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Originally Posted by smoo
Yea and part of the practality purposes is the reduced cost via component sharing. There are no V6s I can think of solely designed for a rwd car, even Mercedes V6s in their cars and heavy diesel trucks are a spin off of the 90 degree V8s.
V6s may have a shorter crank (giving the illusion they rev harder?) but what about the added valve train, longer timing chains etc to off set less main bearings, I'd say the differences would be minimal.
And I think you got the smoothness around the wrong way, in that the I6 is naturally more balanced than the V6 due to the crank design of throw placement between the two layouts and firing order, I think |
Nissan VQ37VHR..... and all its predecessors.