to the Desmosedici
engine (0.25 l).
It pulls hard from low down in the rev range
with no discernible turbo lag, and while some turbocharged
engines feel
flat and unexciting closer to the redline the ST's unit revs all the way out
with real verve.
Now coming under the 718 moniker, that it shares
with the Boxster, both the Cayman and Cayman S have relinquished their lovely naturally aspirated
flat sixes for a pair of turbocharged
flat - 4
engines with 2 - and 2.5 - litre capacities, respectively.
The front features a dual grille opening that channels air directly into the two
engine radiators positioned in the nose of the car, and in the centre of the front inlets are two uprights that, along
with a deflector, channel air towards the car's
flat underfloor.
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Porsche's Motorsport division has reengineered the normally - aspirated
flat - six
engine, the chassis and the aerodynamics, and for the first time the car is available
with a choice of transmissions.
This shouldn't be confused
with a puff of blue smoke on start - up, though, as this is common
with flat engines.
A snapshot of what's different about the BRZ: updated front end
with LED headlights and fog lamps; LED taillights; new wheels; new fender accent, new aluminum rear spoiler, new steering wheel, updated gauge cluster
with a color multi-function display, retuned suspension, reworked
engine internals and accessories that add 5 horsepower and 5 lb - ft of torque to the 2.0 - liter
flat - four, a new final - drive ratio for manual models (4.3:1 vs. 4.1:1 for 2016), a stiffer body, and less aggressive stability control that includes a new Track mode.
The WRX's 268 - horsepower, turbocharged 2.0 - liter four - cylinder
engine may not seem like a powerhouse given that a 2018 Ford Mustang
with turbocharged four - cylinder makes 310 hp, but the Subaru plants all its
flat - four power without drama thanks to standard all - wheel drive.
When it became official that the new Porsche 718 Boxster and Cayman were switching from naturally aspirated
flat - six
engines to turbocharged
flat - fours, the chorus responded
with the usual anxiety and avalanche of complaints.
In place of the existing
engine, the GT4 could use either a plug - in hybrid powertrain
with a turbo - charged inline - four, or a hybrid - assisted
flat - six.
Cizeta - Moroder V16T Top speed: 204 mph How an engineer persuaded an Italian music composer to go into business
with him and build a supercar is beyond us, especially when said supercar would not be powered by a traditional V - 16
engine but the internals of two
flat - plane V - 8s mounted transversely in one block, shoved into the middle of a car.
The Targa S - model's
engine just howls, filling the cabin
with an ever - intensifying crescendo of
flat - six noise until the car reaches its 7,800 rpm redline.
The SRT 392 adopts such» Cat toys as six - piston front Brembos
with 15.4 - inch front rotors, forged wheels, and 20 - inch Pirelli P Zeros; launch control, three - mode adaptive suspension and drive modes settings for
engine, transmission, and stability control; Nappa leather - and - Alcantara seats, 900 - watt Harman Kardon audio, and a
flat - bottomed, heated SRT steering wheel
with tilt - and - telescope.
The
engine note is a
flat, passionless sound that changes pitch
with revs, but never timbre.
Stuttgart's topless sports car starts at $ 53,095
with its base 265 - hp, 2.7 - liter
flat - six
engine,
with prices rising to $ 64,895 for the 315 - hp, 3.4 - liter Boxster S, $ 75,595 for the 330 - hp Boxster GTS, and $ 83,095 for the 375 - hp, 3.8 - liter Boxster Spyder.
Courtesy of a new parallel twin - turbo system featuring Borg - Warner turbos
with integrated wastegates and titanium heat shields, an updated fuel system, ECU, exhaust system, and clutch system, the pinnacle of Canepa's 959 tuning saga now makes 763 hp and 635 lb - ft of torque from its
flat - six
engine.
This all - wheel - drive Carrera 4S (every Targa now comes
with all - wheel drive) also continues to express luxury, and the S - model has a water - cooled, 3.8 - liter
flat - six
engine that makes 400 hp.
The
engine I'm rebuilding (Skoda Estelle / 120, 70's, RWD, rear mounted
engine) was manufactured
with two different pistons, depending the fabrication years: one piston kind has 4 rings and a cut from the oil ring to the bottom, at one side, and has a
flat head.
If you don't want to drive
flat - out, you can work
with it by lifting off the throttle as you pull the right - hand paddle, or better still just not changing gear as much and instead leaning more heavily on the huge well of torque provided by the
engine.
The
engine is the Japan - spec STI's 2 - litre
flat - four rather than the 2.5 that powers UK cars,
with peak power of 304bhp at 6400rpm.
Using the same 200 - hp
flat - four
engine, the car can be mated to a six - speed manual or automatic transmission, the automaker says, and the latter
with paddle shifters.
Revving the turbocharged, 592 - hp V - 8
engine,
with its
flat - pane crankshaft, all the way out to 8,500 rpm: intoxicating.
Like the non-R GT350, this Mustang is equipped
with a naturally aspirated 5.2 - litre V8
with a
flat - plane - crank; not the same
engine as the 5 - litre, cross-plane-crank V8 that you find in the standard Mustang.
However, by sticking
with its familiar
flat - four
engine, Subaru's next generation of cars will undoubtedly retain the appeal that has generated such a loyal following in recent decades.