failuer
failuer New Reader
9/5/13 8:54 a.m.

Kind of interesting infographic...although it seems to be missing a few notable types of engines.

Find it here

SilverFleet
SilverFleet SuperDork
9/5/13 9:09 a.m.

Looks like a CANOE to me.

Alan Cesar
Alan Cesar Associate Editor
9/5/13 9:12 a.m.
SilverFleet wrote: Looks like a CANOE to me.

Don't be a putz. This is pretty cool.

alfadriver
alfadriver PowerDork
9/5/13 9:13 a.m.

interesting mix of level of technologies.

Using direct injection, which is pretty recent, but using a distributor, which hasn't been used for a while.

that, and some of the statements are not correct, more stuff of urban legends vs. actual technology.

Not bad cartoons, I guess.

failuer
failuer New Reader
9/5/13 9:28 a.m.
SilverFleet wrote: Looks like a CANOE to me.

NMNA...just thought it was interesting and wanted to see you all destroy some of the inaccuracies.

DrBoost
DrBoost PowerDork
9/5/13 10:11 a.m.

linkey no workey

bgkast
bgkast GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
9/5/13 10:59 a.m.

Came to report a canoe, left somewhat impressed.

novaderrik
novaderrik PowerDork
9/5/13 3:23 p.m.

i'm pretty sure howstuffworks.com got started with a nifty gif animation of a V8 internal combustion engine that was accompanied by a really good article about the suck-squish-bang-blow 4 stroke engine...

MadScientistMatt
MadScientistMatt UltraDork
9/5/13 3:54 p.m.
alfadriver wrote: interesting mix of level of technologies. Using direct injection, which is pretty recent, but using a distributor, which hasn't been used for a while.

And it appears to be throttled by air/fuel ratio like a diesel, too, as there's no throttle body.

The animation is pretty good, though.

wlkelley3
wlkelley3 SuperDork
9/5/13 8:44 p.m.

Well, if we want to get picky. The engine is set up sideways like a front wheel drive.
We all know that rear wheel drive is right wheel drive, even has the same initials. RWD.

All-in-all, not a bad representation for people that don't know a lot about how engines work.

curtis73
curtis73 GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
9/5/13 9:30 p.m.

What? No diesel?

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