Straight 6 engine animation

An animation of a straight / inline 6 engine. There are 3 piston pairs, and this engine is perfectly balanced. Power strokes overlap even more. While not as common as it once was, this engine is still widely used in BMWs.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• engine
• animation
• straight

[xXxmidgexXx]

Dude, how did you make this? Looks fairly simple.

[TheRenalicious]

@xXxmidgexXx 3dsmax, nothing more

[thing503]

If it's balanced then why did you put counterweights on it?? wasn't that the upside to v12's and straight g's was the lack of a need for counterweights?

[TheRenalicious]

@thing503

Counter weights are needed to offset the weight of the connecting rods and such. What I meant by balanced is the significant lack of secondary harmonics, etc.

[AWDfreak]

It's a real shame the inline-6 isn't used by many manufacturers anymore....

[Servento05]

I like this engine, i think that is the better tahn V8 or V6, goog job, I like your videos

[justnotcricket]

@PistolPete2 Hard to get power out of 'em. Also it's practically a bespoke engine as it's difficult to design one for more than one car because of the power issue.

[wackyworldvideos34]

use in ram heavy duty via 6.7 litre cummins diesel.

[wackyworldvideos34]

@Somai82 yes for a practical engine, but i8, i10,i12, v16, v12 an others can be rigged to be just as balanced, but impractical due to size and/or length, for most applications. i6 provides balance, and if sized correctly for the vehicle, great efficiency.

[wackyworldvideos34]

@AWDfreak yup

[seth570123]

@jonsen2k Suzuki transversly mounted an I6 once in some weird little car they went on a joint venture with Chevrolet on, in the late 90s or early 2000s... Ah, here it is: 2000-2006 GM Magnus, A.K.A.: Chevrolet Epica, Chevrolet Evanda, Daewoo Evanda, Formosa Magnus, and Suzuki Verona (name depending on what country it was being sold in).

[seth570123]

@Somai82 Yes, straight/ inline 6 AND horizontally opposed/ flat/ boxer 6 engines are all naturally perfectly balanced. V12s and H12s are also perfectly balanced since they are simply two straight 6s/ two H6s put together.

[SparkDischarge]

@thing503 Because you locally balance the engine. If the crankshaft distorts in the least, then global balancing won't work correctly.