Technical Why is it called TwinAir???

[silvana]

I realize the engine is a twin cylinder but it seems to be water cooled. When I bought one I assumed it was air-cooled like the old Fiat 850 twin. Any explanations welcome.

 

[Sweex]

Its the way the air is let into the chambers, it has two settings, for economy. So when you dont have your foot down to the floor it has the smaller flaps open, when youre gunning it, it has the larger flaps open.
Thats the only way i can describe it.

If im wrong then i will happily be corrected with the right description

 

[babbo_umbro]

I realize the engine is a twin cylinder but it seems to be water cooled. When I bought one I assumed it was air-cooled like the old Fiat 850 twin. Any explanations welcome.

The Nuova 500 was an air-cooled twin - initially of 479 cc and then 499, the 126 was very similar and went up to 594 cc then 652, there was never an air-cooled 850 (that was a water-cooled in-line four cylinder, rear-mounted).

 

[silvana]

The Nuova 500 was an air-cooled twin - initially of 479 cc and then 499, the 126 was very similar and went up to 594 cc then 652, there was never an air-cooled 850 (that was a water-cooled in-line four cylinder, rear-mounted).

Sorry, my mistake, I was thinking of the 650 twin.

 

[Ironlung]

I guess "Panda Twin Air" is more marketable than "Panda Two Flaps"

 

[varesecrazy]

Its the way the air is let into the chambers, it has two settings, for economy. So when you dont have your foot down to the floor it has the smaller flaps open, when youre gunning it, it has the larger flaps open.
Thats the only way i can describe it.

If im wrong then i will happily be corrected with the right description

pretty close,
the engine doesn't have a traditional air intake / valvegear set-up ,

the preceeding 4 cylinder engines were termed Multi-Air,
so Twin-air was just a logical step to it's name,
Charlie

 

[The Pretender]

It's called "TwinAir" because it is a 2 cylinder MultiAir engine.

 

[Sweex]

[ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MultiAir[/ame]

This may help.

 

[Ironlung]

Oh, Mr Smug, I am awed by the document to which you have provided a link. Would you care to spell it out for us Luddites? :worship:

 

[Uglyscotsguy]

I had assumed twin meant the cylinders, and Air referred to the turbo.