What's your favorite vehicle with an odd number of cylinders?

"Racescort666" (Racescort666) 07/03/2014 at 13:17 • Filed to: questions

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Question time! Post your favorite and a brief description of why it's your favorite.

I saw an article the other day that had a comparison of a bunch of vehicles and, like they always do, they added up all of the stats of the cars. One of the stats listed was that there were 99 cylinders as part of the competition. I started thinking about it and it dawned on me that there had to be at least 1 vehicle with an odd number of cylinders. Then I started thinking about all of the cars that had odd number of cylinder engines, a few came to mind but not many.

Anyway, I thought it would be fun to see what everyone came up with as their favorite. I took the easy one, sorry if this is your favorite too. This is completely subjective and can be any kind of vehicle, not limited to cars and trucks. A few words on why it's your favorite can't hurt either.

willkinton247 > Racescort666 07/03/2014 at 13:18

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Volkswagen Jetta.

ncasolowork2 > Racescort666 07/03/2014 at 13:20

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Porsche 919. For a car with that much power the number of cylinders in the engine sure is odd.

Voice of C. Montgomery Burns > Racescort666 07/03/2014 at 13:20

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Volvo T5 Engine, multiple cars

BMW i8 3-cylinder

Brian Silvestro > Racescort666 07/03/2014 at 13:21

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T5Killer > Racescort666 07/03/2014 at 13:21

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Volvo 850 Turbo. In wagon form of course!

Grindintosecond > willkinton247 07/03/2014 at 13:21

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Volvo 740 with a T5 swap of nearly 1,000hp.....thats my favorite.

RotaryLover > Racescort666 07/03/2014 at 13:22

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Same as you. First time I saw rally on TV, there was an Audi Quattro ripping up the stage. I was like "What is that weird sound!?? My god it's an amazing alien sound!". And I was hooked on 5 cyls ever since.

edu-petrolhead > T5Killer 07/03/2014 at 13:24

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I second that, because racecar. Also, I'm almost buying a 850 wagon with manual transmission. This is my favorite car ever, I'll dd it until the end of the universe!

Racescort666 > Racescort666 07/03/2014 at 13:26

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Here's my bonus one, Honda RC211V, 990cc V5:

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > Racescort666 07/03/2014 at 13:29

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Pratt & Whitney R-1340, FTW!

Because radial.

dogisbadob > Racescort666 07/03/2014 at 13:29

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Everybody is going to say Volvo 850, which is a great answer, 7-passenger luxury and prestige with amazing performance and fun and safety.

There are so many good answers though. I really like the first-gen TL and the Vigor that came before it.

The Geo Metro is another awesome choice, and you could even get a convertible! A cool 50-mpg convertible or hatchback available in really cool colors is hard to hate.

The best BMW of all time is the Isetta. Cute, fun, and it has a canvas sunroof.

King Ginger, not writing for Business Insider > Racescort666 07/03/2014 at 13:30

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Ferrari with a cylinder not firing.

mcseanerson > Racescort666 07/03/2014 at 13:31

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Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Racescort666 07/03/2014 at 13:34

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999cc Turbo/intercooled 3 with about 80 blazing horsepower. It also weighed about as much as a large sandwich or a small cat. Fun to absolutely abuse. A friend in college had a gray one with gray hubcaps. It was amazingly bad and wonderful at the same time.

Racescort666 > King Ginger, not writing for Business Insider 07/03/2014 at 13:47

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Ha. Apparently they made an experimental 3 cylinder at one time. (according to Wiki, which could definitely be wrong.)

Racescort666 > mcseanerson 07/03/2014 at 13:49

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I had to reverse image search to figure out what that was.

Racescort666 > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 07/03/2014 at 13:50

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how about a taco cat?

mcseanerson > Racescort666 07/03/2014 at 13:51

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Sorry I thought everybody watched that chris harris episode.

Racescort666 > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 07/03/2014 at 13:53

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YES! I was hoping someone would post an aircraft engine.

ly2v8-Brian > Racescort666 07/03/2014 at 13:57

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M18 HELLCAT

Racescort666 > ly2v8-Brian 07/03/2014 at 13:59

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Was not expecting tanks so good on you for surprising me.

King Ginger, not writing for Business Insider > Racescort666 07/03/2014 at 14:00

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Haha, they were trying to limit the possibility of fire.

briannutter1 > Racescort666 07/03/2014 at 14:13

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My BYD F0 racecar.

ly2v8-Brian > Racescort666 07/03/2014 at 14:22

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Wright/Continental R-975 engine (9 cyl.). Not to be that guy, but not a tank. It is a tank destroyer. It could go almost 60mph if they really pushed it. It was rather effective against tanks like the Panther because of it's maneuverability. That's the Hellcat by Buick.

Cé hé sin > Racescort666 07/03/2014 at 14:38

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1985 Audi Coupé. My third ever car and the only five cylinder I've driven. It had a habit of occasionally becoming a four when a plug went on strike.

Cé hé sin > Racescort666 07/03/2014 at 14:44

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Here we have a tracked tractor. So what? It's got a seven cylinder engine.

Racescort666 > ly2v8-Brian 07/03/2014 at 15:22

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Everyone is that guy occasionally. NBD, I don't mind.

66671 - 200 [METRIC] my dash > Racescort666 07/03/2014 at 15:48

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The Audi Quattro S1 is easily one of my fav vehicles of any type of engine, so yeah.

BoulderZ > Racescort666 07/03/2014 at 16:53

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When I was in college, my older brother had an early/mid 90s AWD 2-door Subaru Justy (3 cyl) that was a lot of fun. It weighed so little that the low power didn't matter. It was like a go-cart, and about as much fun, too. The wheel base was so short that it was surprisingly capable off-pavement (east coast powerline access roads were our test track), as there was almost no center on which to high-center, so clearance wasn't really an issue even with the little pizza cutter wheels. It died an untimely death as one of about 8 or more cars making up the filling in a pile-up sandwich on a plate of black ice one Seattle morning, but my brother walked away without a scratch.

wkiernan > Racescort666 07/03/2014 at 17:28

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I used to have one of these. Three cylinders, three carburetors. What a wonderful car it was!

Camry-Into-Canyon > Racescort666 07/05/2014 at 19:33

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Volvo V70R. A 296HP T5 Wagon from hell.