03-06-2014, 09:01 PM
The number of cylinders will indirectly effect MPG because it will effect efficiency. But a 4L 4 cylinder won't use 4 times the fuel as a 4L single cylinder which is pretty close to what happens in the game now.
The 4L 4 cylinder would probably use a little more fuel than the 4L single because it should be able to rev a lot harder but on the flip side should be considerably more efficient and better balanced and as such would be losing a lot less power to bad design.
Fuel usage is directly related to total engine displacement, rpm and efficiency if design. The number of cylinders used has an effect on these and so it has an indirect effect but it is not in it self directly involved in an engines mpg or power output or anything else for that matter, except for cost.
The 4L 4 cylinder would probably use a little more fuel than the 4L single because it should be able to rev a lot harder but on the flip side should be considerably more efficient and better balanced and as such would be losing a lot less power to bad design.
Fuel usage is directly related to total engine displacement, rpm and efficiency if design. The number of cylinders used has an effect on these and so it has an indirect effect but it is not in it self directly involved in an engines mpg or power output or anything else for that matter, except for cost.