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"JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!" (jqj213) 11/17/2016 at 15:04 • Filed to: Volvo, Xc70, V5, Craigslist, Wtf

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A V5 engine. Ignoring all the other questionable stuff going on with the ad, could a V5 even work? !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! here.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 11/17/2016 at 15:06

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Magic!

Jack Does Cars > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 11/17/2016 at 15:09

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OK but real talk: $975 is basically, “fuck it,” money. Do it.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 11/17/2016 at 15:09

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It could probably be made to work, but it wouldn’t be a good engine.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 11/17/2016 at 15:10

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I actually recall hearing about a V shaped engine with an odd number of cylinders (it was a V7 I believe). They just counterbalanced the extra cylinder with the crank and I believe they said the 8th cylinder cavity had sensors or something like that.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 11/17/2016 at 15:11

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I couldn’t imagine it being smooth at all

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 11/17/2016 at 15:12

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“it wouldn’t be a good engine” is probably quite the understatement. I’d imagine it would be terrible

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > Jack Does Cars 11/17/2016 at 15:12

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I’ve been looking into getting a much cheaper car and getting rid of the Accord to save big $$$

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 11/17/2016 at 15:12

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I’m sure it could work. Work well... dunno.

EDIT: It’s been done.

http://www.volkspage.net/technik/ssp/ssp/SSP_195.pdf

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 11/17/2016 at 15:13

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That’s actually kind of clever

Seeing how I went from a 4 cylinder to a turbo 5 to a V6, I need a 7 cylinder to follow the order!

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 11/17/2016 at 15:13

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Volkswagen made a V5 which was essentially a VR6 with a cylinder missing.

Fun Fact: During WW2 Chrysler made a 30 cylinder WV (5 banks of cylinders) engine with a displacement of 1255cc for use in the M3A4 and M4A4 tanks.

marshknute > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 11/17/2016 at 15:13

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It’s been done before. Volkswagen 2.3L VR5:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/V5_engine

bob and john > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 11/17/2016 at 15:14

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yep. VW make a VR5 engine.

also, you need to stop switching between cars so much.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 11/17/2016 at 15:16

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I’m desperately trying to find the engine now. I remember seeing it on TV years ago (probably on SPEED channel) and I believe it was in a pickup. I do not believe it was a production engine.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 11/17/2016 at 15:16

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Didn’t VW make a 5 cylinder version of the VR6? So wouldn’t that technically be a V5?

RallyWrench > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 11/17/2016 at 15:17

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VW made a VR5, if I’m not mistaken.

EL_ULY > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 11/17/2016 at 15:17

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I could flip this thing for sooooooo much in a week!

E90M3 > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 11/17/2016 at 15:17

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My explorer was running on 5 cylinders for like a month, smooth it was not.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 11/17/2016 at 15:19

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_RC211V

and sort of cheating, ‘cuz it’s really an in-line, mostly, but don’t forget VW:

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 11/17/2016 at 15:22

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You could balance it just like you would an I3 or I5. The numbers would just be a bit different because the forces are at angles to each other. For every force acting in one direction you have to have an equal force acting in the opposite direction to cancel the vibration.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 11/17/2016 at 15:25

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_RC211V

OKcarburetor > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 11/17/2016 at 15:26

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Honda raced a V5 in Moto GP...

TheHondaBro > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 11/17/2016 at 15:30

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Just get *insert V8 Jaguar here*.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > marshknute 11/17/2016 at 16:04

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Thats amazing and very interesting

I don’t see the point but wow.

flyingmetalbird > marshknute 11/17/2016 at 16:14

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Wow I didn’t know that had been done!

Tareim - V8 powered > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 11/17/2016 at 17:17

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the point is to be able to have a 5 cylinder engine in a space slightly larger than a 4 cylinder

Jack Does Cars > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 11/17/2016 at 18:27

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If it wasn’t so far away, I’d buy it as a backup for my V70. Yeah, I know they have a completely different engine but... $975 and it allegedly runs.

bhtooefr > Tareim - V8 powered 11/17/2016 at 18:39

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Actually I think the VR5 is slightly smaller than a 4-cylinder...

What it was really designed for was mounting in the B5 Passat, which was a longitudinal engine, and couldn’t take anything longer than an inline-4 and still meet crash safety regulations. The VR6 was slightly longer, so lop a cylinder off, and you get the VR5. Because VR engines really behave more like inline engines than V engines, it worked fine. And, above that, they had a conventional 90 degree 2.8 liter V6, so they just needed something in between, until the 1.8T was ready.

bhtooefr > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 11/17/2016 at 18:45

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GM nearly did a 2.3 liter V5 diesel: http://a350diesel.tripod.com/v5.html

Injection pump mounted where cylinder 6 was supposed to go. For some reason, I suspect it’s a derivative of the 60 degree V6 family, just based on its dimensions. 70 hp @ 4000, 111 lb-ft @ 2400.

Wagon, semi manual, not brown, turbo because volvo > Jack Does Cars 11/18/2016 at 00:48

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For a grand may be worth the trouble. Could be more of a pit if it is poorly maintained. Parts aren’t exactly cheap.

Jack Does Cars > Wagon, semi manual, not brown, turbo because volvo 11/18/2016 at 08:27

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Then again, this car is worth three times as much as the asking price in parts alone.

Wagon, semi manual, not brown, turbo because volvo > Jack Does Cars 11/18/2016 at 22:04

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True. Assuming the majority are salvagable. Save goodies and bring them to the ipd swap meet, see many cool volvos, maybe make some money or at least pay for the trip.