Sentence examples for flat engine from inspiring English sources

Subaru also asserts that the flat engine has inherently low vibration.

Following in those footsteps, Porsche and Subaru use flat engine layouts consisting of two horizontal banks of cylinders flanking a central crankshaft.

The opposed-cylinder design, often called a "boxer" or flat engine, is most familiar as the power behind the original VW Beetle.

Among other things, G.M.'s various divisions offered thrifty four-bangers (in the Chevy II and the Pontiac Tempest), all-aluminum V-8s (in some Buicks and Oldsmobiles) and a VW-inspired combination of rear-mounted, "flat" engine and all-independent suspension (in the Chevrolet Corvair).

Engine Type: DOHC, 2.0-liter four-cylinder flat engine, turbocharged and intercooled.

The idea behind both drive systems was to find a way to create a very flat engine that would fit more displacement into less space.

Flat engines also help to lower the vehicle's center of gravity.

Instead of "V" engines such as V-6s and V-8s, whose two banks of cylinders point away from each other, horizontally opposed engines (also called "boxer engines" or "flat engines") use two banks of cylinders situated 180 degrees opposite each other.

For example, the Boxster's engines a 2.7-liter six-cylinder flat-engine (i.e., its two cylinder banks oppose each other horizontally, unlike those of V-engines) and a 3.2-liter flat-six in the hot rod Boxster S generate more horsepower without changing displacement from their predecessors.

Several outfits offer swamps rides on flat boats with plane engines, loud and disturbing to the animals, so much so that they give you ear plugs before the ride.

The Spyder's flat 6 engine puts out 320 horsepower and 237 pound-feet of torque, increases of 10 horsepower and 7 pound-feet over the S.