Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Free
Faster access than browser!
 

W engine

Index W engine

A W engine is a type of reciprocating engine arranged with its cylinders in a configuration in which the cylinder banks resemble the letter W, in the same way those of a V engine resemble the letter V. Four different configurations have been called W engines. [1]

65 relations: Air-cooled engine, Allison V-3420, Anzani 3-cylinder fan engines, Audi, Audi A8, Balance shaft, Bentley, Bentley Continental GT, Bentley Hunaudières, Biker Build-Off, Blériot XI, Broad arrow, Bugatti, Bugatti EB 118, Bugatti EB 218, Bugatti Veyron, Cagiva GP500, Camshaft, Concept car, Connecting rod, Crankshaft, Cylinder (engine), Cylinder bank, Daimler-Benz, Daimler-Benz DB 601, Deutsches Institut für Normung, Engine configuration, Engine displacement, English Channel, Farman 12We, Firing order, Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Hermann Göring, Inline-four engine, Isotta Fraschini, Lorraine-Dietrich, Louis Blériot, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Motive power, Motorcycle, Motorcycle engine, Multi-valve, Nacelle, Napier Lion, Overhead camshaft, Power (physics), Radial engine, Reciprocating engine, Revolutions per minute, Straight engine, ..., Turbocharger, Two-stroke engine, U engine, V engine, V12 engine, Volkswagen Group, Volkswagen Passat (B5), Volkswagen Phaeton, Volkswagen Touareg, VR6 engine, W12 engine, W16 engine, W18 engine, W8 engine, Yamaha YZR500. Expand index (15 more) »

Air-cooled engine

Air-cooled engines rely on the circulation of air directly over hot parts of the engine to cool them.

New!!: W engine and Air-cooled engine · See more »

Allison V-3420

The Allison V-3420 was an American large experimental W-configuration American piston aircraft engine, designed in 1937.

New!!: W engine and Allison V-3420 · See more »

Anzani 3-cylinder fan engines

From 1905 to 1915, Alessandro Anzani built a number of three-cylinder fan and radial engines, one of which powered Louis Blériot's 1909 cross-channel flight.

New!!: W engine and Anzani 3-cylinder fan engines · See more »

Audi

Audi AG is a German automobile manufacturer that designs, engineers, produces, markets and distributes luxury vehicles.

New!!: W engine and Audi · See more »

Audi A8

The Audi A8 is a four-door, full-size, luxury sedan manufactured and marketed by the German automaker Audi since 1994.

New!!: W engine and Audi A8 · See more »

Balance shaft

In piston engine engineering, a balance shaft is an eccentric weighted shaft that offsets vibrations in engine designs that are not inherently balanced.

New!!: W engine and Balance shaft · See more »

Bentley

Bentley Motors Limited is a British manufacturer and marketer of luxury cars and SUVs—and a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG since 1998.

New!!: W engine and Bentley · See more »

Bentley Continental GT

The Bentley Continental GT is a grand tourer manufactured and marketed by British automaker Bentley Motors since 2003.

New!!: W engine and Bentley Continental GT · See more »

Bentley Hunaudières

The Bentley Hunaudières is a concept car built by Bentley for the 1999 Geneva Salon International de l'Auto.

New!!: W engine and Bentley Hunaudières · See more »

Biker Build-Off

Biker Build-Off is a reality television series for the Discovery Channel.

New!!: W engine and Biker Build-Off · See more »

Blériot XI

The Blériot XI is a French aircraft of the pioneer era of aviation.

New!!: W engine and Blériot XI · See more »

Broad arrow

A broad arrow, of which a pheon is a variant, is a stylised representation of a metal arrowhead, comprising a tang and two barbs meeting at a point.

New!!: W engine and Broad arrow · See more »

Bugatti

Automobiles Ettore Bugatti was a French car manufacturer of high-performance automobiles, founded in 1909 in the then German city of Molsheim, Alsace by Italian-born Ettore Bugatti.

New!!: W engine and Bugatti · See more »

Bugatti EB 118

The Bugatti EB 118 is the first concept vehicle made by Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S..

New!!: W engine and Bugatti EB 118 · See more »

Bugatti EB 218

The Bugatti EB 218 4-door sedan is the second concept car presented by Bugatti under ownership of the Volkswagen Auto Group. The EB 218 was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, who also designed the EB 112, the car's predecessor and the EB 118, the car's 2-door variant.

New!!: W engine and Bugatti EB 218 · See more »

Bugatti Veyron

The Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 is a mid-engined sports car, designed and developed in Germany by the Volkswagen Group and manufactured in Molsheim, France, by Bugatti.

New!!: W engine and Bugatti Veyron · See more »

Cagiva GP500

The Cagiva GP500 was a Grand Prix 500cc two-stroke motorcycle manufactured by Cagiva.

