I read this story too...
...there are parallels with Triumph designing their own V8 for the Stag, rather than installing Rover V8s too.
(, Mon 30 Jul 2012, 22:14, Reply)
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.
(, Mon 30 Jul 2012, 22:37, Reply)
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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