Have you ever wondered how two V8 engines can sound so different? It may come down to the crankshaft — here's why a ...

A typical V8 uses a cross-plane crank that has the journals that the connecting rods are connected to at 90-degree angles to each other, like a plus sign, while a flat-plane crank puts them at 180 ...

Flat-plane V8 engines are some of the most powerful ever designed, ... The more commonly used cross-plane crank on a V8 engine has the throws arranged in two planes that are offset at 90-degree ...

A V8 like this with a cross-plane firing order has one cylinder firing for every 90 degrees of crankshaft rotation, which means two cylinders are on the power stroke at any given time.

This quality lends the cross-plane V8 its characteristic note, with the sound caused by the cross-plane firing order. The banks don't take turns firing cylinders — instead, ...

Quite the contrary – in fact, GM’s ICE-based efforts extend all the way to France and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where Cadillac managed to podium with the impressive LMC55.R cross-plane V8 engine.

Chevrolet's hottest Corvette yet combines a twin-turbo flat-plane crank V8 with an electric drive unit for some ...

Cadillac's new LMDh prototype doesn't have a flat-plane V8, but like its predecessor it still revs to the moon and sounds amazing doing so. ... this one features a high-revving, cross-plane V8.

We’ve known about the next-generation V8 from Mercedes-AMG for several months now. According to reports, it will ditch the cross-plane crankshaft of the current V8 family in favor of a flat ...

By contrast, the previous-generation C63 S, with its burbling cross-plane V8, produced just 503 horsepower and 516 lb-ft of torque and offered a more engaging driving experience despite lower ...

The 2024 McLaren 750S has a flat-plane V8 engine of 4.0 liters in size. Like the others above, it is also twin-turbocharged, with a very healthy 740 horsepower and 590 lb-ft of torque. The McLaren ...