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Old 10-30-2011, 09:42 PM  
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Originally Posted by Jon Oso View Post
V represents the pattern in which the pistons are positioned and therefore fire. With V6/8/10/12 motors they are shaped like V's. I3/4/5 motors are inline, side by side. As mentioned above, there are a couple boxer motors that are flat and they fire away from each other.

There are also W motors that are two V motors fused together.
Point taken, yes I don't have a 4 cylinder car, I probably won't buy one and I most certainly won't take the engine apart to check how the cylinders are aligned or even existing
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