The Most Powerful Of Every Engine Layout (1-cylinder to W16)

[Retro]

What is the most powerful 1-cylinder engine, 2-cylinder engine, three-cylinder, and on? I delve into the engineering of every cylinder count of engine, from 1 to 16.

Check out this fascinating video. Did you know that high end motorbikes are made with 1 cylinder engines and it's quite powerful?

Some of these engines put out eye watering amounts of power!

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[Hitcore]

Quite dazzling numbers, on all cylinder counts!
Even the 1-cylinder one dwarfs the output of my scooter. Stock it came with a 3.5 hp engine, though after it got some tuning work done it is arguably ~5 hp.
Having 80 hp between your legs with that same cylinder count is madness.

As for 16-cylinder engines, that's a completely different world. A nice story about such an engine involves Rowan Atkinson...

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