Tell that to a Kawasaki H2 triple drag bike, or a Polaris snowmobile motor that makes over 200 horsepower with three cylinders, or if you just want to cruise around check out the Triumph triple. Also, the old BSA triple. My neighbor has one of these ultra rare BSA's. Hey Visio racer, if you want some content on his immaculate, completely stock original BSA triple, I think it's 1 of 500 ever produced if I'm correct. I can send you all the video footage of it. He also has some real interesting rare bikes, including it early Honda or 350cc 4 cylinder(!). Send me a reply and I will send you the footage.
I had one as a shop car for a while. Had a motorbike muffler on the back, wore a very rare set of TE37s, I painted it in AP2 S2000CR Apex Blue, had a mountain of bog in the rear quarter, never took it to 9k though, but shit it was an awesome little car
Thank you @visioracer , for keeping me updated regularly about the variety of engines and Automotive content for the past couple of consecutive years 👏👏👏👏 a real Dedication for Automotive Content creation ! Hats off to you brother… Appreciations and love from India 🇮🇳
Fords opposed three cylinder engine was going to be available in petrol & diesel variants. Great video and no, I haven’t seen every one of these before, I did know a couple though. As usual you’re schooling all of us.
Hey Visio! Keep up the amazing work bro! I've been watching since your best of vtec video 7 years ago and I think I speak for all of us when I say Idk what I'd without ya! Much love from USA!
For me, the best 3 cylinders out there by sound are the Honda Beat, the Suzuki Cappuccino and the Ford Ecoboost 1.5, it´s a pity that there is still no video on the net where you can hear the 2.0 Freevalve engine of the Koenigsegg Gemera, I hope that someone have it and show it to the world, excellent video and cheers from Venezuela
Don't forget the GT380, and the GT750 "Kettle"! No mention of the Kawasaki triple's though ("You want too fast with dodgy handling and brakes that are too small? OK, here's an H2!"). Yamaha made a 750/850 triple too, unless my aged mind is slipping.
Aprilia RS Cube. MotoGP bike with 990cc in-line 3-cylinder. The most powerful engine at the time. Co-developed with Cosworth. Yeah, Cosworth. Remember Cosworth, kids? It used to produce all Formula One and Premier American Indy/CART/Champ Car engines for FORD.
Great to see the Commer 2-stroke diesel featured. We occasionally get to see one at a classic truck show here in UK and if the driver knows how to get it to "sing", even better, but a bit difficult in a smallish show ring! They were not uncommon in UK in the late 60s & early 70s. I believe the British Sugar Corporation had some, based in Cheshire. My cousin tells of 2 of these trucks charging the steep hill on the A49 out of Beeston, Cheshire. Changing down the gearbox to keep the trucks on song - wonderful!
Great stuff ! I had a 3 cyl Mini (B38 engine) and it was quick as hell - 134 bhp and nearly 175 lb/ft torque !! Ive got the 4 cyl Cooper S now - 192 bhp and 207 lb/ft torque (plus a 10% overboost). Speed wise, there is really little difference, and the 3 cyl sounds better than the 4 !!
I'm surprised you didn't mention the 5 stroke 3 cylinder engine. The 2 outer pistons are 4 stroke but the exhaust runs a 2 stroke low compression piston in the middle. It makes a very low emitions engine that is very efficient.
Years back I worked night security in a shipyard right next to the Coast Guard academy, and they had a little Daihatsu HiJet for the maintenance crew. It did not have a muffler, and they would run it up the hill wide open. That little triple sounded pretty good.
Visio Racer, your videos are always fun to watch. I learn about all sorts of stuff we don't have here in the USA, or stuff we do have that I didn't know about. Keep up the great work!
I love how you find all of these weird and cool engine. The sound of the first motorcycle and the little Honda car were amazing. The last engine 3 cylinder diesel just goes to show how they built things back in three day. Meant to last year's... Keep up the good work brother...
I think Triples make the Coolest noise out there . Kinda unhurried . Like a Lazy Six . But different . Great to see the REAL Jota mentioned . Brutal compared to the later 120 degree engines .
