wHy DoN'T CaRS uSE V4 EnGINEs ANyMoRE?

wHy DoN'T CaRS uSE V4 EnGINEs ANyMoRE? Why Do Modern Cars use Inline 4 Engines instead of V4 Engines? Turns out, we did use V4 Engines in the past, but the added complexity and cost, wasn't worth the small gain in compact dimensions, as cars don't really struggle with Engine Bay Space. As for Motorcycles, the Compact nature of the V4, has made it a popular choice that stood the test of time! So fear not V4 Lovers! They won't be going extinct any time soon!

[Makayas]

Ah so you're saying i should Ducati swap my little 4cylinder car, got it!

[bigdapramirez]

"They're not extinct"

V8: "whoa what are you doing with that chainsaw?"

[Honcho]

The last modern car with a V4 was the Porsche 919. It was a race car, but it's the only real modern example we have sadly. It did very well though

[pietrodalfiume]

As an italian, I loved that you mentioned the legendary Lancia Fulvia coupé, winner of many rally. A great car that mustn't be forgotten!

[DanielSilva-tofo]

Although on production cars the V4's aren't really used anymore, on the competition side of things the V4 hybrid engine of the WEC Porsche 919 wrote a page on motorsport history. So, like Bladed said it was about building costs and surely not a performance issue

[michaelhernandez]

Lowkey these old magazines can be fire for art reference

[larrymiller]

I owned a SAAB 96 with a Ford industrial V-4. It was a wonderful car.

[johnson_finger]

Balancing wasn't the issue. Inline 6 is an inline eights are very balanced engines. It's just hard to shove an engine that's that long into an engine bay.

[BladedAngel]

Apologies for the Reupload, it had a weird "Checking" infinite loop. Thanks for understanding!

[Dr_Monitor]

Last V4 I ever heard about was the Saab Sonnet and Lancia Fulvia.

[docternoblex]

Most car specific V4s are either a Ford or Lancia designs anyways, no the SAAB 96 doesn’t count, that used the Ford Taunus V4

[aluisious]

LOL love it when some dude posts a video for "why something is like this" and has no clue why it is.

V engines like the V6 and V8 are done for packaging, not because of balance. The I6 is perfectly balanced, but it's also pretty long.

[Sam-tvfy]

Yt needs to sort all these bot comments damn, liked the short though

[thesaltlifemanshow]

I bought a boat recently with a early eighties evinrude 85 hp engine and it's a v4 oddly the next step up is an inline six. Both of them are well over 1000 hour engines and have lived most of their life on the muddy waters of Indiana. I have spent less maintaining them then I have with my previous 2005 Yamaha 250. Right now on my run about I have the seven marine 557 hp Cadillac v8 and it's the best motor I've owned. Right now I'm working on a bass boat with the evinrude g2 300 2017 and its so sad that evinrude and 7 marine r gone

[jvest]

Also the extra torque from an inline plus it's smaller so a lighter rotating assembly allows it to rev higher allowing for decent HP from the inline torque

[BRUH_]

I like that you are using the wangan midnight maximum tune entrance theme its very good to hear 😊😊

[TrueSucrose]

I own a v4 and its also a 2 stroke it sounds absolutely amazing its a johnson 90 they have a choppy camshaft at idle but at full revs it sounds like a yamaha banshee il post a video in the replys if I can if not and your interested just look it up only the newer ones have the really aggressive camshaft though

[MichaelPoage]

The Wikipedia article about the Straight Eight engine is pretty interesting. As this short touched on, they have inherent problems that make a V-pattern much more practical. But it would still be cool if a car company put out some luxury car with a modern straight 8.

[newscottishgolf]

I never even knew a V4 engine existed in cars. You learn something new every day.

[psylentsage]

As soon as I heard V4 my brain instantly went to motorcycle lol