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Ugly cars with big grills? Stupid pleb talk.

Wow!! Amazing music too!

Good video, although I have never been a fan of Porsche engines, they are certainly wonderful power plants. I fervently hope the ICE are never overtaken by EVs. Gasoline and oil in my veins.

Can I assume you talked about the lower CG? Porsche claimed that but used a V in the CGT. When questioned, they said “the vast majomajority of weight in an engine is in the bottom of the V so it’s actually got a better CG than a flat engine.

I drive a 2013 Outback with a 3.6R boxer engine. There's only about 1-1/2 to 3 inches of space to access the plugs for maintenance as the frame rails get in the way. Cam gaskets are also a pain due to access issues but I've had to do each side only once in the 215,000 miles of ownership. Other than oil eating issues with this particular engine, I'm quite happy with the engine and look forward to getting it to 250,000 miles.

Ferdinand porsche, first designed and built the boxer engine for Austrian aeroplanes back in 1910. You make nice video keep up the good work.

Isnt that flipped CLK GTR Mark Webber?

Once again, thanks for watching. I'm still trying to learn how to make a decent video, so all of your feedback / criticism / patience is very appreciated. Anyway, hope you enjoyed.

RIP BMW R series bikes... 😢

Taking a V engine and opening it to 180 degree doesn’t make it a boxer engine. The difference is in the crankshaft

BMW motorcycles enter the chat....

Boxer type engines provide less bearing load--the weight 9of con rod and cylinders tend to balance out some of the load. Theoretically, this should provide longer crankshaft and bearing life. Most aircraft engines that are air-cooled use this style of engine, or multi-cylinder variants.

Well, for 20 years they’ve sold more suvs and sedans with V8 and V6 than all the sports cars.

great speed and performance, but the engines literally beats itself to death prematurely... just ask any Subaru owner

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Boxer engines are genius engineering: the only one American car with this solution was the Tucker in 1949 !

Great video, Matt. Very informative, relevant and concise. The only thing I have to add is what has basically been said below in response to RoadRunner's erroneous post. Flat engines have horizontally opposed pistons. Non boxer flat engines have opposing pistons mounted on the same crank pin resulting in both pistons moving in the same direction resulting in undesirable vibration. The Ferrari non boxer flat engine referred to below was curiously designated by the manufacturer as a "180 Degree V-12". Boxer engines are flat engines in which opposing pistons are mounted on separate and opposing crank pins so that each pair of cylinders moves in opposite directions cancelling out vibrations as stated in the video. Therefore, all boxers are flat, not all flat engines are boxers. All Porsche and Subaru flat engines are boxers.

I ride a BMW motorcycle. With a boxer of course. Smooth as a sowing machine. The servicing is easy, just because the cylinders are so accessible. I always wondered why no other brand uses it, except for Honda in their GoldWings. The ground clearing is enough. A boxer in a motorcycle has one little problem: putting your legs out in front is hardly possible.

first 30 years, boxer configuration was the only engine used by Porsche, then for another twenty, the boxer was the biggest seller. I am a big fan of the boxer, though I lament the passing of the aircooled boxer engine. Wasser cooler is so much more complicated and when higher mileages are reached, so many more components start to fail on the wasser cooler. Not so the air cooler.

I had a Subaru with a Boxer engine. Never again! systemic faults. head gasket failures, excessive oil consumption, and oil mixing in with the coolant, among others. Problems started at 130,000 miles To expensive and complicated to repair.

I'm driving a WRX. Should I say more?

0:48 do you mean primary and secondary balance?

Just remembered the Porsche Mooney too. Don't know a lot about it, but was certainly a unique airplane.

It's amazing the power they make for the size. The weinkle or rotary engine is just as amazing, but not as reliable or fuel efficient.

Cool video. But Porsche does not seem quite as devoted to the boxer engine as Subaru. As soon as they put the engine up front in any of their cars, Porsche decided to use inline engines for V engines. IMO, their sedans and SUVs would be much cooler if they had boxer engines. Maybe even some Boxer flat 8 engines.

How is it strange to think about a boxer engine and Porsche ! ? Know your history!

The Porsche 911 is a timeless piece.❤

Nice video! Subaru would be a great topic for another video. I wonder which manufacturer has produced the largest number of boxer engines over the life of the brand.

Don't forget Lycoming and Continental. Flight demands reliability. All the time. Every time.

