It increases the coverage of valves over the combustion chamber allowing faster breathing leading to better power at high RPM's. It allows the spark plug to be in the center of the chamber allowing a more complete burn.?æ
It is exactly what it says. The number of valves the engine has per cylinder. If you have 16 valves on an 8 cylinder engine, you have 2 valves per cylinder.
Valves per cylinder makes one's engine more powerful or less powerful. A engine that has 2 valves per cylinder is better that a engine that has only one.
This engine (allowing it is an automotive engine) is a four valve per cylinder engine.
An engine may have two, three, or four valves per cylinder.
An engine may have two, three, or four valves per cylinder.
On a 1996 Ford Taurus : The 3.0 liter " Vulcan " V6 engine has ( 2 valves per engine cylinder , total of 12 valves ) The 3.0 liter " Duratec " DOHC , V6 engine has ( 4 valves per engine cylinder , total of 24 valves )
An 8V engines, is a 4 cylinder engine with two valves per cylinder. A 16V engine has 4 valves per cylinder. More valves is like having bigger lungs, it will make more horsepower out of the same size engine.
No 4 cylinder car has 24 valves. Only 16. A V6 has 24 valves -reply- no your wrong.. the 2010 Mazda 3 is a 4 cylinder inline engine with 24 valves
That would depend on which engine you have : The 3.0 liter " Vulcan " V6 engine has a total of ( 12 valves / 2 valves per cylinder ) The 3.0 liter DOHC " Duratec " V6 engine has a total of ( 24 valves / 4 valves per cylinder )
( 2 valves ) per engine cylinder , total of ( 16 valves )
3 valves per engine cylinder , 24 valves total
It depends on which valves you are referring to. On a four stoke engine there are at least two per cylinder.