[Yardstick]

Good point. Each piston stroke only turns the crankshaft 1/3 of a revolution, so it'd take three times as many strokes to produce a given rpm. It's like it has a built in gear reduction. But couldn't you get around this by gearing it back up through the transmission?

[Question_Assumptions]

Depending on how the valves and timing works, while each firing turns it only 1/3rd of a turn, you would get a piston firing once or twice for every turn because each piston get's six strokes per turn rather than two. If you apply the appropriate gearing, it shouldn't have to rev all that high any more than an old high displacement V8 had to.

[null and void]

But couldn't you get around this by gearing it back up through the transmission?

I suppose, But I don't think I've ever turned my tires at greater than 2000 RPM.

Hmmm. Tires, say, 24" diameter. 75 inches per rotation. 63360 inches per mile. About 840 rotations per mile. Two miles per minute at 120 MPH. 1700 RPM.

Maybe one could skip the transmission entirely if the low end torque is high enough?

[notnilC]

Exactly what i’m expecting