Timeline for What is a "crank throw" and how can I determine the number of crank throws on an engine?
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| Feb 9, 2016 at 8:28 | comment | added | DucatiKiller | @IhavenoideawhatI'mdoing The answer to that is too big for me at the moment. That get's into firing order/degrees on cross plane vs flat plane and on and on. I will say, a V8 Cross plane is almost as well balanced as a V16 flat plane. V8 Cross Plane - 4 throws, A V8 Flat Plane crank would have 2 throws. A V12 could have 6 throws theoretically. | |
| Feb 9, 2016 at 7:30 | comment | added | I have no idea what I'm doing | So how does an engineer decide the number of throws, what are the advantages of each configuration? Is it always the case that V8s have 4 throws and V12s have 3 throws? | |
| Feb 9, 2016 at 1:46 | history | edited | DucatiKiller | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 8, 2016 at 22:30 | history | answered | DucatiKiller | CC BY-SA 3.0 |