V5 engine
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- For other uses see V5 (disambiguation)
The V5 engine is a V form engine with five cylinders.
Volkswagen's VR5 is a 2.3 or 2.5 litre gasoline engine descending directly from the older VR6 from which VW removed a cylinder creating the first block to use five cylinders in a V design. The first version, with 2.3 L capacity, was capable of 150 PS (148 hp/110 kW) and had a maximum torque of 209 N·m (154 ft·lbf). It was introduced in the Passat in 1997, and later in the Golf and Bora in 1999. It was followed by a 2.5 L version for the US market.
However it should also be noted that the Volkswagen engine does not have a true V-configuration per se, that is with, for example, one cylinder block with 2 cylinders and one with 3; rather, it has all 5 cylinders sharing a single block. The engine is derived from the VR6, and is thus a staggered 5, and has much in common with Volkswagen's earlier straight 5 developed in the 1980's for the Passat and Audi Quattro.
Honda used a V5 in its MotoGP race bike, the RC211V for the 2002-2006 seasons. This is a 990 cc engine with an angle of 75.5 degrees.
| Piston engine configurations | |
|---|---|
| Straight | Single, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14 |
| V | 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 20, 24 |
| Flat | 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16 |
| W | 8, 12, 16, 18 |
| Other inline | H, VR, Opposed, U (Square), X |
| Other | Radial, Rotary, Pistonless (Wankel) |