@@jarrynsmith well I was thinking with the 3 cyl in this episode there was one that was 180° firing from the other 2 that could be bigger to give it the same force as the 2
Visioracer, I just wanted to say one thing. You're a Class Act, your channel is a Class Act, and don't ever change a thing. From the content, to the thick accent, top-notch channel my friend. Thank you buddy. I look forward to each and every video you produce. Now, enough blowing smoke up your butt. I'm going back to watching this video.😎👍💯💯💯
Hey Visio racer, my neighbor has some ultra rare bikes he collects, 100% restored, & immaculate. He drives them every weekend. Like his ultra-rare 3 cylinder BSA, 1 of 500, I think, or a bright yellow, 70's, Japanese inline small-bore 4-cylinder, 350 or 400 cc, plus, a whole lot more. If you want any footage of these Immaculate bikes for your channel, I will get you whatever you need. Just let me know.🏍💯
The Commer was known as the knocker due to the massive rockers to couple the external ends of the opposed pistons to the crankshaft. It made an incredibly loud blare.
2 wheel fan's don't hate triples, they may not be your favourite layout but very few petrol heads don't love the sound of a triples being worked hard, wether it's a 2 stroke ( inline or V) or 4 stroke with Laverda style 180° crank giving that snarl in the mid-range of regular 120° howl. 😎🏍💨🏁
You didn't refer to the Coventry Climax H30 3 cylinder, opposed piston 2 stroke diesel used as an aux engine in the Chieftain & early Challenger tanks. Had a crank top and bottom and the injectors in the side of the cylinder block. The Leyland L60 and the Rolls K60 were similar in concept, but scaled up. The theory was that they were able to run on Diesel & Petrol and were all derived from the WW11 Junkers Jumo aero engine.
@@craigmclean8260 Oh? I have heard that the Mercury optimax outboard engines also were two stroke with direct injection, But I don't know if it's true.
@@Skillmk3 Just looked it up...Indeed; the Optimax was first in the direct injection outboard race, introduced in 1995. Evinrude introduced the FICHT system in 1997, apparently...
I know the Rootes TS3, but didn't know that Achates builds new versions of this engine. Certainly a lot more powerful as the original TS3, which made it to about 105hp from 3.3L (200cui) but still a cool sounding engine
the common 4 cylinder (4T) engine has one ignition every 180 degrees of the crankshaft, up to here so far so good, the only way to overlap the power strokes to make an engine more powerful, efficient and smooth running is to add more cylinders, here typically the option is to go for an even number of them in order to spread the sits on a crankshaft such as 6 or 8, and arrange them in "V" configuration to shorten the crankshaft, camshaft, manifolds, block, etc. ... some manufacturers go for a "cheap way to achieve this" with 5 cylinder engines making their own-and-everyone-else's life complicated with 720 degrees/5 cylinder = 1 ignition every 144 degree turn of crankshaft and all the weird design features to save 1 cylinder per engine (like a cheap 6 cylinder engine somehow achieving the overlapping of the power strokes). I can understand big engines are a bit of a pain to fit in a motorcycle frame and due to the limited weight of them (motorcycles compared to cars) smaller 4T engines with no overlapping of the power strokes as an "affordable sacrifice" (4 or less cylinders), ...now; what I fail to understand is that having V4 engines (with a block as long as a 3 cylinder) someone still goes through the trouble to design one when with a two-cylinder engine would suffice without looking like "a cheap and complicated 4 in line" (or half a V6 if you ask me) if you just don't want to fit a four cylinder engine, I honestly fail to find anything practical about it, I was always told that the best rule in engineering is to "keep it simple".
Yeah, economy oriented turbo cars are bound to do that. There really isn’t much to gain with the small turbos they use for response, they just run out of steam
@@raptorjeezus2607 i mean aspirated engines they all have redlines in the 6-7k range. even really small engines like a 1.2 suzuki swift makes peak hp at 6600
@@proarmy70 there's a lot of other factors besides displacement that determines maximum RPM but my point was all newly built engines have the same redline whether it's a 2.0 performance engine or a 1.0 economy engine
the achates op engine is very interesting, it's available in gasoline as well, with a high compression ratio. And they are twin-charged, meaning there's a turbo feeding a supercharger.
