Neosef V8 in the style of Honda NR V4

Neosef V8 in the style of Honda NR V4
by Bruce Panunzio

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Remember the Honda NR500 and NR750 with the oval pistons? Right, V4 engines with 8 valves per cylinder. This was the trick Honda used to achieve high RPM (hence power) with 4 cylinders as mandated by the regulations and compete against 2-stroke engines of equal capacity!

This engine proposed here by Neosef is a V8 based on the Cosworth DFV developed by Neverita#1192 - many thanks! - working to mimick the Honda NR V4: 2 simultaneous combustions, a flat cranskhaft with aligned pins: essentially a big V4.

Result: 375 hp in a Lotus 7 and a smooth torque delivery (270 Nm).

Remark: the capacity and V angle are slightly modified compared to the original DFV (2.7 liters and 80 degrees).

main.mr

import "engine_sim.mr"
import "themes/default.mr"
import "engines/bruce_panunzio/Neosef V8 DFV NR firing order.mr"

use_default_theme()

main()