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To: dynachrome

Interesting concept. Hate to be using one in a vehicle if timing screws up. Would like to see some independent reviews from engineers


7 posted on 01/28/2012 4:08:59 PM PST by Figment
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To: Figment

“if timing screws up”

My first thought,too. A little mis-alignment and I think you would come to a sudden stop.


15 posted on 01/28/2012 4:12:29 PM PST by dynachrome ("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
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To: Figment

I was also thinking about the timing...Henry Ford was obsessed with his design of the “X Engine”, an 8 cylinder with 2 cylinders transposed to each other in an X ...the timing killed it.


33 posted on 01/28/2012 4:55:55 PM PST by coolbreeze (giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teen-age boys.)
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To: Figment

Looks like that’s timed in hundredths of a degree.

It’s easy enough to get a timing chain off by a tooth when there’s only 50 teeth!


55 posted on 01/28/2012 7:23:36 PM PST by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture (Could be worst in 40 years))
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