I've never driven a 3 cylinder car, but have ridden many triple motorcycles. Yamaha seems to make the most reliable, but MV Agusta's 800RR Dragster is so damn exciting! 140hp on a 400lb bike makes for a fun day.
That last 3-cylinder diesel my God the torque that thing head. Next time show all the 3-cylinder motorcycles like Suzuki's GT series Kawasakis H series and Yamaha don't forget Triumph. Love your videos🤪😉😂😂👍✌🍻🍺
No matter the arrangement, 3 cylinder engines sound AWESOME 😍
Sounds a bit like a v6..
700cc 2 stroke triple in my snowmobile sounds awesome!!👍
too bad they have a severe case parkinsons disease...
Love my 2001 Yamaha SRX 700 triple and yep... can't beat the sound!
@@leeharris3061 The old triples are Insane. But the best 2 stroke Snow mobile engines was the 955cc GDi twin by Rotax (BRP)
Glad to see the Laverda Jota recognized here. Note, that it was also the fastest production motorcycle when it was introduced. 😎👍🏍
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Fantastic Bike ,but to operate the Clutch you have well trained hand muscles .There are Slater muffler ?
The slater 1000s were beasts
"meh, 3 cylinders are for downsized cars"
*fairbanks have entered the chat*
Tell that to a Kawasaki H2 triple drag bike, or a Polaris snowmobile motor that makes over 200 horsepower with three cylinders, or if you just want to cruise around check out the Triumph triple. Also, the old BSA triple. My neighbor has one of these ultra rare BSA's. Hey Visio racer, if you want some content on his immaculate, completely stock original BSA triple, I think it's 1 of 500 ever produced if I'm correct. I can send you all the video footage of it. He also has some real interesting rare bikes, including it early Honda or 350cc 4 cylinder(!). Send me a reply and I will send you the footage.
LMAO!
@@fuhkoffandie I was about to correct your until I realized you were talking about the old H2 lol
I love that Honda Beat and the noise it makes.
I've re-watched that clip of someone taking theirs out for a night time drive repeatedly.
I had one as a shop car for a while. Had a motorbike muffler on the back, wore a very rare set of TE37s, I painted it in AP2 S2000CR Apex Blue, had a mountain of bog in the rear quarter, never took it to 9k though, but shit it was an awesome little car
Can’t beat the beat. One of my favourite cars to drive in assetto corsa. It’s a miniature NSX, what’s not to love?
Thank you @visioracer , for keeping me updated regularly about the variety of engines and Automotive content for the past couple of consecutive years 👏👏👏👏 a real Dedication for Automotive Content creation ! Hats off to you brother…
Appreciations and love from India 🇮🇳
Fords opposed three cylinder engine was going to be available in petrol & diesel variants. Great video and no, I haven’t seen every one of these before, I did know a couple though. As usual you’re schooling all of us.
Are going for a PHD in internal combustion engines?
I'd love to have that in a resto-mod rebuild.
@@KristaMae
RIGHT! 👍🏽
Hey Visio! Keep up the amazing work bro! I've been watching since your best of vtec video 7 years ago and I think I speak for all of us when I say Idk what I'd without ya! Much love from USA!
For me, the best 3 cylinders out there by sound are the Honda Beat, the Suzuki Cappuccino and the Ford Ecoboost 1.5, it´s a pity that there is still no video on the net where you can hear the 2.0 Freevalve engine of the Koenigsegg Gemera, I hope that someone have it and show it to the world, excellent video and cheers from Venezuela
Great video Viseo. As always :) The first one 600hp?? That is amazing!! roughly 200hp per cylinder. Koenigsegg is a game changer.
I had a 1975 Suzuki GT550 three cylinder two stroke. It sounded great. Thirsty though. Great video as always sir.
Don't forget the GT380, and the GT750 "Kettle"! No mention of the Kawasaki triple's though ("You want too fast with dodgy handling and brakes that are too small? OK, here's an H2!"). Yamaha made a 750/850 triple too, unless my aged mind is slipping.
those bike had forks slimmer than you see on a 125cc nowadays..
Aprilia RS Cube. MotoGP bike with 990cc in-line 3-cylinder. The most powerful engine at the time. Co-developed with Cosworth. Yeah, Cosworth. Remember Cosworth, kids? It used to produce all Formula One and Premier American Indy/CART/Champ Car engines for FORD.
