5 cylinder - also no googling

VH

5-cylinder engines in modern-ish cars (1970+)

extra points for 5-cylinder longitudinally mounted FWD cars

galwaytt

Too easy - Audi 5-pot 2.2........

Aaaaah, I miss my Quattro..........think what'd it'd be worth today ??

crosstownk

Volvo T5/D5, VW Transporter spring to mind.

colm_mcm

I'd be thinking:

Focus ST

Volvo T5 and D5

Audi Quattro, and some other new Audis (can't remember which ones)

That's all I can think of!

.Longshanks.

Isn't the VW 20V on the MK IV golf's etc a 5 pot?

galwaytt

why only longitudinal ?

Fiat Coupe 20v in both Turbo and NA.
Ditto the Focus ST.

rebel.ranter

Land Rover Discovery 2 TD5

Guy:Incognito

crosstownk wrote: »

Volvo T5/D5, .

Dammit, that was mine.

Can I reuse it and just say the Renault Safrane? (IT had a Renault rocker cover)



EDIT, this is the one I'm thinking of, does it fit in with the above? (T5 or D5?) 2.5L, 20v Volvo B524 I5, 168 bhp (125 kW/170 PS)

Zonda999

Ford Focus ST, and all the volvo's and other fords that use the same engine.
Vw Golf Mk4, 2.3 v5. Other VAGs used this engine as well afaik
Land Rover Defender, up until last year (Take that rebel ranter!!)

Flyer1

US Spec MK5 Jetta.

RobAMerc

touareg 5 pot 2.5 - its half a 5.0 v10 !
I used to love the offbeat tudtud of the Audi 5 pot.

E92

galwaytt wrote: »

why only longitudinal ?

Because it's so unusual - I can't think of any other than Audi.

Anyone know a longitudinal 5 pot with FWD?

@longshanks100 - the 20V VW engine is a 4 pot if it's the 1.8, though the did a V5 with 20 valves too(the Golf and Toeldo 170 bhp V5)

monster1

Longshanks100 wrote: »

Isn't the VW 20V on the MK IV golf's etc a 5 pot?

Nope, 5 valves per cylinder..

VH

E92 wrote: »

Anyone know a longitudinal 5 pot with FWD?

i do - as i've seen such a setup (a friend's car) - i asked the same question on the longitudinal thread

.Longshanks.

monster1 wrote: »

Nope, 5 valves per cylinder..

As pointed out by E92 above - learn something new everyday!

Zonda999

Mk 5 Vw Rabbit;)

siralfalot

my alfa 156 2.4 jtd is a five pot, as are my my fiat coupe 20 valve turbos. The fiat stilo abarth is also five cylinder, the new focus rs is a five pot and wasn't there a five pot version of the seat toledo?

Anan1

Mercedes 300D

Zonda999

siralfalot wrote: »

wasn't there a five pot version of the seat toledo?

There was indeed.A 2.3 V5 was available in the toledo in the early 00's.Fairly useless, though.

E92

Anan1 wrote: »

Mercedes 300D

300SD was a 5 pot too - and 85% of S-classes at the time in North America had this engine believe it or not:eek:.

Audi's very first TDI in 1989 was a 5 pot 2.5 IIRC too.

The 80,90 and 100 all had 5 pot engines at one stage or another.

I'd love to see more 5 pot engines - they're a hell of a lot more interesting sounding than fours - not to mention that they're presumably a lot smoother too(though not as good as a straight 6) and I'm sure with a bit of direct injection and other technologies that they're only a shade heavier than 4 pot engines on fuel consumption.

The best are meant to be nearly as smooth as a straight 6 yet only a little heavier than 4 pot for fuel consumption - so hopefully in these more eco conscious times they'll make a comeback.

andreas_220D

Anan1 wrote: »

Mercedes 300D

W115 240D/3.0
W123 300D
W116 300D

and my W108 with the W123 300D machine

alias no.9

The old fiat bravo and the marea had the same n/a 2.0 5 pot as the fiat coupe, the marea also had the 2.4 5 pot diesel.

HungryJoey

Mercedes 270cdi was a 5-pot .. used in the C,E,ML etc..

Biro

Bah... only saw this thread now, anything I can think of has been covered.
Fiat 100-90 anyone?

@E92, actually 5cyl's apparently are a little imbalanced, not as smooth running as 4 cylinders, hence the distinct off-beat warble of the Quattro. That's what I've read anyway!

E92

Biro wrote: »

E92, actually 5cyl's apparently are a little imbalanced, not as smooth running as 4 cylinders, hence the distinct off-beat warble of the Quattro. That's what I've read anyway!

Read this page

It explains the whole thing(i.e. why 5 is better than 4, apart from the noise of course;))!

Biro

E92 wrote: »

Read this page

It explains the whole thing(i.e. why 5 is better than 4, apart from the noise of course;))!

Ah yes, it was the fact that 5-cyl engines are not inherintly balanced that I had in my head. That's the problem with them. I love the sound though!

VH

that article makes mention of - afaik - what is the only japanese 5 cylinder engine - the one in the honda vigor. it's also longitudinally mounted even though the car is fwd.

i wouldnt have believed it except a friend has a vigor and i've seen the engine in real life - the engine can also be made fit a citroen DS aparently.

Anan1

Biro wrote: »

Ah yes, it was the fact that 5-cyl engines are not inherintly balanced that I had in my head. That's the problem with them. I love the sound though!

They're lovely, aren't they? Better than some V6s, IMO.

Biro

Anan1 wrote: »

They're lovely, aren't they? Better than some V6s, IMO.

I agree!

cashmni1

Datsun Patrol (3.3 ltr I think)

also,

Merc 190D 2.5, that was a 5 pot too. (I think already coverd tho)

MercMad

andreas_220D wrote: »

W115 240D/3.0
W123 300D
W116 300D

and my W108 with the W123 300D machine

.........yeah the W115 240D 3.0 was the first 5 cylinder mass produced engine. Was there any 5 cylinder cars before that ?

I am only coming to these threads now and am surprised nobody cited the Benz 3.0 diesel earlier.

I agree that the early 5 cylinder Audi''s sounded fab. That engine combined with the Coupe looks in the early 80's really made for a cracking car, very handsome.

aravan

Jeep Grand Cherokee 3.1 and VW Transporter T4 TDI.