Monday, April 20, 2009

V Engine Shape

V engine is a type of engine, which design to reduce the vibration. V engine use so the car is comfort to run fast

V engine is an engine shape like "V". The cylinder designed not vertically, but it designed diagonally.

V engine is usually used for race cars, supercar, roadster, and others. They need to run fast, so they use V engine type. They use V engine because the vibration on V engine is more little than in-line engine. So V engine But, sometimes there are sedan or MPV that used V engine type, especially big cars.

V engine has many variants, like V-6, V-8, V-12. V-6 means that the machine shape is V an its has 6 Cylinders, V-8 means that the machine shape is V an its has 8 Cylinders, and from now on.

V engine type is good for racing or if you need high speed car, because the V engine vibration is little. But the price is higher than in-line engine

Many racing use V engine like Formula 1, Nascar, Champ Car, and others

If you use for high speed you can choose car with V engine type. If you need cars only in the city, better if you choose in-line type, because usually in-line engine with the same litre size is more cheap.

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