What is the best engine configuration, and why is it I6?

I think you'll find it to be I4.

>4 cyl diesel
>He drives a 1 liter diesel punto

>Not a dorito bike
Opinion discarded

But the I6 was first. Only then did they think "let's tip it to the side".

>no ecoboost

No problem

It's not tipped, the block is literally cast slanted.

What's the fucking difference?

What caused the failure?

If you put it vertical you'll end up with updraft carbs or rather, a gas leak
Considering it was designed from the ground up to fit in a valiant, its an original design

high bypass turbofan

That's not how it works dude. The slant six came first, then they where like "let's tip it normal"

>The first inline six was produced by Spyker in 1903. By 1909, there were about eighty manufacturers using it, 62 in Britain alone, including Darracq, Delaunay-Bellville, Vertex, MMC, White and Poppe, Mutel, and Ford.[15]
>The Slant-6 is a Chrysler automobile engine, known within Chrysler as the G-engine. Introduced in 1959

FWIW flatheads are cancer

This guy gets it.

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>Wikipedia
>facts
Pick zero

V4
>1.1L
>Over 200HP

There is none. V8s and V12s may generally make more power, but for it's size, nothing beats based straight six.

It's an amazing enough configuration that Mercedes will stop making V6s next year and reintroduce an I6 engine family even though they'll lose money on it for the first 3 years.

As someone who rides one almost daily, say goodbye to your nerves

I ride a V2, it's even worse. Still worth it though.

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But why did they stop making it in the first place?

>literally no advantages over a crossplane V8

youtu.be/3Y-Gdz6N-dU?t=4m7s

Six is too perfect, I5 is where it's at

>odd firing strokes
3, 5, and 7 cylinders are a blight upon the automotive world.

They are very tall and very long engines.

Hard to fit in small engine bays. Now their small range FWD models are all transverse I4 units so they just said fuck it and went back to the I6 designs for all their longitudal RWD vehicles.

Danka

Even then, I'd sooner take a V6 from this century for RWD purposes. And I ain't even an Ecoboost shill.

most of the cars with an inline 6 I know of have the drivers seat on top of the differential housing
but at lest it is more narrow than a v or flat engine so I wonder what effect that has on handling

>at lest it is more narrow than a v or flat engine so I wonder what effect that has on handling
Why would you possibly think this would be a positive?

Why? There's literally no advantage for a V6 in a longitudal RWD layout.

Apart from polar moment of inertia. Dumbass.

mostly it puts the mass further away from the wheels and thus having less effect on them
also more room for suspension components and under-tray aerodynamics

>mostly it puts the mass further away from the wheels and thus having less effect on them
Wut?!
Physics isn't your strong suit is it?

The "Hemi" six is no more hemispherical than any other modern 4 valve DOHC motor.

>Slant six
Half of a V12.

>why is it I6

V20 or you're poorer
>710 cubic inches of displacement PER CYLINDER
>900 rpm redline
>5,300 hp
>2 stroke
>gear driven compressor for boost at low rpm
>clutch driven turbo for boost at high rpm
Okay so the new GE Evo V12's are making just as much power with much better efficiency, but the EMD V20 is still pretty cool.
Video is a stationary mounted model, but I've seen a couple of the locomotive versions at work.
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I14 2-stroke turbo diesel is the only acceptable choice
>107,390hp

Being in line keeps the motor most balanced

Literally no

We have a winner

it isn´t as wide

>5,608,310 lb-ft of torque @ 102 RPM

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Because the I6 is reliable as hell, has balance and can fit in most cars with eas. sounds great can be made to be very fuel efficient, it is like the perfect middle ground, also is the engine layout for the Skyline, Supra and the E46 M3

Now tell me why I6 is better than pic related

the v8 will always be the king

Nah gurl

wew here everybody thinks the tb48 is junk

I6 isn't a fat piece of shit.

Don't they run just as smoth if oriented and timed correctly?

>significantly taller and longer
>usually cast iron and heavier
>crank flex
>balance is meaningless in modern design

I've owned straight sixes and they sound amazing but MUH LS1 V8 shits all over it

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I6 is the son, the V12 is the father, and the V8 is the holy spirit

Ok pleb

>6.5 ounces of fuel per single cycle of 1 cylinder; 0.05 gallons, 0.19 liters
>250 tons of fuel a day
>107,390 hp
>5,608,310 torks

If this thing was put on wheels, the planet would spin backwards instead of the wheels rolling forwards

>>crank flex
no
>balance is meaningless in modern design
no
>LS1
Literally the worst V8 of the modern era.

WTF is this for ?

crooza

and some 4 cylinders are designed to sit at a steep angle, doesn't mean we need give them a special name

this tbqh.

Muh Chevy, heavy piece of crap, "chevys are cheap to fix"
>has to fix them constantly

doesn't matter when a uz fits in any real car

they were going through a bad patch

well Slants aren't sitting at an angle, the crankcase is flat. the block is cast at an angle.

shut the fuck up faggot. some of the best bmws of all time were n/a v8s, the current best and fastest production car is powered by a n/a v8 (918), one of the most endearing mercedes of all time is the 6.2

its no joke pal

anything Ferrari
has to be serviced every time you start the engine up, has no after market support, costs 1000X per a part then its worth.
Liking Ferrari in 2016 is going full brain dead mode, its like girls who spend 5k on a purse they can buy for 50 bucks just cuz of the name on it.

stop being silly mate

>Bring up Chevy and Hill Billy rages and starts naming German Cars

sometimes being materialistic is nice

5 cylinder or V10 because muh sound

>unironically being so autistic you think this is what's happenening

nein, du

>implying they aren't a classic choice for a beautiful exotic car
>implying we aren't talking about the superior engine configuration as opposed to the brand

>gas engine rather than electric

Holy fuck, Veeky Forums, it's like you enjoy being slow.

give me an example to why its superior engine configuration instead of posting a Ferrari Engine.

the chrysler slant six is cast the same as any other six. the oil pan is angled but so is the one on a honda k20, because that sits at an angle too.
so they modded the intake mani to get the carb to sit level, doesn't make it a new category of engine.
stop falling for brand names. this is just ecoboost in the 60s.

now that's pod racing

no one brings up the horse power per liter and reliability of the B18C? 1.8 liter with 197 horse power? I4

>so they modded the intake mani to get the carb to sit level,
lol no they didn't
>having your intake pointing downward because fuckboys think your engine is just rotated.

>maximum 50 mile one way trip before you have to turn around and go home to charge it again

I'm assuming the range is even worse if you're not maintaining highway speed.

I mean it's cool and all to go fast but literally what's the point of this bike other than track use?

so they designed the head to allow the engine to fit in the bay and now it deserves it's own category as not a straight six?

It's a straight six cast at an angle. Never said it was a new category of engine.
They never built these to be vertical.

but it's not cast at an angle you daft git

Except it is.

prove it. there's no need to cast it at an angle. install it, sure. obviously.
maybe they gave it the name because it was the first time it had been done but intalling an inline angle happened plenty since then without all the hoo-ha.

>intalling an inline angle
* installing an inline engine at an angle

>prove it.
look that the intake.
Make the engine vertical.
Nobody is going to make an intake pointing downward because gas will just leak out of the carb. I know from experience. Find me one production vehicle where a slant was installed vertically.
The engine was an original design based on nothing beforehand.

look at bmw straight sixes, those are installed at an angle too.
you don't get engines with the ports facing down now because it's a dumb way to do it.
the slant six was designed before people had figured out that it's dumb.
slant six as an engine configuration isn't a thing, it's just the name of a chrysler motor.