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Flat Plane Vs Cross Plane V8 engines. A flat plane V8 (animated on the left) is very much like two inline-4 engines mated together in a V configuration. Therefore end-to-end balance is inherent, as the first and last piston of a bank is always exactly in the same position, as are the center two pistons on each bank.
There's a Big Difference Between a Boxer and a Flat Engine. 15 Aug 2014, 15:10 UTC Â·. / Home / News / Auto Guide. Internal combustion engines work in mysterious ways for the uninitiated. The earliest mechanism known to use a connecting rod and a crank is a device called the Hierapolis sawmill, a contraption that dates to the 3rd century AD.