Any 7 cylinder cars?

[Huntsman]

I was wondering, lots of single pot veteran cars, lots of twin pots, like the 2CV, quite a number of triples including some modern ish small cars like the Charade and Corsa, oodles of dull 4 bangers, a smattering of VAG and Volvo 5 jug lumps, BMW and Jaguar over the decades have the 6 inline sewn up.

So is there a 7 pot?

[kambites]

It would be a very long engine.

[fido]

doogz said:

so does a 5 pot.

A 5-pot is the longest that can be easily squeezed into a FWD transverse layout, so i can see its merits.

[marksx]

kambites said:

It would be a very long engine.

Not as long as an inline 8 though

[kambites]

marksx said:

Not as long as an inline 8 though

And when was the last time someone put one of them in a production car? Not exactly common these days.

I'd imagine a straight eight is a damned slight easier to balance, too.

[marshalla]

http://www.agcosisupower.com/products/agco_sisu_po...

A little agricultural perhaps

[Jag-D]

doogz said:

Didn't Volvo fit inline 6's to a few cars?

960 and S90 IIRC

760 was a V6

[thinfourth2]

Worked with a couple of inline 7s

A bit large for a car however at about 1000tons

[fido]

doogz said:

Didn't Volvo fit inline 6's to a few cars?

In the 70s i think .. like to see them try the same with a modern 6-speed box in a normal width car.

[Jag-D]

fido said:

doogz said:

Didn't Volvo fit inline 6's to a few cars?

In the 70s i think .. like to see them try the same with a modern 6-speed box in a normal width car.

S90 and 960 both made through the 1990s

[fido]

doogz said:

Like an S60?

aren't they 5 pots like the Focus ST?

[Jag-D]

fido said:

aren't they 5 pots like the Focus ST?

yup

[Spoof]

Jag-D said:

doogz said:

Didn't Volvo fit inline 6's to a few cars?

960 and S90 IIRC

760 was a V6

S80 uses a transverse I6, The T6 was a tight package, but did mean using the worlds smallest (at the time) 4 speed auto that couldn't really handle the torque.

[Spoof]

fido said:

doogz said:

so does a 5 pot.

A 5-pot is the longest that can be easily squeezed into a FWD transverse layout, so i can see its merits.

The Sound. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdRnLzvCHag&fea...

[fido]

Ok, i bow to superior Volvo knowledge .. T6 ..

[Jag-D]

you learn something new every day...

Never have been too good on new Volvos, I'm a sick brick addict

[bobthemonkey]

I know that the new Volvo 3.2 S6 was 1mm longer than the outgoing S5.

[Spoof]

fido said:

Ok, i bow to superior Volvo knowledge .. T6 ..

It is most certainly not something to be proud of.

[Huntsman]

So, no 7 cylinder cars then?

[dugsud]

Huntsman said:

So, no 7 cylinder cars then?

Bike any good...