Various # of cylinders engines produced in American auto history - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums

77rs · 02-03-2014, 08:16 PM

1cyl.,2,3,4,5,6,8,10,12,16. Any others?

toehead93 · 02-08-2014, 10:31 AM

The rotary engine but I think it is an american design

Sir Nuke · 02-08-2014, 10:44 AM

20.....we have 6, 20 cylinder diesel Cooper Bessemer's we set up as back-up emergency generators. Each one makes 5 MILLION Watts of electricity.

here is one of ours we were removing to do a total overhaul......

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77rs · 02-08-2014, 09:49 PM

[QUOTE=Sir Nuke;7404599]20.....we have 6, 20 cylinder diesel Cooper Bessemer's we set up as back-up emergency generators. Each one makes 5 MILLION Watts of electricity.

here is one of ours we were removing to do a total overhaul......

Attachment 598145[/Wow! What a monster!

77rs · 02-08-2014, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by toehead93

The rotary engine but I think it is an american design

Mazda's selling point in the '70's. Their tv commercials stated they went "Hummmmm".

Sir Nuke · 02-09-2014, 02:25 PM

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20.....we have 6, 20 cylinder diesel Cooper Bessemer's we set up as back-up emergency generators. Each one makes 5 MILLION Watts of electricity.

here is one of ours we were removing to do a total overhaul......

Attachment 598145[/Wow! What a monster!

and as you can see in the picture....the guy in the picture is a pretty big dude.....at the top of the picture above the guy in the center is the TURBO.....the wheel stands about 4.5' tall.

*DGthe3* · 02-09-2014, 03:50 PM

There have been some W9 engines (3 banks of 3) but I don't believe any of them were American. There might have been some inline 9's as well, but I don't think so. I think there are some marine diesels with a strange number of cylinders (inline 11's, for example) but as far as I know nobody has built one for the auto industry.

The first problem with something like an inline 7 is that you'd have to have a cylinder fire every 102.857142857... degrees (or half that if you're doing a 2 stroke). Compare that with a 6 or an 8 (V, flat, or inline) where they have to fire every 120 (6) or 90 (8) degrees. Which one is easier to get the timing right on? On top of that, you also end up with weird vibration patterns with inline engines that have an odd number of cylinders. Inline 4's, 6's, and 8's can be balanced quite easily (in fact, a straight 6 is perfectly balanced on its own). But a 3, 5, 7, or 9 has a much rougher time of it.

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The rotary engine but I think it is an american design

The rotary engine was created by Felix Wankel, a German living in Germany, while working for a German company.

mikeyg36 · 02-09-2014, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by DGthe3

There have been some W9 engines (3 banks of 3) but I don't believe any of them were American. There might have been some inline 9's as well, but I don't think so. I think there are some marine diesels with a strange number of cylinders (inline 11's, for example) but as far as I know nobody has built one for the auto industry.

The first problem with something like an inline 7 is that you'd have to have a cylinder fire every 102.857142857... degrees (or half that if you're doing a 2 stroke). Compare that with a 6 or an 8 (V, flat, or inline) where they have to fire every 120 (6) or 90 (8) degrees. Which one is easier to get the timing right on? On top of that, you also end up with weird vibration patterns with inline engines that have an odd number of cylinders. Inline 4's, 6's, and 8's can be balanced quite easily (in fact, a straight 6 is perfectly balanced on its own). But a 3, 5, 7, or 9 has a much rougher time of it.

The rotary engine was created by Felix Wankel, a German living in Germany, while working for a German company.

Wankel engines and rotary engines are two different things; All Wankel engines are rotary engines but not all rotary engines are Wankels.

*DGthe3* · 02-09-2014, 05:09 PM

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Wankel engines and rotary engines are two different things; All Wankel engines are rotary engines but not all rotary engines are Wankels.

The only other type of rotary engine that I'm aware of is the radial aircraft engine, but as far as I know none of those have been used in the US auto industry.

mikeyg36 · 02-09-2014, 05:16 PM

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The only other type of rotary engine that I'm aware of is the radial aircraft engine, but as far as I know none of those have been used in the US auto industry.

Ah didn't see that it said auto industry.

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77rs Drives: '13 SS/RS conv. RY Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Cape May County, N.J. Posts: 521	[QUOTE=Sir Nuke;7404599]20.....we have 6, 20 cylinder diesel Cooper Bessemer's we set up as back-up emergency generators. Each one makes 5 MILLION Watts of electricity. here is one of ours we were removing to do a total overhaul...... Attachment 598145[/Wow! What a monster!