v4? Inline 4?

[chiwawa626]

Do regular cars have V4's or are they inline 4 engines? Ive been corrected a few times both ways, so i dont know, any rule of thumb?

 

[Syringer]

Inline 4. Anyone that tells you they have a V4 is just wrong. Unless it's one of the rare gem pieces from the 70's..developed by Volvo I think (?)

There are Inline 6's and V6's though..majority are V6's, save for a few.

 

[notfred]

inline 4. I have never seen a V4.

 

[The Stigenator]

mitsubishi i think makes a V4..

 

[Colt45]

closest thing I've seen to a V4 is a boxster.. 180 degree 'V' 😉

 

[Lithium381]

while v4's do exist, quite rare, in cars anyways, motercycles have 'em....

 

[DieselUV]

Originally posted by: The_good_guy
mitsubishi i think makes a V4..

I think you're thinking of the VR4. That's just the model.

 

[KingNothing]

Originally posted by: The_good_guy
mitsubishi i think makes a V4..

You're thinking of the VR4, which means 4 wheel drive. That car has a 6 cylinder engine, I think inline but I'm not sure.

 

[JC]

Saab made V4s. Saab V4 page

🙂

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: Colt45
closest thing I've seen to a V4 is a boxster.. 180 degree 'V' 😉

Boxsters have 6 cyl engines.

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: JC
Saab made V4s. They came in the Sonnet, possibly others

🙂

Leave it to backwards-@ss Saab to do that😉 BTW, the only V4 Saab I've seen is in a junkyard😉

 

[JC]

Originally posted by: NutBucket

Originally posted by: JC
Saab made V4s. They came in the Sonnet, possibly others

🙂

Leave it to backwards-@ss Saab to do that😉 BTW, the only V4 Saab I've seen is in a junkyard😉

Not to mention the whole ignition-key-on-the-floor thing 😕

 

[Colt45]

Originally posted by: Syringer

Originally posted by: Colt45
closest thing I've seen to a V4 is a boxster.. 180 degree 'V' 😉

Boxsters have 6 cyl engines.

eh? boxster just means horiz. opposed (AKA 'flat'), doesn't denote the amount of cyl's.

 

[ryzmah]

Originally posted by: Colt45

Originally posted by: Syringer

Originally posted by: Colt45
closest thing I've seen to a V4 is a boxster.. 180 degree 'V' 😉

Boxsters have 6 cyl engines.

eh? boxster just means horiz. opposed (AKA 'flat'), doesn't denote the amount of cyl's.

That's what I thought too - most if not all Subaru's have a 4-cylinder boxster engine instead of an inline 4. Not talking about a specific car, but engine type.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: Colt45

Originally posted by: Syringer

Originally posted by: Colt45
closest thing I've seen to a V4 is a boxster.. 180 degree 'V' 😉

Boxsters have 6 cyl engines.

eh? boxster just means horiz. opposed (AKA 'flat'), doesn't denote the amount of cyl's.

Boxster = Boxer + roadster.

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: JC

Originally posted by: NutBucket

Originally posted by: JC
Saab made V4s. They came in the Sonnet, possibly others

🙂

Leave it to backwards-@ss Saab to do that😉 BTW, the only V4 Saab I've seen is in a junkyard😉

Not to mention the whole ignition-key-on-the-floor thing 😕

That actually has an advantage. Its harder to break it out and hot-wire as its mounted more solidly in the center console.

 

[JC]

Originally posted by: ryzmah

Originally posted by: Colt45

Originally posted by: Syringer

Originally posted by: Colt45
closest thing I've seen to a V4 is a boxster.. 180 degree 'V' 😉

Boxsters have 6 cyl engines.

eh? boxster just means horiz. opposed (AKA 'flat'), doesn't denote the amount of cyl's.

That's what I thought too - most if not all Subaru's have a 4-cylinder boxster engine instead of an inline 4. Not talking about a specific car, but engine type.

Let's clarify this:

Boxer: flat, opposed-type engine.
Boxster: a car that Porsche currently builds, that has a 'boxer' engine.

😉

 

[JC]

Originally posted by: NutBucket

Originally posted by: JC

Originally posted by: NutBucket

Originally posted by: JC
Saab made V4s. They came in the Sonnet, possibly others

🙂

Leave it to backwards-@ss Saab to do that😉 BTW, the only V4 Saab I've seen is in a junkyard😉

Not to mention the whole ignition-key-on-the-floor thing 😕

That actually has an advantage. Its harder to break it out and hot-wire as its mounted more solidly in the center console.

The advantage was actually that it also locked the shift linkage 😉

 

[Colt45]

Originally posted by: JC

Let's clarify this:

Boxer: flat, opposed-type engine.
Boxster: a car that Porsche currently builds, that has a 'boxer' engine.

😉

bah, its been a long night 😛

you know what i meant

 

[chiwawa626]

Thanks, that clears it up 🙂

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: NutBucket

Originally posted by: JC
Saab made V4s. They came in the Sonnet, possibly others

🙂

Leave it to backwards-@ss Saab to do that😉 BTW, the only V4 Saab I've seen is in a junkyard😉

Hey, that V4 was developed by Ford. The Ford Transit on the european market.

 

[KokomoGST]

Originally posted by: Colt45

Originally posted by: JC

Let's clarify this:

Boxer: flat, opposed-type engine.
Boxster: a car that Porsche currently builds, that has a 'boxer' engine.

😉

bah, its been a long night 😛

you know what i meant

Call it a "flat" 4 and be done with it 😀
I've noticed it's fairly common for people to list I-6 BMWs as V6s... that's an insult to BMW enthusiasts everywhere! heh 😉

 

[JC]

Originally posted by: KokomoGST

Originally posted by: Colt45

Originally posted by: JC

Let's clarify this:

Boxer: flat, opposed-type engine.
Boxster: a car that Porsche currently builds, that has a 'boxer' engine.

😉

bah, its been a long night 😛

you know what i meant

Call it a "flat" 4 and be done with it 😀
I've noticed it's fairly common for people to list I-6 BMWs as V6s... that's an insult to BMW enthusiasts everywhere! heh 😉

lol
....and Toyota Supras with a V6....and 4-cyl RX-7s....😕

 

Here I am feeling pretty good about myself because I was thinking that I had educated the populace of OT on automobiles, then this thread pops up and puts me into a mad depression.

 

[radioouman]

Originally posted by: Roger
Here I am feeling pretty good about myself because I was thinking that I had educated the populace of OT on automobiles, then this thread pops up and puts me into a mad depression.

HAHAHAHA!!!

It's OK Roger. I know that my Saturn has an inline 4, the Reliant had an inline 4, my Dakota has a V6, and my Duster had an inline 6 (Slant 6 woohoo!)