What is the difference between 3 and 4 cylinder Engine.Which is more Power full?

Question

What is the difference between 3 and 4 cylinder Engine.Which is more Power full?

Answer 1

I think it is 4 cylinder engine

Answer 2

it depends on how big the cylinders are. if you have 3 massive pistons and 4 small ones then the 3 cylnder is better. the power is dependant on how much fuel you can fit into the combustion chamber with air. the bigger the chambers the more powerful it will be

Answer 3

3 litre engine means 3000cc engine and 4 litre means 4000cc engine . The power is exactly not necessary to depend on the size of the engine. Ya but is true dat normally 4litre engine will be more powerfull but 3litre engine can also be made it to more powerfull by increasing its BHP. SO everything is the game of bhp . The one with higher will be more powerfull. But comparatively if both has same then because 3litre engine is smaller and lighter it will go faster den 4litre

Answer 4

The 4 cylinder is much better than the 3 cylinder and the difference is that 4 cylinder have 4 piston and the 3 cylinder have 3 piston so 4piston has more torque and power

Answer 5

There seems to a mix up on stroke of engine and cylinders.  Actually there are 2-stroke engines and 4-stroke engines, not 3-stroke engines.

Incidentally one of the most sold cars in India is the 3-cylinder Maruti 800 with 800 cc of total displacement.  That same engine has a 4 cylinder version which powers the Zen and Wagon models of Maruti with total displacement of 1100 cc.

As 4-stroke engine requires twin balancer shafts rotating at twice the frequency as the crankshaft to reduce vibration.  This is very different to 3-cylinder engines, which needs a single balancer shaft running at the same frequency as crankshaft.  The vibration generated by 4-stroke engine is not the same as in 3-cylinder engines.

In a nutshell there are balancing problems with 3 cylinder engine as it is not “in phase” with 4-stroke cycle of internal combustion.  But that is an engineering problem which can be sorted out.

Other than that, both 3-cylinder and 4-cylinder engines are more or less at par in respect of fuel efficiency, handling, maintenance etc.

Answer 6

For the record. There is such thing as three cyl engines for the guy who says there isn't. That's like saying there isn't twos or even one cyl engines, lawn mowers duh. I know we're talking cars here so as far as cars go there are three's I've only seen them in geos and mazdas but I'm sure they can be found elsewhere too. Don't just anser the question. Think! Research! Then answer the question. This is yahoo answers not yahoo spread ignorance. If you don't know you don't know. Period. Don't try to answer if you don't know.

Answer 7

The four cylinder engine will give your more HP due to it's larger engine displacement and extra piston.

Answer 8

The difference is the amount off cylinders and how much gas it takes to move them up and down to turn the crank...If you have a big ford Taurus w/ a four and a little Geo w/ a three you ll probably go faster in a Geo...same ft lbs of torque to less actual lbs to move...

Answer 9

The different between the 3 & 4 cylinder is that there is no 3 cylinder engine's. The 4 cylinder engine is the smallest engine that you can buy in a car .The next engine size up is the V- 6 then theV- 8.The V- 8 is the more powerful oneIt has 8 piston that run it.The V- 6 has 6 piston that powers it The V- 6 and the V- 8 engine's have two heads and the 4 cylinder has one head.The V engine's also have piston on each side of the engine.

Answer 10

1 has more cylinders then the other. of course the 4 cylinder will have more power.

Answer 11

see the only difference is that the 3 cylinder engine use limited power according to the top speed and the 4 cylinder engine reaches the power beyong it limit as it because it damages the car from inside and uese more engine oils and other fuels so it ie better to take 3 cylinder engine



as i  m a car modyfier i prefer 3 cylinder

Answer 12

4 cause it has more pistons