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.
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 engine may have two, three, or four valves per cylinder.
An engine may have two, three, or four valves per cylinder.
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.