New!!: W engine and Cagiva GP500 · See more »

Camshaft

A camshaft is a shaft to which a cam is fastened or of which a cam forms an integral part.

New!!: W engine and Camshaft · See more »

Concept car

A concept car (also known for as concept vehicle, show vehicle or prototype) is a car made to showcase new styling and/or new technology.

New!!: W engine and Concept car · See more »

Connecting rod

A connecting rod is a shaft which connects a piston to a crank or crankshaft in a reciprocating engine.

New!!: W engine and Connecting rod · See more »

Crankshaft

A crankshaft—related to crank—is a mechanical part able to perform a conversion between reciprocating motion and rotational motion.

New!!: W engine and Crankshaft · See more »

Cylinder (engine)

A cylinder is the central working part of a reciprocating engine or pump, the space in which a piston travels.

New!!: W engine and Cylinder (engine) · See more »

Cylinder bank

Internal combustion piston engines (those with more than one cylinder) are usually arranged so that the cylinders are in lines parallel to the crankshaft.

New!!: W engine and Cylinder bank · See more »

Daimler-Benz

Daimler-Benz AG was a German manufacturer of motor vehicles and internal combustion engines, which was founded in 1926.

New!!: W engine and Daimler-Benz · See more »

Daimler-Benz DB 601

The Daimler-Benz DB 601 was a German aircraft engine built during World War II.

New!!: W engine and Daimler-Benz DB 601 · See more »

Deutsches Institut für Normung

Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V. (DIN; in English, the German Institute for Standardization) is the German national organization for standardization and is the German ISO member body.

New!!: W engine and Deutsches Institut für Normung · See more »

Engine configuration

Engine configuration is an engineering term for the layout of the major components of a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine.

New!!: W engine and Engine configuration · See more »

Engine displacement

Engine displacement is the swept volume of all the pistons inside the cylinders of a reciprocating engine in a single movement from top dead centre (TDC) to bottom dead centre (BDC).

New!!: W engine and Engine displacement · See more »

English Channel

The English Channel (la Manche, "The Sleeve"; Ärmelkanal, "Sleeve Channel"; Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; Mor Bretannek, "Sea of Brittany"), also called simply the Channel, is the body of water that separates southern England from northern France and links the southern part of the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.

New!!: W engine and English Channel · See more »

Farman 12We

The Farman 12We was a French 12-cylinder broad arrow configuration aircraft engine that was designed and built by Farman in the early 1920s.

New!!: W engine and Farman 12We · See more »

Firing order

This is achieved by sparking of the spark plugs in a gasoline engine in the correct order, or by the sequence of fuel injection in a Diesel engine.

New!!: W engine and Firing order · See more »

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Grand Prix motorcycle racing refers to the premier class of motorcycle racing events held on road circuits sanctioned by FIM.

New!!: W engine and Grand Prix motorcycle racing · See more »

Hermann Göring

Hermann Wilhelm Göring (or Goering;; 12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946) was a German political and military leader as well as one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party (NSDAP) that ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945.

New!!: W engine and Hermann Göring · See more »

Inline-four engine

The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is a type of inline internal combustion four-cylinder engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase.

New!!: W engine and Inline-four engine · See more »

Isotta Fraschini

Isotta Fraschini is an Italian motors brand historically known for the production of cars as well as trucks, and engines for marine and aviation use.

New!!: W engine and Isotta Fraschini · See more »

Lorraine-Dietrich

Lorraine-Dietrich was a French automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer from 1896 until 1935, created when railway locomotive manufacturer Société Lorraine des Anciens Etablissements de Dietrich et Cie de Lunéville (known as De Dietrich et Cie, founded in 1884 by Jean de Dietrich) branched into the manufacture of automobiles.

New!!: W engine and Lorraine-Dietrich · See more »

Louis Blériot

Louis Charles Joseph Blériot (1 July 1872 – 1 August 1936) was a French aviator, inventor and engineer.

New!!: W engine and Louis Blériot · See more »

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

New!!: W engine and Massachusetts Institute of Technology · See more »

Motive power

In thermodynamics, motive power is a natural agent, such as water or steam, wind or electricity, used to impart motion to machinery such as an engine.

New!!: W engine and Motive power · See more »

Motorcycle

A motorcycle, often called a bike, motorbike, or cycle, is a two-> or three-wheeled motor vehicle.

New!!: W engine and Motorcycle · See more »

Motorcycle engine

A motorcycle engine is an engine that powers a motorcycle.

New!!: W engine and Motorcycle engine · See more »

Multi-valve

In automotive engineering a multi-valve or multivalve engine is one where each cylinder has more than two valves.

