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 completed combining these two design options, Porsche’s new W-shaped-design, for which it was just lately 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 1 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 rely for its new design, drawings included with the patent submitting clearly present six spark plug wires connected to no less than one financial institution of cylinders. Multiply that by three — the variety of cylinder banks proven — and we are able to 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 professionals 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 is able to require a particular automobile with a really slender market. There’s additionally an opportunity that Porsche won’t ever observe by with the construct despite the fact that it acquired the patent, as automakers patent wild stuff on a regular basis and by no means observe by with them.
Sadly, which means the reply is not any, you can not purchase a Porsche outfitted with a triple-turbo W18 engine. At the very least not but, and perhaps by no means. Nevertheless, there’s nonetheless hope that an thrilling innovation in gasoline-power might come from Porsche, which just lately shifted its focus away from future EV plans.