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Straight-six engine

A straight-six engine (also referred to as an inline-six engine; abbreviated I6 or L6) is a piston engine with six cylinders arranged in a straight line along the crankshaft. A straight-six engine has perfect primary and secondary engine balance, resulting in fewer vibrations than other designs of six or fewer cylinders.

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related to Asia · 25
Straight-six engine → Chevrolet Stovebolt, Datsun, FE, GTE, In, Nissan, Nissan Cedric Special, Nissan H30, Nissan NAK, Nissan RB, Nissan Skyline, Nissan's, Nissan/Datsun, Produced, The, The Nissan TB, The Type, This, Toyota, Toyota FZ
related to Usage in cars · 19
Straight-six engine → AJ300, AJ300D, An, BMW, Dutch Spyker, Examples, German, HP, Jaguar Land Rover Ingenium, Mazda Skyactiv-X, Mercedes-Benz M256, Prior, Since, Skyactiv-D, Stellantis Hurricane, Straight-six, The, United Kingdom, V6
related to Europe · 17
Straight-six engine → Alfa Romeo, Alfa Romeo G1, Alfa Romeo RL, Alfa Romeo's, An, Daimler M836, DOHC, Following World War, In, Mercedes, Mercedes-Benz M180, Mercedes-Benz M256, Mercedes-Benz OM603, Mercedes-Benz's, Production, The, V6
related to United States · 17
Straight-six engine → Ford, Ford Model, Ford OHV I6, Ford Thriftpower Six, However, I6, In, Oldsmobile Limited, Oldsmobile Model, Oldsmobile Six, Oldsmobile Straight-6, Oldsmobile's, Oldsmobile's V8, SUVs, The, The Ford, V6
related to Characteristics · 16
Straight-six engine → And, Benelli, Compared, Due, In, Sei, Straight-six, V-configuration, V10s, V12, V6, V6s, V8, V8s, When, Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C
related to United Kingdom · 16
Straight-six engine → I6, In, IOE, Jaguar, Jaguar Mark, Litre, PS, Rolls-Royce, Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, Rolls-Royce's, SS, SS Cars, SS Jaguar, Standard Six, Standard's, This
related to Usage in motorcycles · 11
Straight-six engine → Benelli Sei, From, Grand Prix, Honda, Honda CBX, Honda RC, Honda RC174, Initially, RC165, RC166, The
related to Automotive engines · 10
Straight-six engine → BMW B57, BMW M21, Duramax I6, Mercedes-Benz OM603, Motors, Nissan RD, Nissan TD42, Straight-six, Volkswagen D24, Volkswagen D24T
related to Crankshaft · 9
Straight-six engine → Any, At, Crankshafts, Large, Modern, Smaller, So, The, When
related to Australia · 8
Straight-six engine → Australia, From, Holden, Holden's, Japanese-built Nissan RB30, The, This, V6

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engine straight-six engines overhead petrol produced used camshaft car introduced valve production replaced v6 six flathead powered design crankshaft cars

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the Detroit 71 seriesinstance ofSuch designs appear to have been limited to diesel engines0.80text
marine enginesinstance ofSuch designs appear to have been limited to diesel engines0.80text
and outboard motors.Some of the 120 possible crankshaft configurations have useful propertiesinstance ofSuch designs appear to have been limited to diesel engines0.80text
the Opel Kapitäninstance ofThe displacement of this engine was expanded as it was used in later models0.80text
Opel Admiralinstance ofThe displacement of this engine was expanded as it was used in later models0.80text
with later versions switching to an overhead valveinstance ofThe displacement of this engine was expanded as it was used in later models0.80text
Straight-six enginerelated to AsiaToyota's0.60section
Straight-six enginerelated to AsiaToyota Type0.60section
Straight-six enginerelated to AsiaThe Type0.60section
Straight-six enginerelated to AsiaChevrolet Stovebolt0.60section
Straight-six enginerelated to AsiaThis0.60section
Straight-six enginerelated to AsiaToyota0.60section

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