Why do motorcar engines stop at V12? why isn’t there a V 16 or V20?
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There have been V16s and V20s but they’re impractical for cars because they’re incredibly big, they consume a lot of fuel, and they’re mechanically complex. And there are problems where blocks that long can actually start to flex and wobble around, so you have to add a lot of heavy strengthening to them, and since the only real reason anyone would put that kind of engine in a car is for the performance, that’s kind of a no-go. V16 and V20s are still made, but for big diesel boat or train engines where the weight isn’t as big an issue.
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