Talk:Straight-four engine

message: How could this be changed back to Straight four without a discussion?(Vegavairbob (talk) 03:54, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  WHY 

message: I have seen the very bad looking photo of the ford-inline-four with cylinder-head removed at the beginning of the article. Then i looked at the wiki-articles for other engine-configurations like inline-6, V6, V8, or V12 and they have all very nice engine-photos. So why has the article for the inline-4, which is one of the most often used engine-configurations on the planet, such a bad picture? I think it is time to change this rusty looking picture.
I searched in the net for a better picture and these are my recommendations:
Number 1:
photo found at: http://www.lancerregister.com/showthread.php?t=240719
detailed photo-address: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/APT/Evo%20Bits/EvoBlockBuilt001.jpg
With a subtitle like: "Mitsubishi Evo VII inline-four without cylinder-head and accessories"
Number 2:
photo found at: http://www.ssgti.net/specs.htm
detailed photo-address: http://www.ssgti.net/other/eng2.jpg
With a subtitle like: "Suzuki inline-four cutaway"
Number 3 (which is a nicer type of the original photo):
photo found at: http://themgclub.org/showthread.php?t=233461
detailed photo-address: http://gallery.mg-rover.org/data/3409/mgtf_head_1.jpg
With a subtitle like: "MG TF135 inline-four with cylinder-head removed"
I would be very happy if the rusty original photo would be removed.
Unfortunately i don't know how to change a picture in a wiki-article,
but i spared you some time by looking for a nicer picture.
i wish you a very long and lucky life
Kerl23BRB  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.1.85.246 (talk) 12:04, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with you in general. But wikipedia is not allowed to copy pictures from webpages. The author must give permission for the picture to be used on WP.  Stepho  (talk) 01:32, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I have send all three photo-owners a email with asking for the permission to use this photo
in wikipedia. If they agree, is a copy of there email-answer at this discussion place enough, to
use the photos?  Kerl23brb, 02:15, 16.01.2011   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.12.226.207 (talk) 01:14, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, now I'm getting out of my depth. Offhand, I'd say that adding the images (assuming permission is given by the original authors) with a statement saying that the original author (insert real name) has given permission to use it. Publishing of their email address is not advised. But read through the various WP image help articles to get better knowledge than I have.  Stepho  (talk) 17:13, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Very bad and rusty photo at the beginning of the article, should be changed 

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message: :Inline-four engine →  – Move back. The decision was poorly made and every other article is straight-"n" engine. Consistency is necessary. 2A02:C7D:3FB0:300:9C8E:97FC:DAC6:DCDF (talk) 22:03, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 26 October 2020 

message: The first sentence of the Design section states that "A four-stroke straight-four engine always has a cylinder on its power stroke".  However, the Pulsations in power delivery section states that "four-cylinder engines have gaps in the power delivery, since each cylinder completes its power stroke before the next piston starts a new power stroke".  This apparent contradiction should be corrected.  I think there is a subtle difference in the definition of just when the "power stroke" begins and ends, but someone more technical than me should probably reword something.  Lithopsian (talk) 16:31, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Always performing a power stroke or not? 

message: Change the name to inline-four instead of straight-four, it is both more common and sounds bettter. 165.166.91.66 (talk) 18:27, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Both forms are common. We used to have a mix of straight/inline 3/4/5/6/7/8 but in Oct 2020 we settled on "straight" for consistency. See :Category:Straight_engines. For the last few years there have been bots aligning all articles to "straight". We are not changing back on a whim.  Stepho  talk  20:43, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
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