Head types

[PhirmEggplant]

Any chance on differnt head types?
Reverse flow.
Hemi heads.
Valve sizes/angles.

Maybe angled inline engines like the bmw m30 or dodge slant 6 (i know advanced features sort of works) so we can fit bigger Inline engines under shorter hoods.

[Hshan]

Umm…

As for Hemis: Hemis (I've seen the FAQ) - #5 by oppositelock

Reverse flow - there’s one very old thread that never got any response from the devs, but I guess one point from the FAQ fits here pretty well:

@MrChips

7. Hemis, sidevalve, and flathead engines

There are no plans to implement these head designs. The reasoning here is that they were technically surpassed by other existing designs at the time the game starts in 1946. Of course there were very good, even iconic, engines made using these designs, and this is not to diminish their achievements. Automation is technically reasonably accurate, and this would mean there would be no real incentive to use the older tech because it would give you an overall worse performing engine compared to the same effort being put into a different, also available head design.

Angled inlines: Suggestion: Inclined engines, etc
This is a very old thread, but the newer one didn’t get a dev response. Anyway, I guess the reasons for “no” haven’t changed - PITA in terms of art, little to no practical benefit in the game (how often couldn’t you fit an inline because of its height? I can’t recall having such problem personally).

Valve sizes/angles - basically watch some of the recent Little Dev Updates. They are coming, in a way of, yes, different head types. Regular/eco/performance. And you can roleplay performance 2-valve heads as hemis On that note, you can already sorta emulate reverse flows too - just give the top end some -3 quality

BTW, hemi is actually a combustion chamber shape, forcing the valve angle - do you want to choose from other shapes too, to decive whether you like +1%/-1% efficiency? Okay, maybe 3%. What I mean is that it would be a very minor effect.

[PhirmEggplant]

Ok, thanks for the full answer.

I’ve had a couple I6s get a little too tall, but you’re (they’re) right its a niche request.

I guess i can also use 3d fixtures to make the engines look like reverse flow insted of it being incorporated into the game.

Yeah combustion chamber for the hemi, again i suppose i should just make the wide heads from 3d fixtures insted of asking the team to do all the extra math for 5% increase of flow.

I just like crappy and odd ball stuff so I think it would be cool to be able to make a slant 6 or 2tc ingame. like you mentioned flat heads even though they kind of suck, theyre just cool to the nerds like me that enjoy a differnt design than common engines of today.

Maybe they’ll sell us a pre 60s engineering pack some day #wishlist