How Boxer Engines Work

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How Boxer Engines Work

<dt><b>How Boxer Engines Work</b><br /><img src="http://image.superstreetonline.com/f/techarticles/sstp_1301_how_boxer_engines_work/41722561+ppromo_large/sstp-1301-01-o+boxer-engine+subaru-D45.jpg" onerror="javascript:this.src='http://static.superstreetonline.com/_SiteConfigs/_global/images/no_photo_100px.gif'" alt="How Boxer Engines Work - Super Street Magazine" /><br /><a href="http://www.superstreetonline.com/techarticles/sstp_1301_how_boxer_engines_work/">Get acquainted with the engine inside the FR-S and BRZ</a><p>Flat engines like Subaru’s Boxer are nothing new. The design, which gives the finger to inline and V-type engines and instead incorporates horizontally opposed banks of pistons, was patented in 1896 and has since been implemented by Volkswagen, Porsche, and most notably, Subaru. The Boxer layout, which positions its cylinders in two banksâ€"180-degrees apart from one another and on each side of the crankshaftâ€"has been used on everything from commercial airplanes to bikes like Honda’s early Goldwings to cars as modest as Volkswagen’s Beetle and as shameless as Porsche’s 911 Turbo, with cylinder arrangements featuring as many as 12 pistons. In the 1960s, Subaru fully adopted the Boxer design, which today remains the company’s exclusive engine configuration.</p> a <br /> Photo Gallery: <a href="http://www.superstreetonline.com/techarticles/sstp_1301_how_boxer_engines_work/">How Boxer Engines Work - Super Street Magazine</a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://www.superstreetonline.com/techarticles/sstp_1301_how_boxer_engines_work/">How Boxer Engines Work</a> |
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