![]() 04/08/2014 at 20:19 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
How are these types of engines set up? Are the cranks like two 4cyl cranks end to end (flat plane)?Or maybe some form of crossplane?
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They are crossplane but they are very long blocks. So long that the camshafts tend to bend . Alfa combated this by putting the timing chains and such in the middle of the block.
Oh and straight 8s are beautiful.
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1937 Buick parts:
CAD rendering:
Real:
Best way to look at is is an I-4 crank in the middle of another I-4 crank that's been split in half and placed at 90 degrees.
![]() 04/08/2014 at 23:50 |
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You know a lot YSI, now i understand this Mercedes engine, it has the same as you say in the middle, but this isnt timing chain, its all gears.
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Well, timing gears, chains. Almost the same thing. . . kind of. Too bad no ones makes straight 8s anymore, they sound great, but V8s are much smaller and more effective.