The new Triumph tiger has reverted to that odd firing order too. It gives better traction at low rpm.
(like a 270 degree twin)
Great to see the Commer 2-stroke diesel featured. We occasionally get to see one at a classic truck show here in UK and if the driver knows how to get it to "sing", even better, but a bit difficult in a smallish show ring!
They were not uncommon in UK in the late 60s & early 70s. I believe the British Sugar Corporation had some, based in Cheshire. My cousin tells of 2 of these trucks charging the steep hill on the A49 out of Beeston, Cheshire. Changing down the gearbox to keep the trucks on song - wonderful!
3 cylinder + flat plan ?? What?! Never heard that before, Never thought of it. Amazing!
It's literally a 4 cylinder with a cylinder missing.
For a next opportunity, my sugestion is the Suzuki two stroke motorcicles ram-air series, from the 70s. Thanks for this one!
suzuki cobra 500 entered the chat...
They make my little 1.0 Corsa sound more anaemic than usual :)
I have a 3 cylinder turbo Suzuki 4x4! Loved the video, always appreciate learning about these unusual engines I've never heard of!!
Great stuff ! I had a 3 cyl Mini (B38 engine) and it was quick as hell - 134 bhp and nearly 175 lb/ft torque !! Ive got the 4 cyl Cooper S now - 192 bhp and 207 lb/ft torque (plus a 10% overboost). Speed wise, there is really little difference, and the 3 cyl sounds better than the 4 !!
Fascinating information as always! Keep up the good work finding these sometimes odd engines.
great video, I'm waiting for highest revving 3 cylinder engine
Might be MV Agusta motorcycles. Not sure exactly.
NSR honda 2 stroke probably.
MV Agusta F3 800RC revs to 13,250.
@@exothermal.sprocket So far what I know is that the highest is Aprilia Cube GP reaches 15-16000 rpm
I'm surprised you didn't mention the 5 stroke 3 cylinder engine. The 2 outer pistons are 4 stroke but the exhaust runs a 2 stroke low compression piston in the middle. It makes a very low emitions engine that is very efficient.
I see 3 cylinders, I upvote 👌🏼
Years back I worked night security in a shipyard right next to the Coast Guard academy, and they had a little Daihatsu HiJet for the maintenance crew. It did not have a muffler, and they would run it up the hill wide open. That little triple sounded pretty good.
Would have liked to see more about the Commer Knocker, technically one of the most efficient engines in its day.
I think Visio has a video on it.
Odd cylinders rock. Cool content, as always. Your channel has a lot of educational value, and is still entertaining.
Thanks for sharing this video 💪
Visio Racer, your videos are always fun to watch. I learn about all sorts of stuff we don't have here in the USA, or stuff we do have that I didn't know about. Keep up the great work!
Funny, I just told someone about the Commer "Knocker" TS3 yesterday.
Wish my sister's Škoda Fabia 3 cylinder was as cool
*put a fairbanks in it*
Whip a pod filter on amd they sound good at wide open throttle, right laugh
I love how you find all of these weird and cool engine. The sound of the first motorcycle and the little Honda car were amazing. The last engine 3 cylinder diesel just goes to show how they built things back in three day. Meant to last year's... Keep up the good work brother...
It's impressive the amount of research for putting together a video like this, sincerely well done
I think Triples make the Coolest noise out there . Kinda unhurried . Like a Lazy Six . But different .
Great to see the REAL Jota mentioned . Brutal compared to the later 120 degree engines .
Are there engines with different sized pistons in the same block?
Ive never heard of it but it could work with obscure crank balancing so its possible
@@jarrynsmith well I was thinking with the 3 cyl in this episode there was one that was 180° firing from the other 2 that could be bigger to give it the same force as the 2
Visioracer, I just wanted to say one thing. You're a Class Act, your channel is a Class Act, and don't ever change a thing. From the content, to the thick accent, top-notch channel my friend. Thank you buddy. I look forward to each and every video you produce. Now, enough blowing smoke up your butt. I'm going back to watching this video.😎👍💯💯💯
Hey Visio racer, my neighbor has some ultra rare bikes he collects, 100% restored, & immaculate. He drives them every weekend. Like his ultra-rare 3 cylinder BSA, 1 of 500, I think, or a bright yellow, 70's, Japanese inline small-bore 4-cylinder, 350 or 400 cc, plus, a whole lot more. If you want any footage of these Immaculate bikes for your channel, I will get you whatever you need. Just let me know.🏍💯
Wow that fairbanks is really cool. Keep up the good videos👍👍
That little Honda is really a work of artful engineering!
