Some of my buddies, along with my oldest son, will sometimes refer to something we’ve called “your cylinder IQ.”
What you do is add up all of the combustion cylinders currently in your possession. This includes all of the cars in your fleet, your lawn tools, (mower, snowblower, etc.) and anything else that is powered by internal combustion. This also includes any engines you may have in storage. The caveat is that they have to be usuable or operable if installed in a car or device. If it’s junk, ruined, siezed, etc, it doesn’t count toward your total. It has to be usable.
I’ll start off.
My “Cylinder IQ” is 60.
I’ve a feeling some of you will have pretty high numbers.
It gets hard from all my toys, I have not converted all the options. If it works that is all that matters. HP, CI, CC, Torque I mean lets start with a 90 hp evinrude, It runs great, pu;;s skiers and tubers, specs after that I am lost, 6.5 hp cuts the grass, 7 hp tows the big boat if it breaks, whatever electric motor on the weedeater trims the weeds lost in the world of numbers, if it works what do I care? 3.5 hp snowblower, 4600 watt generator, lost me!
One 4 cylinder car, one 6 cylinder car, one 3 cylinder out board and a one cylinder outboard, three cylinder tractor, lawn mower, chainsaw, trimmer, brush cutter, power washer, snow blower all one cylinder. Two cylinder generator and a one cylinder generator. Total 26… I think…don’t even come half way to 60. Someone owns a lot of cars…that’s five Duesenbergs !
My Honda Civic + my v-twin Honda Shadow Aero motorcycle + my Honda Nighthawk 750 motorcycle = 10 cylinders
I’ve switched all my lawn equipment to electric. In spite of the fact that this lowered my cylinder IQ, switching has made my life much easier in terms of maintenance.
If you count all the vehicles I maintain, I’d add my mother’s Toyota Sienna (6) and her pressure washer (1).
8 cylinder car
6 cylinder car
1 cylinder mower
1 cylinder string trimmer
2x 1 cylinder snow blowers. One’s a little rough, but they both run.
1x 1 cylinder generator–new in box, never used
In Minneapolis, on the Joe Soucheray show, this was called the cylinder index. I don’t how some people get so high but mine is 27 plus 3 at the cabin. Might need a ruling on that.
The farther off the beaten track, the more independent you have to be, the higher your score. Provided, your name isn’t Jay Leno or you have lots of discretionary funds to " play with" cars. Then the sky is the limit.
One 8 cylinder car
One 8 cylinder truck
One 6 cylinder car
One 4 cylinder PWC
One 2 cylinder riding mower
one 1 cylinder push power
one 1 cylinder weed whacker
one 2 cylinder leaf blower
one 1 cylinder pressure washer.