Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 14:31:39 -0500 From: "The Malt Hound" <hohnospamlid.invalid> wrote in message news:IC0n0r.JtHnospamove.se... > In article <20050216.7A412A0.8489nospamveg.iwvisp.com>, > Everett M. Greene <mojavegnospamveg.iwvisp.com> wrote: > >> inherently balanced whereas a 4-cylinder engine is one >> of the worst, if not the worst, in trying to get it to >> run smoothly. > > The four cylinder inline engine is far from the worst. It is > much smoother than a flat V2 engine (e.g. like a two cylinder > boxer engine but with both pistons moving in the same direction > all the time) or that terrible V2, with the wrong cylinder angle, > used by Harley Davidson. Flat V2? Never heard of that one... seems like the firing order would be uneven too in that case. The standard boxer engine works because the two cylinders reach TDC simultaneously and alternate firing. or is the Flat V2 a 2-stroke thing? That might work... -Fred W
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