Component layout for engine
First Claim
1. A motor vehicle having a body assembly defining an engine compartment at the forward end thereof, a pair of front wheels suspended from said body assembly at the front thereof, a pair of rear wheels suspended from said body assembly at the rear end thereof, a multi-cylinder, in-line, two-cycle crankcase compression, internal combustion engine supported with a crankshaft rotatable about an axis extending transversely across said engine compartment and within said engine compartment, a balancer shaft driven by said engine crankshaft and rotatable about a balancer shaft axis parallel to and beneath said crankshaft axis, said engine having a plurality of exhaust ports on the side of said engine to the front of said engine compartment, an exhaust manifold for collecting exhaust gases from said exhaust ports, and an exhaust system including an exhaust pipe extending from said exhaust manifold beneath said engine and said balancer shaft rearwardly of said body assembly for discharge of the exhaust gases from said engine to the atmosphere.
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Abstract
A motor vehicle containing a two-cycle, crankcase compression, internal combustion engine having direct lubricating systems for supplying lubricant to the sliding surfaces of the piston and cylinder bore for each cylinder of the engine, separate pumps for delivering lubricant to the crankshaft bearings associated with each cylinder of the engine and a system for delivering lubricant to the engine for the remaining components through the induction system. The accessories for the engine including its induction and exhaust system are laid out so as to facilitate transverse front wheel drive mounting of the engine in the vehicle.
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- 1. A motor vehicle having a body assembly defining an engine compartment at the forward end thereof, a pair of front wheels suspended from said body assembly at the front thereof, a pair of rear wheels suspended from said body assembly at the rear end thereof, a multi-cylinder, in-line, two-cycle crankcase compression, internal combustion engine supported with a crankshaft rotatable about an axis extending transversely across said engine compartment and within said engine compartment, a balancer shaft driven by said engine crankshaft and rotatable about a balancer shaft axis parallel to and beneath said crankshaft axis, said engine having a plurality of exhaust ports on the side of said engine to the front of said engine compartment, an exhaust manifold for collecting exhaust gases from said exhaust ports, and an exhaust system including an exhaust pipe extending from said exhaust manifold beneath said engine and said balancer shaft rearwardly of said body assembly for discharge of the exhaust gases from said engine to the atmosphere.
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