Patent ID: 6510823
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: F02B,F02F

Abstract:
A two-cylinder overhead-valve V-engine comprising:a pair of cylinders arranged so as to form a V-shape in which a V-bank is formed, each of said cylinders including a cylinder head with an intake valve and an exhaust valve; a camshaft disposed below said V-bank in parallel to an axis of a crankshaft; intake valve rocker arms for operating said intake valves, respectively; exhaust valve rocker arms for operating said exhaust valves, respectively; and push rods for operating said intake valve rocker arms and said exhaust valve rocker arms, respectively, said push rods being connected to said camshaft by tappets, respectively, each pair of said push rods for each of said cylinders being extending gradually away from each other toward each of valve rocker arm chambers in which said valve rocker arms are housed, wherein, between each pair of said push rods for each of said cylinders, each of air intake passages with air intake ports for said cylinder heads is formed, each of said air intake ports being formed so as to open into said V-bank, each of said air intake ports being connected by each of said air intake passages formed in said V-bank to a carburetor disposed in said V-bank.