friend and i had a debate, which motor does the SVX have? a V6 or a horizontal 6?

 

H6. Subaru never made a V engine.

 

you sure know your subaru motors, thanks

 

isnt it a v6 engine that is in the new legacy wagon, the outback ??

 

Nope, flat 6, just like a Porsche.

 

yeah, just like it. minus about 200hp

 

 

Kind of like my mom's station wagon has a V8, just like a Pantera!

The flat 6 is an inherently balanced engine configuration, so is a 60 degree V12.

 

Also inline 6s, 12s, and I think 8s. Any engine where the angle between cylinder banks times number of cylinders equals a multiple of 360.

EDIT: except inline engines of 5 cylinders or fewer.

 

in an inline 6, 12 or 8, wouldnt the angle between banks be 0? since they are on the same plane? so 0x8(or 12 or 6) = 0, 0 isnt a multiple of 360

 

Zero, being an integer, is a multiple of every other number. 0 x 360 = 0. The reason for the disclaimer about 5 cylinders or less is because this is where the real world steps in and theoretical mathematics take a hike. With 6 or more cylinders, there is always a power stroke occuring at any given moment, which keeps almost the exact same amount of torque (well, smaller fluctuations that otherwise) at the crank. With a smaller engine, there are moments where there is no combustion, and the piston on its compression stroke, along with the usual frictional and inertial forces, decelerate the crank, which is then accelerated again by the impending power stroke. This is why early economy cars were such pieces of crap. Manufacturers didn't realize that those second order vibrations on a V8 are first order forces on an inline 4. They literally shook themselves apart. (Some still do, if you owned a 2.3 liter Ford in the past decade or so )
The horizontally opposed four manages to keep opposing forces pretty well balanced in between ignitions. Just a lucky coincidence.