Ford produced two V4's, the English Essex engine and the German Cologne engine. Partswise they have nothing in common. The Essex engines were notouriously unreliable, the Cologne engines are almost bullet proof. Used as stationary engines and in fork lifts and quite a few different cars, with Saab as the longest user, up to 1980. No spectacular performance in bog standard shape, but very tuneable without sacrificing reliability.
Inline-4's package better than V4's _in transverse installations_ ; however, in a longitudinal installation the V4 has a substantial length advantage and extra width is not a problem. Ford, Lancia, and ZAZ production V4's (and the Porsche racing V4) were all designed because the V4 configuration packaged better in the target vehicles than an inline-4 would.
Firing order and balance are two separate issues, which you are confusing. A V4 can be balanced without a balance shaft, or it can fire at equal 180 degree intervals, but not both in the same design.
6:35 "Better spread of torque over rpm range". What do you base your information on or did you just make up the claim yourself? Do you even know what torque means?
Inline 4s have the natural imbalance and require counter rotating shafts. V4s have much less of an issues or even no issue if it's horizotally opposed.
A horizontally opposed (flat) engine is not a V engine. If you think any two-bank engine with shared crankpins is a V (which is nonsense), a shared-crankpin flat 4 is horribly imbalanced and a boxer 4 does not have shared crankpins. Any even-firing V4 configuration is inherently balanced poorly compared to an inline-4.
Wher you been , a nimber of European manufactures ues or used V4's . VW/ PORSCHE ,SUBARU ALL USE or used a 180 ° v4 . Learn your geometry . The Porsche 919 evo uses a 2 liter turbocharged V4 ( ~1000 hp)
@grahambell4298 a flat 4 meaning a boxer engine like in a beetle? Not perse when using a different crank setup. So not perse true. You mix up boxer configuration with 180 degree V setup. Most famous wrongly called a boxer is Ferrari flat 12. Even the BB name mistakenly always said as Berlinetta Boxer while it originally Berlinetta Bialbero(twin cam) as explained by its engineer Mauro Forghieri in an interview with Davide Cironi. The name came from journalists and Ferrari stuck to it, while it’s not a boxer but a flat V12. Very interesting interview bybthe way
@ George the engines you call 180degree V4’s Porsche/VW and Subaru(Japanese, not European) are boxer engines(or flat 4), not flat V’s. There’s a big difference.
I'm old school. The best engine ever is a straight six.
Totally agree, from Bryce NZ
AKA my 1948 Bentley Mk.6
A V4 was used in the Ford Corsair back in the 1970's.
And the Capri.
Will I be correct in saying some MK1 transit vans?
@@kevinjones3900 Yes. In London they were popular with criminals because they were faster than any vehicle the Police had.
SAAB
I had the corsair v4 nothing but trouble
Ford produced two V4's, the English Essex engine and the German Cologne engine. Partswise they have nothing in common. The Essex engines were notouriously unreliable, the Cologne engines are almost bullet proof. Used as stationary engines and in fork lifts and quite a few different cars, with Saab as the longest user, up to 1980. No spectacular performance in bog standard shape, but very tuneable without sacrificing reliability.
Love my V4 Evinrude 2 stroke outboard.
Inline-4's package better than V4's _in transverse installations_ ; however, in a longitudinal installation the V4 has a substantial length advantage and extra width is not a problem. Ford, Lancia, and ZAZ production V4's (and the Porsche racing V4) were all designed because the V4 configuration packaged better in the target vehicles than an inline-4 would.
Firing order and balance are two separate issues, which you are confusing. A V4 can be balanced without a balance shaft, or it can fire at equal 180 degree intervals, but not both in the same design.
6:35 "Better spread of torque over rpm range". What do you base your information on or did you just make up the claim yourself? Do you even know what torque means?
The Ford Transit Van Used A V4 0:54
Inline 4s have the natural imbalance and require counter rotating shafts. V4s have much less of an issues or even no issue if it's horizotally opposed.
WTF is a horizontally opposed V engine?
Toyota 20r and 3rzfe are straight four, no balancing shafts, sure they run a little rough, but easily go 300,000+ miles with maintenance
@elemar5 Yeah, isn't that a boxer?
A horizontally opposed (flat) engine is not a V engine. If you think any two-bank engine with shared crankpins is a V (which is nonsense), a shared-crankpin flat 4 is horribly imbalanced and a boxer 4 does not have shared crankpins.
Any even-firing V4 configuration is inherently balanced poorly compared to an inline-4.
I have had a V4 Ford Corsair and a V4 Lancia Flavia
Lancia tried A V4 5:26
Very successful in several Lancia models, a thing of over-engineered beauty.
Too complicated design and the main reason is less profit.
an inline 4 has horrendous secondary balance , a V4 much less so
ZAZ used a V4 engine for many years in their cars:
ua-cam.com/video/1i7YmBQRzr4/v-deo.htmlsi=5egxO_IqIaJnuhjb
Give me a Ducati or aprilia v4 and i will put it in a mr2
Wher you been , a nimber of European manufactures ues or used V4's . VW/ PORSCHE ,SUBARU ALL USE or used a 180 ° v4 . Learn your geometry . The Porsche 919 evo uses a 2 liter turbocharged V4 ( ~1000 hp)
A 180 degree V4 is NOT A V4! It's a flat 4.
@grahambell4298 a flat 4 meaning a boxer engine like in a beetle? Not perse when using a different crank setup. So not perse true. You mix up boxer configuration with 180 degree V setup. Most famous wrongly called a boxer is Ferrari flat 12. Even the BB name mistakenly always said as Berlinetta Boxer while it originally Berlinetta Bialbero(twin cam) as explained by its engineer Mauro Forghieri in an interview with Davide Cironi. The name came from journalists and Ferrari stuck to it, while it’s not a boxer but a flat V12. Very interesting interview bybthe way
Check out the difference. A boxer engine has opposite piston movement so no balance issues.
@ George the engines you call 180degree V4’s Porsche/VW and Subaru(Japanese, not European) are boxer engines(or flat 4), not flat V’s. There’s a big difference.
The only real V4 is the 90degree 919 engine, but that’s not a production engine.
Lancia used them and so did ford