When I was a kid, I noticed that VW engines (Beetles and Bus) and Porsche engines sounded alike. Soon, Subarus showed up with their funny little cars (yeah, I've been around for awhile) and THEY sounded the same. Once yootube appeared I was learned why. The uneven length of each cylinder's exhaust, the weird squeaky sounds of the fan cooling, etc... anyway, cool video. Thumbs up, new sub.

Perhaps you should have mentioned why they are called Boxer?

my 3.4l Boxser sounds amazing. That's all you need.

Add a good number of aircraft engine, Subaru as well as a number of other auto mfgs through the years made flat and boxer design engines.

BEST ENGINE CONFIURATION EVER

First, you get a like because you say Porsche more correctly than most others. Usually, I shut off the video the moment I hear the person mangle the man's name. The flat layout is good because it sits so low in the car, but at the same time, it's hard to get to. General Motors also put boxer engines in the Corvair.

good video 👍

The VW bug employed an air cooled 4 cylinder boxer engine which was magnificent, also in its simplicity, and very reliable, albeit noisy and not so efficient. But it was good enough to be bored out and pairs were used as aircraft engine s by a French company who built light aircraft for use in places like Africa and Australia by flying doctors, among others. Twin boxer engines from BMW were also used to power the original Citroen Deux chevaux in post war France.

ICE's will never be "phased out". Thank God.

Straight answer, boxer built for rear engine Beatle then the first i 911 used spare Beatle parts including Beatle engine No more no less

Boxer engines and a battery (hybrid) make more sense than EV’s. Power to charge the battery. Remember the Chevrolet Corvair. Imagine that nowadays in a hybrid format. A flat 8 in a Corvette wrapped in fibreglass in hybrid form?

I've always understood a boxer to be a horizontal opposed firing order, eg- BMW two cylinder opposed, or 4 cylinder opposed, like the 356 and 912 had. A 6 cylinder engine is not opposed firing order, therefore should not be called a boxer but a flat 6. Not mentioned is that many aviation engines are 4 cylinder, and even 2 cylinder opposed, making them also boxers, and as to more parts? Not really true anymore. Vet, multiple cams, 4, or even 5 valves per cylinder, chains, guides, pumps, etc, all makes of engines, Nissane, Honda's, even American engines, can hqve more parts than a boxer or flat 6. And speaking of: a flat 6 has a very accessible top or underside where most accessories are mounted, unlike v-8s and v-6s where stuff is hidden on the sides that are harder to access.

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As an Owner of a 1971 Porsche 911T which still runs w 1.3 million miles on the original engine I can elaborate on some points. They need near zero maintainence; my carb was set once, after that just sparkplugs - this is due to the high precision and counter balanced forces that you elaborate on. Another aspect you didn't mention is wear - a flat engine starts with oil still in the cylindars; as a result it does burn some oil; but with other engines gravity drains oil so they start nearly dry. Driving the car properly is also key to any cars longevity; keeping in the power range and not lagging your engine is very important.

I just bought my first ever Porsche this year. A 992.1 Carrera T. I’m in my early 40s. Keep doing what you’re doing - you’ll be driving that boxer engine before my age.

Subaru também usa com sucesso, tanto turbo como aspirado.

The two great engines I have experience with is the BMW E36 and the Porsche Boxster 987.

20 years ago, some mechanic was talking about some crank for the VW bug that almost doubled the power. This crank came out in the 70's and the designer was from east coast of the usa. I was wondering if porsche used that design?

Haha, that engine sits in the wronf place on that vw 911 lol also if the japanese built the engine would be hella reliable

Most light aircraft are powered by flat 4s, 6s, as well as some rather rare 8s. The main reasons for this choice were a) less vibrations (although still quite a lot for the light structure of an airplane), and b) easier to air cool, as you rightly said. Moreover, the problem of difficult access for maintenance, that exists in cars as you stated, does not exist in aircraft, as the engine(s) sit in cowl(s), that can be opened on both sides, or even easily entirely removed in minutes. Although those engines, for Porsche as well as for light aircraft, are designs dating back to the 1930s... so getting very much obsolete. The future is to powerplants MUCH lighter and smaller for a given power, with much flatter power and torque curves to the point of requiring no transmission box, requiring very little cooling, almost noiseless, inducing zero vibration, much cheaper to build, requiring next to zero maintenance over much longer life times. Oh, and BTW, they also require much less (in terms of $) of a different "fuel": electrons!

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