My favorite videos from visioracer
The Commer was known as the knocker due to the massive rockers to couple the external ends of the opposed pistons to the crankshaft. It made an incredibly loud blare.
Now that was a really cool video brother keep up the great work !!! :)
Diesel: I'ma make a standard for power, efficiency and durability all at the same time.
Emmissions compliance: I'ma take all that away now.
My dad always talked about the twin opposing doxford engines he looked after on the ships he was on in his younger days.
Dude, I’ve been a long-time sub. The quality of this is fantastic. You are doing great work.
Thank's for this vidéo, lot of research 👍👍
Great pleasure to watch, like always 👍👍🏍🏍🏍🏍
I love the sound of a hi-revving 3 cylinder
Never heard of any of these engines. Very interesting
I appreciate all your research and hard work.
I miss my Wartburg saloon.
2 wheel fan's don't hate triples, they may not be your favourite layout but very few petrol heads don't love the sound of a triples being worked hard, wether it's a 2 stroke ( inline or V) or 4 stroke with Laverda style 180° crank giving that snarl in the mid-range of regular 120° howl. 😎🏍💨🏁
I had a KH250 (in 1977) which was great and left a smoke screen better than Bond's DB5.
Plug in the middle pot didn't last long though.
I've seen one of those fairbanks-morse engines at a show. They are very impressive!!
Best 3 cylinder sound award
TRIUMPH
Yamaha MT
thank you, now i know i really need a fairbanks morse engine for my 1983 yamaha single 2 stroke 100cc bike!
You didn't refer to the Coventry Climax H30 3 cylinder, opposed piston 2 stroke diesel used as an aux engine in the Chieftain & early Challenger tanks. Had a crank top and bottom and the injectors in the side of the cylinder block. The Leyland L60 and the Rolls K60 were similar in concept, but scaled up. The theory was that they were able to run on Diesel & Petrol and were all derived from the WW11 Junkers Jumo aero engine.
That flatplane triple sounds glorious.
I love my
That gemera engine layout is out of the box
In the 70's a friend had a 3 cylinder Yamaha 750. It had a diesel like note and flat power curve
My first car was a Suzuki LJ50 4WD which had a 549cc 3 cylinder 2-stroke. Fun times.
I do wonder why engine layouts like the opposed piston one and two stroke with fuel injection aren't more common.
Evinrude (now defunct) had a 3-cylinder "e-Tec" engine, 2-stroke, direct injection, and up to 150 HP.
@@craigmclean8260 Oh? I have heard that the Mercury optimax outboard engines also were two stroke with direct injection, But I don't know if it's true.
@@Skillmk3 Just looked it up...Indeed; the Optimax was first in the direct injection outboard race, introduced in 1995. Evinrude introduced the FICHT system in 1997, apparently...
That 180 degree jota is gorgeous.
I know the Rootes TS3, but didn't know that Achates builds new versions of this engine.
Certainly a lot more powerful as the original TS3, which made it to about 105hp from 3.3L (200cui) but still a cool sounding engine
So many cool Designs are realised as Tripples
30 years ago, I found a Yamaha 3 cylinder motorcycle. It didn't run anymore but it was very interesting to see
Don’t lose motivations and keep up the great work another awesome video, thank you.
