Watching the show "How its Built" twice they called the Porsche 911 engine a V-6 ,lol, later its a "flat 6", at the very end its a 340hp V6 again!
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Meh. They probably just (erroneously) thought it was a 180° V6. No big deal.
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No one calls a flat-engine a V. Ever. The show is just terrible.
I enjoy "How It's Made " a lot but it is clear that there is something lost between the time a manufacturer explains their processes and what goes into the script.
There is a gaff, sometime egregious, almost every episode. You'd think they'd ask for the folks they are featuring to proofread the script.
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A 180° V engine is a flat engine. The difference between a180°V6 and a boxer is the crank. A boxer has a separate journal for each piston, whereas a 180° engine has the pistons paired up.
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Not necessarily - a lot of V6 engines with other angles have separate journals for each piston as well. Here's a Buick crank with six journals:
Matt Cramer
1997 BMW 328i convertible, 1972 Chevy C10 pickup, 1966 Dodge Dart slant six
BMW - where "Why doesn't everybody build cars the way they do?" meets "Why can't they build a car the same way everyone else does it?"
? ,a flat 180 degrees apart cylinder layout isn't a "V" layout, ,cranks, journals,etc. have nothing to do with cylinder orientation.
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