Ever seen a four-cylinder engine with a cross-plane crank? A conventional four-cylinder engine has a flat-plane crank, which means two crank journals face up while the other two face down ...
Just the very ubiquity of the four-cylinder engine gives it a bad press ... a straight-six because it only generates one power stroke per crankshaft revolution – one bang at a time if you ...
More automakers are turning to four-cylinder engines to find an ideal balance between performance and fuel efficiency. But not all four-cylinder engines are created equal. While more modern ones ...
Four cylinder engines have replaced sixes as the engine of choice for U.S. consumers, powering 43 percent of light vehicles sold in the first six months of 2011, according to IHS Automotive.
Today it manufactures 4-, 6- and 8-cylinder engines for the complete lineup of U.S.-produced Nissan and Infiniti vehicles. The plant also houses crankshaft forging and cylinder block casting ...