06-05-2014, 08:10 AM
From my very subjective point of view, I would say that it is a bit much that i can make a V8 engine in 1900, concidering me and my engineers/researchers most probably aren't very experienced yet. Where the limits should go, I don't know. Maybe it should be tweakable in options (just to make all the more hell for our poor developer). I think V2 enginges existed even before 1900 and that V8 engines came not soon after, but I don't think they where available for cars.
Example of an arbitrary starting point:
single-sylinder
straight and flat up to 6 sylinders
U up to 6 or 8
V up to 2 or 4 sylinders
No H yet maybe?
No transversed engines or gearboxes
Or a realy harsh and somewhat unrealistic starting point:
single-sylinder
straight/flat up to 2 or 3 sylinders
I have no idea what is historical, but it's more likely that a company making engines and otherwise being experienced with mechanical engineering from the last 10-20 years could pull of making a large V8 in 1900, than we as newly started companies could.
Example of an arbitrary starting point:
single-sylinder
straight and flat up to 6 sylinders
U up to 6 or 8
V up to 2 or 4 sylinders
No H yet maybe?
No transversed engines or gearboxes
Or a realy harsh and somewhat unrealistic starting point:
single-sylinder
straight/flat up to 2 or 3 sylinders
I have no idea what is historical, but it's more likely that a company making engines and otherwise being experienced with mechanical engineering from the last 10-20 years could pull of making a large V8 in 1900, than we as newly started companies could.