four-cylinder
Small engine type
Four-cylinder describes an engine with four cylinders—the chambers where fuel combustion drives pistons.
It's the most common configuration in passenger cars, offering a balance of power, fuel efficiency, and compact size: a four-cylinder sedan, The four-cylinder gets better mileage than the V6.
As a noun, it refers to such an engine or a vehicle equipped with one: I drive a four-cylinder.
Removal from usual location
- pistonsForce-transferring engine cylinders
- crankshaftRotating engine shaft
- camshaftLobed rod operating valves
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
horsepower · torque · valves · fuel-efficient · turbocharged · DOHC · compression · intake
displacement
Removal from usual location
- pistonsForce-transferring engine cylinders
- crankshaftRotating engine shaft
- camshaftLobed rod operating valves
combustion · horsepower · torque · valves · fuel-efficient · turbocharged · DOHC · compression · intake · exhaust
Civic
Economy sedan brand
commuter · reliable · practical · affordable · entry-level · midsize · hatchback · crossover
tuned
Set to correct pitch
- boostedRaised or amplified
- moddedUnofficially altered
- aftermarketTrade in replacement parts
headers · downpipe · dyno · WRX · rally · autocross · upgraded
- Inline Enginesinline-4, inline-6, straight-6, straight-six
- automotive designationssedan, coupe, SUV, hatchback, convertible
- enginesdiesel engine, gasoline engine, car engine, truck engine, piston engine
- budget carseconomy car, base model, econobox, subcompact, compact car
- motorselectric motor, electric motors, DC motor, DC motors, AC motors
four-cylinderV8
Eight-cylinder engine layout
six-cylinder · three-cylinder · flat-six · inline-six · two-cylinder
four-cylinderelectric motor
Converts current to motion
battery-electric · hydrogen fuel cell · jet engine · turbine
four, cylinder, fours, cylinders, cylindrical, fourth, fourths, fourteen, forty