Tired of your inline 5 cyl...?
 

Try the mighty V5!
http://dallas.craigslist.org/ndf/cto/1022016832.html

Must be a devil to balance.

Honda did it in the RC211V GP bike. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RC211V

http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring...ondaRC211V.jpg

Looks like VW has done it too. They have a VR6 -1.

Yeah....aren't all the piles of current VW's driving around with the "2.5" motor.....5 cylinders? I am 99% sure they are.....

vw had a bunch of those at a "green car show" i went to

gutless and :confused:20 mpg

I don't know about those V's.. Now a radial 5 diesel would be something else! :rolleyes3:D

Aircooled too?

If so they are inline. VW had had 5 cylinders for years, my Mom's 80's Quantum was a 5 cylinder. It could haul butt too.

And a "deisel" to boot!

The 2.5l in 2006+ VW's is indeed a inline 5cyl, but it's unrelated to the old Quantum/Audi 5cyl.

The "VR6 -1" is called (amazingly enough), the VR5! It's out of production now.
Here's a sound clip of one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rSn1KCdlxw&feature=related

That's sad that they have owned the car for 9! years and can't figure out that the car's engine is inline. It would only take a second to pop the hood.

That's what mystified me about that posting. If it was just a flip, I could understand never looking under the hood and not understanding general engine anatomy. But if they've really owned it nine years and have never had to deal with the mechanism that makes it go, it must be a mighty reliable car. Odd that he is forthcoming about the seat adjusting motor but doesn't know the shape of the engine. Everybody's got their priorities.

You're assuming they've popped the hood sometime in those 9 years. ;)

Inline 5, half of a Lambo V10 :eek:

In Europe they also got the VR5. VR6-1 cyl. As I recall they had about 150 HP.

-Jason

here's a V5 VW Passat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2kmqhXqOIc&feature=related

GM did a V5 diesel years ago, luckily it never made it into production.
http://members.tripod.com/~A350Diesel/v5.html

http://members.tripod.com/~A350Diesel/v5.jpg

wow, that V5 diesel engine output is close to a OM616....

The front of that engine is exactly the same as the V6 diesel on my 82 Chevy. See that pulley directly above the crankshaft pulley with no grooves or flanges? That is the belt tensioner pulley. That pulley would wear down sort of cone shaped. The more it wore, the more frequently it would throw the serpentine belt. That pulley was on backorder for practically the entire production life of the engine. That's what ultimately killed mine. Belt came off and wrapped itself around the crankshaft at freeway speed. Must have torn up the front seal. Oil gone in an instant, engine seized.

See where the alternator is? Serp belt put so much tension on the alternator that the front bearing would wear out in 10k or less. Picture in your mind, 3 guys taking turns spitting at the alternator trying to put the fire out. :eek: Luckily (or maybe unluckily) a trucker with a fire extinguisher stopped and put the fire out.

Not one of GM's more brilliant engine designs.