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To: brownsfan

seems to me it would vibrate....


8 posted on 10/19/2005 11:19:42 AM PDT by Youngman442002
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To: Youngman442002

If you ran just 2 cylinders, the engine would definitely be seriously out of balance. My first impression is that a 4 cylinder version would not be nearly as smooth as conventional 4s, as you still could not balance the forces and moments as well. A flat 8 from this could potentially be pretty smooth, though, as that's the point in which you could balance forces well. A Y6 might be an option (not V, but Y)... but I haven't done any calcs....


11 posted on 10/19/2005 11:27:04 AM PDT by eraser2005
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To: Youngman442002

That was my first thought too, but now I'm not so sure especially for a multicylinder version. As I look at the cam rotate, I see two lobes of the cam at BDC each time the piston is at TDC. It might balance out. One thing is for sure, I'd love to hear one run.


13 posted on 10/19/2005 11:31:15 AM PDT by Jack of all Trades (Never underestimate the speed in which the thin veneer of civilization can be stripped away.)
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