the common 4 cylinder (4T) engine has one ignition every 180 degrees of the crankshaft, up to here so far so good, the only way to overlap the power strokes to make an engine more powerful, efficient and smooth running is to add more cylinders, here typically the option is to go for an even number of them in order to spread the sits on a crankshaft such as 6 or 8, and arrange them in "V" configuration to shorten the crankshaft, camshaft, manifolds, block, etc. ... some manufacturers go for a "cheap way to achieve this" with 5 cylinder engines making their own-and-everyone-else's life complicated with 720 degrees/5 cylinder = 1 ignition every 144 degree turn of crankshaft and all the weird design features to save 1 cylinder per engine (like a cheap 6 cylinder engine somehow achieving the overlapping of the power strokes). I can understand big engines are a bit of a pain to fit in a motorcycle frame and due to the limited weight of them (motorcycles compared to cars) smaller 4T engines with no overlapping of the power strokes as an "affordable sacrifice" (4 or less cylinders), ...now; what I fail to understand is that having V4 engines (with a block as long as a 3 cylinder) someone still goes through the trouble to design one when with a two-cylinder engine would suffice without looking like "a cheap and complicated 4 in line" (or half a V6 if you ask me) if you just don't want to fit a four cylinder engine, I honestly fail to find anything practical about it, I was always told that the best rule in engineering is to "keep it simple".
Your vids never fail to fascinate.
The Fairbanks-Morse 38 8-1/8 opposed piston engine were used in WWII American submarines.
Great video. I hope you continue. Been subscribed for a few years now
Was hoping you'd mention Triumph motorcycles new 900 Tiger with the "T-plane" crankshaft providing a unique firing interval.
Honda Beats are such cool little go karts. They sound and feel like you're going 100mph when really you're only doing 30
can you make a video on new cars with highest revving engines? everything seems to redline at 6500 these days
Yeah, economy oriented turbo cars are bound to do that. There really isn’t much to gain with the small turbos they use for response, they just run out of steam
@@raptorjeezus2607 i mean aspirated engines they all have redlines in the 6-7k range. even really small engines like a 1.2 suzuki swift makes peak hp at 6600
@@scampers6609 Don't smaller engines rev higher
@@proarmy70 there's a lot of other factors besides displacement that determines maximum RPM but my point was all newly built engines have the same redline whether it's a 2.0 performance engine or a 1.0 economy engine
@@scampers6609 yeah that's true
Love these videos. Always fascinating
I've had a couple of three cylinder cars, starting with an old Metro I fixed up out of boredom back in 2013.
First engine i ever worked on was a Deutz Aircooled 3 Cylinder diesel. (F3l912)
I’d love to get my hands on a Beat or Cappuccino! Not sure I’d fit though;-)
the achates op engine is very interesting, it's available in gasoline as well, with a high compression ratio. And they are twin-charged, meaning there's a turbo feeding a supercharger.
Excellent video again. Thanks!
My Ford/New Holland 455 tractor has an 80 hp three cylinder diesel. It's nothing fancy but it always works
Great vid, not sure whether the fairbanks would pass emission standards ha ha
Keepin comin Visio. Love the content you produce.
Just a nice video like you always post 🙂 thank you for that
The best thing to wake up to a Visio racer video.
This Opposed Piston arrangement has scavenging, volumetric efficiency, BMEP difficulties, they say
Love your videos and your voice, thanks.
Lots of great tractors with 3 cylinder engines, even new ones
Please make a specific video about Commer TS3. There's no detailed english video about it in youtube. That is a very interesting engine.
Flat plane 3 banger, never heard of that
I've never driven a 3 cylinder car, but have ridden many triple motorcycles. Yamaha seems to make the most reliable, but MV Agusta's 800RR Dragster is so damn exciting! 140hp on a 400lb bike makes for a fun day.
That last 3-cylinder diesel my God the torque that thing head. Next time show all the 3-cylinder motorcycles like Suzuki's GT series Kawasakis H series and Yamaha don't forget Triumph. Love your videos🤪😉😂😂👍✌🍻🍺
wow, today I won't bother to see your face.
what a sound from the bikes and the Honda. The fairbank, I really feel tho, bro.
1:40 Thats a very quiet I3 engine
@Josh Kent r/woooosh
Awesome video as usual! Excellent work!
DKW 3=6....what a sound! You should have included it
Wasn't aware that the fairbanks monsters were 2 stroke diesel and naturally aspirated. Didn't know you could go natural with 2 stroke diesel.
Fascinating as always
The Kenny Roberts bike was very cool.
I'm getting obsessed with 3 cylinders now
Learning never has to end.
I freaking love this channel