boxer engine

[max wheatley 1997]

will they be in the 40s since the germans in war used flat/boxer engines in there light vechtals and the classic pre war porshces and things like that?

[Killrob]

Yes, of course. Boxers will be unlocked from 1940.

[Burning Bridges]

what with Boxer Turbos? do they come later or right from the start?

[Killrob]

Originally posted by Burning Bridges:

what with Boxer Turbos? do they come later or right from the start?

That is only dependent on the turbo unlock date, which by default is 1975, modified by your company tech. So if you have 5 tech in aspiration, turbo boxers unlock in 1970.

[Burning Bridges]

Cool, I definitely wanted to have a go at boxers since the game came out!

Same with 5 cylinders btw, so this is a most welcome update.

[Jonthefuzz]

Great now i can make compacts
more easily.

[max wheatley 1997]

turbos came in the early 70s if im right the first car turbo engine was a BMW 2002 TI i think i could be wrong but the idea of a turbos was for planes same as the superchagers but they came first so no turbos boxsers in the 40s they will be unlocked in the 70s i think if im wrong correct me

[Osanouche]

Originally posted by max wheatley 1997:

turbos came in the early 70s if im right the first car turbo engine was a BMW 2002 TI i think i could be wrong but the idea of a turbos was for planes same as the superchagers but they came first so no turbos boxsers in the 40s they will be unlocked in the 70s i think if im wrong correct me

Turbocharging was popularised in the 1970s for cars, but the tech dates back to at least the 1960s for car engines, and back to the 1920s for other engines.

[Burning Bridges]

Turbocharging was well known and understood but not used in Grand Prix cars because they used supercharging. And there was a lull in the 1960s when safety had become too much of a problem.

100-200 horsepower were used to drive the supercharger but somehow that was offset by the added performance.

[TheVoid230]

Originally posted by max wheatley 1997:

turbos came in the early 70s if im right the first car turbo engine was a BMW 2002 TI i think i could be wrong but the idea of a turbos was for planes same as the superchagers but they came first so no turbos boxsers in the 40s they will be unlocked in the 70s i think if im wrong correct me

You are mistaken. The 2002 Turbo was about 10 years too late to be first in the mass market. That title belongs to the Chevrolet Corvair, which had a turbocharged version (Monza Spyder) from 1962 to 1968. This followed the lesser known and produced Oldsmobile F-85 Turbo Jetfire, which was introduced a few months earlier and was discontinued at the end of the 1963 model year.

Yes, this was an air cooled, pushrod, turbocharged flat 6. Over 10 years ahead of the Germans

[Burning Bridges]

I want one now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMIJuSfIVUc

[Burning Bridges]

It's amazing how the car ad mixes with ideas from ongoing the space race.

"Turbo rocket fluid" :D

PR catered to the many men who felt "I have watched so many rocket launches on TV - now I want my own turbo rocket in my car!"

[axe.gaijin]

Anyone else want a boxer twin option?

I want to make some dinky French cars :)