12-05-2010, 06:03 AM
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Drives: 2010 SS RS
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Location: Providence, RI
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Originally Posted by 8cd03gro
That's because there have hardly ever been any v-configuration 4-cylinders. The only ones I can think of were saab and a few ford motors. The inline design is more balanced with smaller engines, but it just screws with weight distribution and would need a huge engine bay for a straight or inline 8 cylinder. Also, a crankshaft that long suffers from more torsional vibration which can cause problems in the long run.
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Originally Posted by Zabo
It's still out there in the Bike world too in the form of the VF/VFR series Honda bikes and the Yamaha V-Max. Honda actually refers to the VF lineage as the "V Four" lineage, IE all bikes using the VF engine are referred to as V-fours.
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V-Max FTW!!!!!
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