Such an engine cylinder and the piston are arranged in parallel along a straight line, using only a cylinder head, cylinder block and crankshaft structure is relatively simple. A classification engine cylinder arrangement of one embodiment.
1. Inline engine theory
using a cylinder head manufactured at a low cost, high stability, low-speed torque characteristics, low fuel consumption, compact size, used widely.
“line” L represents available, is followed by the number of cylinders of the engine code, there are L3, L4, L5, L6 modern automobile engines.
2. Disadvantages line engine
Advantages: the cylinder and the crank its simple structure, and the use of a cylinder head manufactured at a low cost, high stability, low-speed torque characteristics, low fuel consumption, compact size, used widely.
disadvantages: lower power.
With the increase of the displacement and the number of cylinders, the engine length is greatly increased.