A generic cross-plane pushrod V8: 5.7 litres, 90 degree V. Every motion is computed from the research sheet. Click any part.
Playing at 1/10.8 of real speed
| Cyl | Bank | Stroke | Intake lift | Exhaust lift | Piston |
|---|
Operating point: idle
Dots are the sheet's five computed operating points; the dashed line is interpolated between them.
A V8 is four two-cylinder pairs working on a crank shaped like a cross.
Take it apart: every part has a job, and click tells you what it is.
One cylinder, four strokes: intake, compression, power, exhaust, over 720 degrees of crank.
The valves open by the cam, not by the piston, and never exactly at the dead centres.
Firing order 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2: one cylinder fires every 90 degrees.
Faster does not mean smoother torque alone: the flywheel and the overlap of pulses do the smoothing.
Air in, gas out, oil round, coolant round: the layers show where each goes.