I read time after time these silly comments...
Ah, the high torque of a V-twin...
Wow, those inline 4's really scream, but they have no torque...
Wow, those single thumpers really pound out the low RPM power...
OMGosh, the V4 is the perfect combo of low end torque and high end HP!!!!
Please for the love of all that is holy in the land of IC engines, the mechanical arrangement of the cylinders has almost ZERO effect on power/torque characteristics of the engine!!!!
Yes, there is a propensity to design a certain number of cylinders with a certain power profile, usually due to the application that engine was designed for...but it is all in the bore/stroke and cam profiles that determines it's power profile.
You can have super low revving V-8 torque monsters, super high revving and high HP singles, and everything in between. The physical arrangement of the cylinders doesn't have much of any change on the power profile. Just look at the Honda engine in an RC51 and that of a Harley. Both are V-twins...one with peak HP over 10,000 rpms, and one with peak power around 6,000 rpms. The Honda engine doesn't even make peak torque before the Harley is pretty much at the redline.
Let's not even get started on push rods vs overhead cams...
Ah, the high torque of a V-twin...
Wow, those inline 4's really scream, but they have no torque...
Wow, those single thumpers really pound out the low RPM power...
OMGosh, the V4 is the perfect combo of low end torque and high end HP!!!!
Please for the love of all that is holy in the land of IC engines, the mechanical arrangement of the cylinders has almost ZERO effect on power/torque characteristics of the engine!!!!
Yes, there is a propensity to design a certain number of cylinders with a certain power profile, usually due to the application that engine was designed for...but it is all in the bore/stroke and cam profiles that determines it's power profile.
You can have super low revving V-8 torque monsters, super high revving and high HP singles, and everything in between. The physical arrangement of the cylinders doesn't have much of any change on the power profile. Just look at the Honda engine in an RC51 and that of a Harley. Both are V-twins...one with peak HP over 10,000 rpms, and one with peak power around 6,000 rpms. The Honda engine doesn't even make peak torque before the Harley is pretty much at the redline.
Let's not even get started on push rods vs overhead cams...