I’m a noob car guy, learning more every day.
I’ve had I think 14 cars in my 7 years of being licensed, and in that time I’ve heard a lot of people mention something like “oh the 12v is better than the 16v” when talking about two models of the same car.
What’s the significance, what does it do?
I have a basic understanding of how a combustion engine works, if that helps.
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As others have mentioned the valves are what the the fuel and air in and the exhaust out of the engine. A base level is 2 valves per cylinder but more can be added, up to 5 o believe. This adds complexity to the engine and often is done for more power output. Because of the power increase auto makers advertise often will advertise the number of valves as a way to promote their engines and to distinguishing versions from eachother. Usually more valves is more better but sometimes this isn’t the case, usually this is notable since the engine with more valves should be the better option.
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