Lug nut/cylinder ratio

Mr_Asa said:

How do you score this?

10 lugs per 8 rollers, and 18 lugs on the drive sprockets, but one "wheel" and a jet turbine for an engine.

 

 

Nice!

GM's Workhorse came with a 4 cyl diesel and 10 lug wheels. 

In reply to buzzboy :

My MG has 4 cylinders and 4 knock offs.  An XKE V12 would either have 12 and 4 or 12 and 20 

Correction. MG 4 cylinders 1 knock off 

Jag 12 cylinders 1 knock off 

Toyman01 (Moderately Supportive Dude) said:

GM's Workhorse came with a 4 cyl diesel and 10 lug wheels. 

Yeah, I'm thinking there has to be something out there powered by a 3-71 diesel as well, but data on this is not that easy to find.

BRM v16, 4 lugs. Oops, edit, Kieth said lugs per  wheel , not per car so 16 cylinders 1 lug.

Javelin (Forum Supporter) said:

REPU has two rotors and six lugs.

So, no cylinders but 2 combustion chambers.  And 6 lugs.

Ok what about the GTK Boxer?  16 lugs per wheel and 8 cylinders.

Keith Tanner said:

My friend Eric (aka Ottawa on the forum) was telling me about his newly inherited MINI. Three cylinders - but it has five wheel studs. That just seems wrong to me. Only 60% as many cylinders as wheel studs. A four cylinder with a five bolt pattern has an 80% ratio. My MG and one of my Miatas have a 200% ratio. The Tesla has DIVIDE BY ZERO ERROR.

So what car has the most out of whack lug nut to cylinder ratio? Any production cars that are lower than 60%? 

Five of the six cars I on have NO lug nuts or wheel studs.  The one car I do own with studs has a rotary.

Technically correct is the best kind of correct!

1 liter Focuses are also five lug/three cylinder vehicles.

There's got to be some truck with 10 lug wheels and an inline six.  That's still the same ratio of course.

Ian F (Forum Supporter) said:

Mr_Asa said:

My Mustang came with a 6 cyl and 4 lugs, a nice robust 150%

 

the 80's Mustang GT was a V8 with 4 lugs - so 200%. 

IIRC, it didn't get 5 lugs until the 1994 and the SN95? 

The SVO had five lugs.  And a four cylinder.

B-24 Liberator.  12 lugs, 56 cylinders.

ProDarwin said:

Toyman01 (Moderately Supportive Dude) said:

GM's Workhorse came with a 4 cyl diesel and 10 lug wheels. 

Yeah, I'm thinking there has to be something out there powered by a 3-71 diesel as well, but data on this is not that easy to find.

A Gamma Goat had a 3-53 Aluminum driptroit diesel, but I do not know the lug pattern

1991 Mercury Cougar V8 - 160%

1998 Lincoln Town Car - 160%

1997 Ford Probe V6 - 120%

1992 Ford Escort - 100%

My fmod- 2 cyl (2 stroke) with single lugs. 

TurnerX19 said:

BRM v16, 4 lugs. Oops, edit, Kieth said lugs per  wheel , not per car so 16 cylinders 1 lug.

 

Damn - I thought I had a winner at 1200% and you come along with 1600%  Wait! Did it have to be a street legal car.....?

So, just to stay within the wording of the "rules"... my Elan with center lock wheels has 7 cylinders (4 engine, 2 master, 1 slave) and 1 nut per wheel.  So 700%? Its a fairly high number until someone with drum brakes chimes in.

Edit: Just realized the thread title is "Lug nut / cylinder ratio" not the other way up. So the above should be 1/7 or 0.14285714285714285714285714285714. And I forgot to add in the door, trunk, and ignition lock cylinders. Oh well, next time.

I am loving the way everyone is looking for loopholes. You folks wouldn't happen to be racing drivers, would you?

In reply to Yourself :

so by that count, my Volvo has....26 cylinders?

8 (engine) + 2 (master) + 1 (slave, clutch) + 12 (slave, brake) + 3 (lock) = 26

Do we get to count hydraulic lifters as cylinders? If so, I'm up to 42 cylinders!

These always struck me as wrong:

10/6

8/6

<5 lugs=truck in my tiny brain.

Saron81 said:

This is the opposite... 4 cylinders, 3 studs! 

 

Do center lock wheels count?

Renault parts binning eventually led to the early Alpine A310 V6 models using 3-lug hubs, which did not last very long in production (presumably because of V6 torque).

Matthew Kennedy said:

In reply to Yourself :

so by that count, my Volvo has....26 cylinders?

8 (engine) + 2 (master) + 1 (slave, clutch) + 12 (slave, brake) + 3 (lock) = 26

Do we get to count hydraulic lifters as cylinders? If so, I'm up to 42 cylinders!

What about the shocks & automatic transmissions?  Both have cylinders/pistons.

Wells Fargo stage coach?  Single nut for each wheel, and the number of cylinders depends on how many revolvers the guards are carrying. :)