When you start a V-8 engine, you are only driving two cylinders (1 liter) through their compression strokes, but with one big cylinder you would have to compress 4 liters instead.

当你启动V - 8发动机时，只是通过压缩冲程驱动了两个气缸(1升)，但是如果是一个大气缸你必须要压缩4升。

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The Lockheed design USES an inverted parabolic shape over a V-shaped engine array.

洛克希德采用了一种在V型引擎阵列上安置倒抛物线状尾翼的设计。

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With a base V-6 engine that produces 312 horsepower, it should face off nicely against the Mustang in stop-light drag RACES.

它搭载了一款312马力的V6发动机，应该可以与福特野马在短程加速赛中一较高下。

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The new optional engine on Silverado and Sierra also beats out the 15 mpg in the city and 21 mpg on the highway yielded by the 5.0L V-8 engine in two-wheel-drive versions of the F-150 and the 14 mpg in the city and 20 on the highway provided by a 4.7L V-8 engine in two-wheel drive versions of Ram.

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Smaller and less powerful than Detroit-built pickups, its V-8 engine produces 240 horsepower (the same as a V-6 Honda Accord sedan), while Chevy Silverado owners can get up to 325hp.

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My wife, Kate, loves--really loves--her extended-cab GMC pickup and its V-8 engine, all 5.7 liters of it.

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