A brief report on engine mounting types and positions Introduction The proper mounting of engine plays a major role

in reducing the instability of vehicle, and also improves the dynamics of the vehicle The types engines based on mounting (a) Transverse engine (b) Longitudinal engine (a)Transverse: A transverse engine is an engine mounted in a vehicle so that the engine's crankshaft axis is perpendicular to the long axis of the vehicle. Many modern front wheel drive vehicles use this engine mounting configuration. The Land Rover LR2 Freelander, along with all Volvo models from 1998 on (including V8 models), employ a transversely-mounted engine in order to increase passenger space inside the vehicle. This has also allowed for improved safety in a frontal impact, due to more front to back engine compartment space being created. The result is a larger front crumple zone. Transverse engines have also been widely used in buses. In the United States they were offered in the early 1930s by Twin Coach and used with limited success in Dwight Austin's Pickwick Nite-Coach. Transverse bus engines first appeared widely in the Yellow Coach 719, using Dwight Austin's V-drive; they continued in common use until the 1990s, though shorter V-configuration engines in a straight in "Tdrive" configuration became common in the 1960s. They were also used in the British Leyland Atlantean and in many transit buses and nearly all modern double decker buses. They have also been widely used by Scania, MAN, Volvo and Renault's bus divisions. Position placement of transverse engines Engines may be placed in two main positions within the motor car: Front-engine transversely-mounted / Front-wheel drive Rear mid-engine transversely-mounted / Rear-wheel drive (b) Longitudinal engines: In automotive engineering, a longitudinal engine is an internal combustion engine in which the crankshaft is oriented along the long axis of the vehicle, front to back. An engine similarly mounted along the frame of a motorcycle is called an in-line engine. This type of engine configuration is generally used in the motorcycles. The location of engine is at the following places

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Front Mid Rear Front:

The front engine mounting has the following divisions Front wheel drive Back wheel drive All-wheel drive The engine is mounted in front of the chassis, this improves the traction and helps in perfect cornering with great acceleration, and the Centre of gravity is slightly in the forward part. This type of engine placement helps in increased safety of passengers as the compartment of engine is placed forward to that of passengers This type of placement is commonly seen in the present sedans and the hatchbacks 2) Mid This type of engine placement is seen in the commercial vehicles such as pickups and the Maruti OMNI sort of vehicles. This placement increases the stability of vehicle as the Centre of gravity is near to the Centre of body. But indeed the vehicle lags proper turnings 3) Rear This type of placement is seen in the Lamborghini it generally uses the rear placement all-wheel drive engines. The engine is placed at the back of compartments this increases the acceleration and traction but heavily affects the cornering dynamics the vehicle becomes utterly uncontrollable during the turnings at great acceleration Inspite of these types of mountings there are mountings principles followed to reduce vibrations They are: 3 point mounting 4 point mounting 5 point mounting These indicate the number of points at which the engine is mounted inorder to reduce vibrations .