The flat V12. Details matter

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Details matter.

In 1979, Ferrari’s 3-litre flat-12 engine, above, sweetly serenaded Jody Scheckter and Gilles Villeneuve to a glorious title 1-2 for the Scuderia in Formula 1. But why does it appear in our V12 extravaganza (p66)? Because, as DSJ was always keen to stress, it’s a flattened, 180-degree V12: opposite pistons share a crankpin, each pair moving left or right in tandem. That’s different to a boxer engine, where piston pairs surge towards and away from each other. Now dive into our 34-page paean to the dozen pots.