I've noticed that engines have gotten very complicated, thus more complicated in the past few years into squeeze more power and efficiency out of them, Ford's ecoboost in particular. I was wondering if it would be just as efficient to equip FWD cars with a small, very undersquare inline sixes...
Aside from losing heat to the cylinder walls, heat is also lost to the exhaust gases and oil. If there was no heat lost to the cylinder walls, you could run into thermal stresses that could warp the head and block. The engine would also need a larger oil capacity to keep the oil from over...
It sounds like you're trying to make a tuba sound like a piano. That pulse sound is due to the H configuration that allows for even spacing/time between each cylinder firing. You could pipe the cylinders together that are next to each other in the firing order to create sort of a...
Why does a small V-8 have a slower idle rpm than a large diesel inline 6? For example, a Chevy 305 (5.0L) can idle at 500rpm but a diesel Caterpillar 3406 (14.6L) can't idle below 600 rpm? The Cat ,with a bore of 5.4 inches and a stroke of 6.5 inches, has a much faster average piston speed plus...