New!!: W engine and Multi-valve · See more »

Nacelle

A nacelle is a housing, separate from the fuselage, that holds engines, fuel, or equipment on an aircraft.

New!!: W engine and Nacelle · See more »

Napier Lion

The Napier Lion was a 12-cylinder 'broad arrow' W12 configuration aircraft engine built by D. Napier & Son from 1917 until the 1930s.

New!!: W engine and Napier Lion · See more »

Overhead camshaft

Overhead camshaft, commonly abbreviated to OHC, is a valvetrain configuration which places the camshaft of an internal combustion engine of the reciprocating type within the cylinder heads ("above" the pistons and combustion chambers) and drives the valves or lifters in a more direct manner compared with overhead valves (OHV) and pushrods.

New!!: W engine and Overhead camshaft · See more »

Power (physics)

In physics, power is the rate of doing work, the amount of energy transferred per unit time.

New!!: W engine and Power (physics) · See more »

Radial engine

The radial engine is a reciprocating type internal combustion engine configuration in which the cylinders "radiate" outward from a central crankcase like the spokes of a wheel.

New!!: W engine and Radial engine · See more »

Reciprocating engine

A reciprocating engine, also often known as a piston engine, is typically a heat engine (although there are also pneumatic and hydraulic reciprocating engines) that uses one or more reciprocating pistons to convert pressure into a rotating motion.

New!!: W engine and Reciprocating engine · See more »

Revolutions per minute

Revolutions per minute (abbreviated rpm, RPM, rev/min, r/min) is the number of turns in one minute.

New!!: W engine and Revolutions per minute · See more »

Straight engine

The straight or inline engine is an internal-combustion engine with all cylinders aligned in one row and having no offset.

New!!: W engine and Straight engine · See more »

Turbocharger

A turbocharger, or colloquially turbo, is a turbine-driven forced induction device that increases an internal combustion engine's efficiency and power output by forcing extra air into the combustion chamber.

New!!: W engine and Turbocharger · See more »

Two-stroke engine

A two-stroke (or two-cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine which completes a power cycle with two strokes (up and down movements) of the piston during only one crankshaft revolution.

New!!: W engine and Two-stroke engine · See more »

U engine

A U engine is a piston engine made up of two separate straight engines (complete with separate crankshafts) joined by gears or chains.

New!!: W engine and U engine · See more »

V engine

A V engine, or Vee engine is a common configuration for an internal combustion engine.

New!!: W engine and V engine · See more »

V12 engine

A V12 engine is a V engine with 12 cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two banks of six cylinders each, usually but not always at a 60° angle to each other, with all 12 pistons driving a common crankshaft.

New!!: W engine and V12 engine · See more »

Volkswagen Group

Volkswagen AG, known internationally as the Volkswagen Group, is a German multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.

New!!: W engine and Volkswagen Group · See more »

Volkswagen Passat (B5)

The B5 version of the Volkswagen Passat, based on the Volkswagen Group B5 platform, was launched in 1996 in Europe, 1997 in North America, and March 1998 in Australia.

New!!: W engine and Volkswagen Passat (B5) · See more »

Volkswagen Phaeton

The Volkswagen Phaeton (Typ 3D) is a full-size (F-segment in Europe) luxury sedan/saloon manufactured by German automaker Volkswagen, described by Volkswagen as their "premium class" vehicle.

New!!: W engine and Volkswagen Phaeton · See more »

Volkswagen Touareg

The Volkswagen Touareg (German pronunciation) is a mid-size luxury crossover SUV produced by German automaker Volkswagen since 2002 at the Volkswagen Bratislava Plant.

New!!: W engine and Volkswagen Touareg · See more »

VR6 engine

VR6 engines, and the later VR5 variants, are a family of internal combustion engines, characterised by a narrow-angle (10.5° or 15°) V engine configuration.

New!!: W engine and VR6 engine · See more »

W12 engine

A W12 engine is a twelve cylinder piston internal combustion engine in a W configuration.

New!!: W engine and W12 engine · See more »

W16 engine

A W16 engine is a sixteen cylinder piston internal combustion engine in a four-bank W configuration.

New!!: W engine and W16 engine · See more »

W18 engine

A W18 engine is an eighteen-cylinder W engine which usually has a single crankshaft with three banks of six cylinders arranged in a downward-pointing broad arrow configuration.

New!!: W engine and W18 engine · See more »

W8 engine

A W8 engine is an eight-cylinder piston internal combustion engine in a W configuration.

New!!: W engine and W8 engine · See more »

Yamaha YZR500

The YZR500 was the Yamaha Motor Corporation's entry for 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing between the years of 1973 and 2002.

New!!: W engine and Yamaha YZR500 · See more »

Redirects here:

W-block, W3 engine.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W_engine

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »