flat plane crank

[DWRAT]

Gary,
Here is a video that explains it very well.
Dan
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tybQr44WOn0[/ame]

[hinoonaz]

Thanks everyone. Very interesting. 9K rpm, a cobra is not a high rev sound that I want. Still impressive. Is this the setup for the lambo type cars?
Stevies garage sure did help.

[DWRAT]

Originally Posted by hinoonaz

Is this the setup for the lambo type cars?
Stevies garage sure did help.

It's the motor in the new Mustang GT350 & 350r

[CHANMADD]

Yea ..thats the Lambo Ferrari sound...

[Bernica]

Originally Posted by CHANMADD

Yea ..thats the Lambo Ferrari sound...

A totally different sound than what most of us are used to in these type cars. I am surprised that Ford pulled a crank like that off on such a large displacement engine. But, technology keeps advancing I guess!

[twobjshelbys]

Originally Posted by Bernica

A totally different sound than what most of us are used to in these type cars. I am surprised that Ford pulled a crank like that off on such a large displacement engine. But, technology keeps advancing I guess!

It gets more difficult as displacement increases. But the solid modeling systems that Ford uses these days make it easy to "try something" without actually building it. The new Ford GT was all done in CAD before they built one. I would love to see the compute farm it takes to run such models.

[cycleguy55]

Originally Posted by DWRAT

Gary,
Here is a video that explains it very well.
Dan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tybQr44WOn0

Good video - more here, especially relating to the issue of balancing: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Crossplane