W16 Engine: Intake Manifold

W16 Engine: Intake Manifold

 

In this post about the W16 engine I will present the build of the intake manifold through top-down design.

Section

See detailed explanations in the extended entry at the end of the post.

Download Intake Manifold.

Thank you for reading about this build and stay tuned for the next post which will detail the build of the exhaust manifolds, turbo compressors and their integration with the intake manifold.

 

George Bucsan

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Aerospace Engineering, 2014

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W16 Engine: Block and Cylinder Heads

W16 Engine: Block and Cylinder Heads

In this post about the W16 engine I will show the calculation of the camshaft phase angles and then detail the mating of the components in the cylinder heads with the rest of the engine.

 

 

Another animation that better allows to see the full movement of the engine can be found here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci7m0j5iCAQ).

See detailed explanations in the extended entry at the end of the post.

At the request of a reader I will upload the complete assembly but hide the parts that I have not presented yet. Download Engine.

 

Thank you for reading about this build and stay tuned for the next post which will detail the build of the intake manifold through top-down design strategy.

George Bucsan

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Aerospace Engineering, 2014

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W16 Engine: Inside the Cylinder Head

W16 Engine: Inside the Cylinder Head

In this post about the W16 engine I will detail the build of the main internal parts of the Cylinder Head: the rocker fingers, the valves and the camshaft.

Cylinderhead

See detailed explanations in the extended entry at the end of the post.

Download the camshaft assembly, the valves and the rocker finger assembly.

Thank you for reading about this build and stay tuned for the next post which will detail the calculation of the camshaft phase angles and the mating of the components that go inside the cylinder heads.

George Bucsan

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Aerospace Engineering, 2014

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W16 Engine: The Cylinder Head (Part 3)

W16 Engine: The Cylinder Head (Part 3)

In this final post about the Cylinder Head of the W16 engine I will “repair” the part I made thus far and also adapt it for the right side of the engine.

W16 block with cylinder heads
See detailed explanations in the extended entry at the end of the post.

Download the finished Left and Right Cylinder Ceads.

You can find the previous part of this post here.

Thank you for reading about this build and stay tuned for the next post which will detail the build of the components that go inside the cylinder head and the mates used to connect and make them move.

 

George Bucsan

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Aerospace Engineering, 2014

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W16 Engine: The Cylinder Head (Part 2)

W16 Engine: The Cylinder Head (Part 2)

In this post about the W16 Engine I will continue describing the cylinder head’s build up until the point I initially thought it is ready, but then realized it is flipped upside down.

You can find the first part of this post here.

W16 cylinder head section

Download the part file.

See detailed explanations in the extended entry at the end of the post.

Thank you for reading about this build and stay tuned for the next post which will continue the with the cylinder head’s „repair” and conversion for the right side of the engine.

 

George Bucsan

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Aerospace Engineering, 2014

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W16 Engine: The Cylinder Head (Part 1)

W16 Engine: The Cylinder Head (Part 1)

In this post about the W16 Engine I will start describing the cylinder head and how it works. Then I’ll start detailing the build as usually.

W16 camcase

The file: Download Camcase Left.

See detailed explanations in the extended entry at the end of the post.

Thank you for reading about this build and stay tuned for the next post which will continue the build of the cylinder head.

 

George Bucsan

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Aerospace Engineering, 2014

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W16 Engine: The First Animation

W16 Engine: The First Animation

In this post about the W16 Engine I will create a partial assembly and make the parts presented thus far look and move like an engine. As usual, this build will be thoroughly detailed.

W16 Block Pistons Crankcase Crankshaft Assembly Solidworks

Download Block-Crankshaft-Pistons


 

See detailed explanations in the extended entry at the end of the post.

Thank you for reading about this build and stay tuned for the next post which will include the complex Camcase part.

 

George Bucsan

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Aerospace Engineering, 2014

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W16 Engine: The Crankshaft

W16 Engine: The Crankshaft

In this fourth post about the W16 Engine I will introduce the Crankshaft and detail its build.

W16 Crankshaft Solidworks

Download Crankshaft

See detailed explanation in the extended entry at the end of the post.

Thank you for reading about this build and stay tuned for the next post which will include the Block-Crankshaft-Pistons assembly and its animation.

 

George Bucsan

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Aerospace Engineering, 2014

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W16 Engine: The Block

W16 Engine: The Block

W16 Engine: The Block

 

In this third post about the W16 Engine I will introduce the Engine Block and detail its build.

W16 Engine Block Solidworks

See detailed explanation in the extended entry at the end of the post.

Download Simplified Block

Thank you for reading about this build and stay tuned for the next post which will include the crankshaft and the math behind it.

 

George Bucsan

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Aerospace Engineering, 2014

 

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W16 Engine in SolidWorks

W16 Engine in SolidWorks

Solidworks W16 Engine

This is a model of the W16 Turbo engine used in the world’s fastest production car. I modeled it as a final project for the Introduction to CAD class. During the next few weeks I will walk you through the build, post the files and explain some of the math behind it. This post will cover the modeling of the basic piston:

W16 vr6 piston solidworks
Download Piston

Here is the link to the document that I used as a reference.

“The W Engine Concept – Self Study Program” VW of America, 2002, available here

See detailed explanation in the extended entry at the end of the post.

Thank you for reading about this build and stay tuned for the next post which will include the Conrod and the Piston-Rod-Rings Assembly.

 

George Bucsan

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Aerospace Engineering, 2014

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