Car engine designs with W-configurations and double-digit cylinder-counts rank amongst essentially the most sophisticated automobile engines ever made. Whereas different automakers have more-or-less achieved combining these two design options, Porsche’s new W-shaped-design, for which it was not too long ago awarded a patent, is exclusive. Porsche had this to say about its design from the patent submitting with the World Mental Property Group (WIPO):
“An inside combustion engine in response to the invention with a W-cylinder association includes a primary cylinder financial institution with a primary cylinder head financial institution, a second cylinder financial institution with a second cylinder head financial institution and a 3rd cylinder financial institution with a 3rd cylinder head financial institution, whereby the cylinder banks are organized at an angle to at least one one other. Every cylinder financial institution has a particular variety of cylinders, and every cylinder head financial institution additionally has cylinder heads in response to the variety of cylinders.”
Whereas Porsche would not explicitly specify the cylinder depend for its new design, drawings included with the patent submitting clearly present six spark plug wires hooked up to at the least one financial institution of cylinders. Multiply that by three — the variety of cylinder banks proven — and we will envision a W18 engine design. Porsche’s design is exclusive amongst W-engines in that it options three separate cylinder banks, every with its personal cylinder head, sharing a single crankshaft, with 60-degrees of separation. Every cylinder financial institution has consumption and exhaust ports and is able to supporting an exhaust gasoline turbocharger, permitting a complete of three turbos.
Can you purchase a 3-turbo W18-powered Porsche?
Whereas Porsche’s distinctive W18 engine design has some benefits, there are execs and cons to any W-engine design. One draw back to engineering and producing the brand new design is value. An unique engine design like this could require a particular automobile with a really slender market. There’s additionally an opportunity that Porsche won’t ever observe by means of with the construct regardless that it obtained the patent, as automakers patent wild stuff on a regular basis and by no means observe by means of with them.
Sadly, meaning the reply isn’t any, you can not purchase a Porsche geared up with a triple-turbo W18 engine. No less than not but, and perhaps by no means. Nevertheless, there may be nonetheless hope that an thrilling innovation in gasoline-power might come from Porsche, which not too long ago shifted its focus away from future EV plans.
