Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 21:39:41 GMT From: dxyzcnospamam.com Subject: Re: new saab motor for 9-3 series
On 2/20/2005 12:18 PM, ma_twain wrote: > Goran Larsson wrote: > >> 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. >> >> > > The noise and the vibrations of the Harley Davidson engines are its big > selling point. That's what they mean when they say "It sounds like a > Harley". > I think H-D tried to patent the sound at one point!
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