Patent ID: 8051816

Claim:
A V-type engine for a vehicle having a front bank and a rear bank inclined in a longitudinal direction of said vehicle so as to form a V shape, each of said front bank and said rear bank comprising: a cylinder block having a cylinder; a piston slidably fitted in said cylinder; a cylinder head connected to an upper end of said cylinder block; a cylinder head cover connected to an upper end of said cylinder head; a combustion chamber defined between said cylinder head and said piston; engine valves as intake and exhaust valves exposed to said combustion chamber; a valve operating device provided between said cylinder head and said cylinder head cover for operating said engine valves; and an actuator for driving a throttle valve; wherein either said front bank or said rear bank is provided with a valve stop mechanism for stopping an operation of said engine valves according to an operational condition of said vehicle; and said actuator provided in one of said front bank and said rear bank excluding said valve stop mechanism is lower in height than said actuator provided in the other of said front bank and said rear bank including said valve stop mechanism, wherein the valve operating device provided on one of the front and rear banks includes a unicam, and the valve operating device provided on the other of the front and rear banks includes more than one cam.