For The Car Guys

[squirrel]

Of course Tommy. They are completely different though. (I know my VW's/Audi's Haha). They also have the W-8 that fits where a V-6 normally does. It is not a perfectly offset W like this new motor though. They take 6 cylinders on one side in the case of the W-12, and stagger them, they do the same on the other side. The furthest in cylinders (towards the middle) never really come close to each other so it isn't really the same thing. (I know you proably know this just trying to explain it for everyone else.) The W motor in the link is similar to the wenkel in the sense that it fires on 3 axis's, but they are not a perfect 120* apart like the wenkel rotary.


W-9 Motor in the link:

O....O....O
O....O....O
O....O....O

VW's W-12
O..........O
...O....O...
O..........O
...O....O...
O..........O
...O....O...

Or they are like this.... I am doubting myself now:
O......O....
....O......O
O......O....
....O......O
O......O....
....O......O


I think that is about the best way to represent the cylinders on a keyboard.... The view would be looking down from the top.

I wasn't saying they were the same, just pointing out the idea is tried and proven. I'm not positive which configuration is correct, I think it's the second diagram.

Well it kind of makes it smaller.

However, its still 6 cylinders long (2 longer than a v8), so its more narrow than a traditional v12. I wonder what the cylinder bank angle is. 60* block possibily.

Do you have a link? Or just the picture. Curious to know its other specs. Obviously its a DOHC design, and possibly dry sump as well because the oil pan doesn't look too deep. The V angle looks too small to be a 90* block, probably closer to 60* but it could be wider or narrower.

It makes it a lot smaller than a straight 6 because the cylinders are alot closer than you would think, that and the fact that the displacement isn't that high. And I do believe it's a 60 degree angle. I'll look for more specs for everyone.