Valves per cylinder makes one's engine more powerful or less powerful. A engine that has 2 valves per cylinder is better that a engine that has only one.
It is exactly what it says. The number of valves the engine has per cylinder. If you have 16 valves on an 8 cylinder engine, you have 2 valves per cylinder.
2 valve per cylinder Ex fiat 1.2l 8 valve
3 valves per cylinder ( according to the owners manual )
There would be two valves per cylinder ! The data is in your question.
Depends on engine size. Typically two valves per cylinder. One intake and one exhaust. Some higher performance applications can have four valves per cylinder.
( 2 valves ) per engine cylinder , total of ( 16 valves )
3 valves per engine cylinder , 24 valves total
5 per cylinder
Depends....a 2 valve per cylinder V8 would have 16 valves. A 4 valve per cylinder 4 banger would have 16 valves. There are also 3 valve per cylinder V8s...which would be 24. The number of valves does not necessarily determine what engine it is.
1997 to 2004 Ford Expedition 5.4 liter ( 2 valves per engine cylinder = 16 ) 2005 and newer ( 3 valves per engine cylinder = 24 valves )
In the Ford F-150 : 1997 to 2003 ( 2 valves per cylinder ) 2004 and newer ( 3 valves per cylinder ) for the 5.4 L - 3V engine
That would depend on which engine you have : The 3.0 liter " Vulcan " V6 engine has a total of ( 12 valves / 2 valves per cylinder ) The 3.0 liter DOHC " Duratec " V6 engine has a total of ( 24 valves / 4 valves per cylinder )