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To: Candor7

Your assessment of 4cyl engines is wrong on all counts.


51 posted on 08/14/2010 6:49:23 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: ArrogantBustard
Your assessment of 4cyl engines is wrong on all counts>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Meh!

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The Inline-four engine or Straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft. Where it is inclined, it is sometimes called a slant-four. In a specification chart or when an abbreviation is used, an inline-four engine is listed either as I4 or L4 (for longitudinal, to avoid confusion between the digit 1 and the letter I). The inline-four layout is the simplest design which is in perfect primary balance and confers a degree of mechanical simplicity which makes it popular for economy cars.[1] However, despite its simplicity, it suffers from a secondary imbalance which causes minor vibrations in smaller engines. These vibrations become worse as engine size and power increase, so the more powerful engines used in larger cars generally are more complex designs with more than four cylinders.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inline-four_engine

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59 posted on 08/14/2010 7:50:09 AM PDT by Candor7 (Obama . fascist info..http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_thela_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: ArrogantBustard
Your assessment of 4cyl engines is wrong on all counts.

Yep, shows a complete lack of understanding of physics, motor design, transmission improvements, etc.

66 posted on 08/14/2010 9:11:58 AM PDT by raybbr (Someone who invades another country is NOT an immigrant - illegal or otherwise.)
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