Yahoo Autos Honda Announces World's First Forced Induction V-3 Engine
Honda unveiled the first-ever V-3 engine to feature forced induction.
The engine is designed for large-displacement motorcycles and features two pistons on one side and one on the other.
The engine is water-cooled with the pistons arranged in a 75-degree Vee—two of which tilt forward with the third tilting rearward.
As car manufacturers continue to trend away from investments in new internal combustion platforms, so too do motorcycle manufacturers. That makes Honda's recent announcement of a brand-new V-3 motorcycle engine all the more exciting.
Details are pretty scant at the moment, and Honda clearly wants to keep things that way for now. What we do know is that the engine is the first-ever V-3 to feature forced induction and that it is being designed for large-displacement motorcycles.
The engine is water-cooled with the pistons arranged in a 75-degree Vee. There are two pistons on one side of the engine tilted forward and one on the other side tilted rearward. According to Honda, the engine was designed to be narrow and compact—hence the forced induction.
Speaking of forced induction, the three-pot makes use of an electrical compressor that controls the compression of intake air throughout the revolution range. The result is higher torque figures even at lower revs. Honda says the system also allows for a high degree of freedom from a layout perspective and can be run without any sort of intercooler, both of which are nice bonuses as motorcycles have less space to work with.
The company said it will continue development towards mass production with a focus on large-displacement models. While specific models haven't been named, if the pictures are anything to go by, we could be seeing the setup in something like the CB1000R in the coming years. Whatever Honda decides to use it for, we'll be excited to try it out.
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