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    Inline Engine configurations/balancing

    The Internal-combustion Engine in Theory and Practice: Combustion, Fuels, Materials, Design Charles Fayette Taylor Is this the book that you are refreeing to Greg? Cheers JACK
  2. jratcliffe3

    Inline Engine configurations/balancing

    Thank you for your help Greg. I know of the problems with balancing the I6, and the different firing orders require a much different crank arangement than the I-twin, I4 and I8. I will find a way though of matching the cranks to give the required firing order for the I6. I know that it will...
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    Inline Engine configurations/balancing

    I am looking into the design of a modular, inline powerplant which is to be designed in 40,80,120 and 160kW variants. I was thinking of using maybe an I-twin as my base module, but I am unsure of how to work out the first and second order vibrations, and subsequently balancing measures that...

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