09-06-2019, 02:30 PM
(09-04-2019, 12:18 PM)f350ca Wrote: Can you tell if a car has a 4 or 8 cylinder engine when driving down the road.
Not so much DOWN the road no, but going UP the road under load - yes, most definitely.
Back in my days on 2 wheels, I had a Honda inline-4 that I could stand a nickle on edge sitting on the fuel tank - and rev the engine full throttle, and the nickle would not move. If I tried that with my later model Harley-Davidson V-twin, I would have to super glue the nickle flat to the tank - and the nickle would still fall off at IDLE!
Truth be told, the shift lever fell off on the highway two weeks after I bought it brand new! THAT is how badly the thing vibrated.
Even with a 3-phase motor some grinders have to resort to using air bearings to keep down the level of vibrations do they not?
Yeah, I'm blathering...
Willie