Different 'Inline Engine' Configurations Explained | [I2 to I8]

Different "Inline Engine" Configurations Explained | [I2 to I8]

Introduction:
The straight or inline engine is an internal combustion engine with all cylinders aligned in one row and having no offset. In this engine construction, the cylinders are placed in a straight line. The inline engine can have up to 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 8 cylinders.

Inline engines are smaller in overall physical dimensions than designs such as the radial and can be mounted in any direction. These engines are very common in vehicles with an engine capacity of up to 3 liters. Although, the manufacturers term an inline engine with four cylinders as an Inline-4 engine. They usually denote it by I4 or L4 in a car’s nomenclature.

1) Straight-Twin Engine: A straight-twin engine, also known as an inline-twin, vertical-twin, or parallel-twin, is a two-cylinder piston engine with cylinders arranged in a line along with a common crankshaft.

2) Straight-3 Engine: A straight-three engine (also called an inline-triple or inline-three) is a three-cylinder piston engine where cylinders are arranged in a line along with a common crankshaft.

3) Straight-4 engine: An inline-four cylinder (also known as an I-4 or straight-four) engine is a very popular choice for today’s economy vehicles as the simple design allows for both efficiency and perfect primary balance. In an I-4 engine, all 4 cylinders are mounted in a straight line along with a single crankshaft and oriented in an inclined or vertical plane

4) Straight-5 Engine: The straight-five or inline-five engine is an IC engine with five cylinders aligned in one row, sharing a single-engine block and crankcase. The justification for a five-cylinder engine is that it is compact as an inline-four and almost as smooth as a straight-six engine.

5) Straight-6 Engine: The straight-six engine (also referred to as an inline-six engine; abbreviated I6 or L6) is an internal combustion engine with six cylinders mounted in a straight line along the crankcase with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft (straight engine).

6) Straight-8 Engines: The straight-eight engine or inline-eight engine (often abbreviated as I8 or L8) is an eight-cylinder internal combustion engine with all eight cylinders mounted in a straight line along the crankcase.

---- Time Stamp ---
00:00 - Introduction
01:09 - Types of Straight Engines
01:26 - Straight-Twin Engine
03:26 - Straight-3 Engine
06:06 - Straight-4 Engine
09:00 - Straight-5 Engine
12:11 - Straight-6 Engine
15:07 - Straight-8 Engine
18:00 - Wrap Up

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[mechguy]

All straight engines are explained very well. Thanks for this video ❤️

[sandeepmukherjee]

Good to see the different layout of Engine and their advantages and disadvantages

[raychang]

I love the sound of the TVR Tuscan inline 6. I grew up with many AMC cars in my family and know how to work on them. Inline 6 all the way! Now I drive a Gogoro S1 motorcycle which has an electric motor, but the straight 6 still has a place in my heart.

[Jeroen]

Fails to mention that most Volvo's built from 1991 to 2016 have an I5, both petrol, and diesel versions, basically making Volvo the I5 king. Volvo did indeed use the VW I5 diesel for a while before they came up with their own design in 2001.

[kevinsandberg]

Very enjoyable, Jeep had 4.0 inline 6 that is legendary to Jeep owners!

[aldenconsolver]

Many straight motors in my career. I have owned numerous straight 6 engines and have found them generally satisfactory. Installed in old pickup trucks they were motors with good torques characteristics and quite smooth. In the older vehicles that required more maintenance the straight 6 motors were much easier to work on I have also owned straight 2, 3 and 4 cylinder motorcycles. The two cylinders was a bit shakey. The 3 cylinder was a shaft driven Yamaha, very smooth good torque, Engine sound was surprisingly pleasant. The 4 cylinder motorcycle is a late model sport bike with balancing shaft and is incredibly powerful with quite reasonable vibration. I seems that instead of the 4 cylinder having one or two vibration pronounced vibration points it has just a slight vibration at all speeds. I would be curious to know more about the 3 cylinder firing order and vibration peaks.

[mechanicson]

Your explaining very concise and quality

[danielrickel]

You forgot to mention that every Chevrolet produced from 1929 until 1954 had an inline 6.

[sergiog.]

Muy buen video! Personalmente, el motor en línea que más me gusta es el I4, pero no sabía que habían coches con motor I8!

[raychang]

Straight 6s usually had 15362 firing order. Wow I miss working on those things.

[Eights_Coronel-]

I remember when my grandpa had a 1980s Ford Falcon with a straight/inline 6 engine. It was fire in that car till he sold it some years ago

[philbenson]

I have a 3cyl engine in my Mitsubishi Mirage. Love this little car. I'm getting 47 mpg on the hwy

[princeagt]

I'm an engine inquisitive person ☺️.
This video just make me wao 😲!
Thanks 💐

[rossbrumby]

By the time the Valiant Charger was in production, the Hemi six had already replaced the slant 6. And the slant was only put into some export only Valiants.

[Алексије-ъу]

The I2 is also used in '87 Lada Oka (VAZ-1111)

[itsyourAGS]

1st viewer and fan of 2JZ, B58, RB26 🔥🔥🔥💕💕💓

[NoobMaster-well]

Watching it in June gives me a weird feeling

[stayingonreactor]

Straight-3 Engine is also used on Ford Puma Hybrid.

[PaanoMoNasabi]

motorcycle inline 4!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 eargasm!

[raju-kymw]

Please make a video on octane booster.