Transverse engine

Transverse engine

Transmission systems

Published in Tom Denton, Advanced Automotive Fault Diagnosis, 2020

Many cars now have a transverse engine, which drives the front wheels. The power of the engine therefore does not have to be carried through a right angle to the drive wheels. The final drive contains ordinary reducing gears rather than bevel gears.

Transmission systems

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Published in Tom Denton, Automobile Mechanical and Electrical Systems, 2018

Tom Denton

Many cars now have a transverse engine, which drives the front wheels. The final drive contains ordinary helical gears. When a transaxle system is used as in Figure 5.108, it always consists of the final drive and two driveshafts.

The effect of engine spin direction on the dynamics of powered two wheelers

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Published in Vehicle System Dynamics, 2018

Matteo Massaro, Edoardo Marconi

Some race motorcycles are equipped with the so-called counter-rotating engine, where counter-rotating refers to the spin direction of the engine crankshaft with respect to the spin direction of wheels. Indeed, the ‘conventional’ configuration for transverse engine motorcycles is with the engine crankshaft spinning in the same direction of wheels. This standard configuration is usually chosen for simplicity of constructions. In a basic configuration the crankshaft (spin rate ) engages with the gearbox primary shaft (spin rate ), which in turn engages with the gearbox secondary shaft (spin rate ), where the chain sprocket is also mounted [1]. The rear wheel (spin rate ) clearly rotates in the same direction of the chain sprocket due to the chain transmission.

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