that reminds me of the time when Jaguar were taken over by Ford
in the design of the next XJ the engine bay monocoque was deliberately made too narrow for Ford to buy in Rover 60 degree V8s (and becoming common) so their engine choice became a home-designed 90-degree vee after the straight-sixers.
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Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Mon 30 Jul 2012, 21:37,
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I read this story too...
...there are parallels with Triumph designing their own V8 for the Stag, rather than installing Rover V8s too.
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two straight fours on a common crank
the term 'notoriously weak' is often used, which is a shame. Then again, did not Daimler refer to their V12s as a 'Double 6'?
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Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Mon 30 Jul 2012, 22:20,
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Two straight fours on a common crank...
...pretty much sums up the Audi V8's origins - basically two Golf GTi 16v units spliced together. It's not an unusual arrangement.
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I understand there are some problems with compression
because at any one time you have a single combustion chamber trying to pressurise two other cylinders at various states of compression. But heck, I'm Diagnostics, that's for the people in Calibration or base engine design.
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Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Mon 30 Jul 2012, 23:10,
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