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Re: 5 cylnder engines

To: ctp@gbn.org
Subject: Re: 5 cylnder engines
From: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison)
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 21:02:31 EST
 The most famous being the "OX-5"

Almost all radial engines had an "odd" number of cylinders. (3,5,7,9) in
each row. Something about smoothing out the power impulses worked bettwe
with odd numbers on a radial configuration.

Rick Morrison
72 MGBGT
74 Midget

On Tue, 6 Jan 1998 15:40:00 -0800 Christopher Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>
writes:
>Maybe I'm just being a ninny, but I think there were 5 cyl radial 
>airplane
>motors before...
>CTP
>
>At 7:17 AM -0800 1/6/98, John McEwen wrote:
>>Hello Adam:
>>
>>The first 5 cylinder engine - to my knowledge - was used in a racing 
>Honda
>>motorcycle in the mid sixties.  It was a 125cc engine which made use 
>of the
>>components from Honda's 50cc machines.  What was really interesting 
>was
>>that the center cylinder exhaust pipe was routed back and over the 
>engine
>>while the others when off to the sides.
>>
>>Audi has produced a 5 for many years now and Honda introduced one in 
>the
>>early '90s. Mercedes has a 5 cylinder diesel.  Volvo currently uses a 
>5.  I
>>don't remember if there are any others, but I believe that the cycle 
>Honda
>>was the first.
>>
>>John McEwen
>>
>>
>>>An stupid assingment from my auto shop teacher was to find if there 
>where
>>>any 5 clynder cars around any body know where one might reside. Or 
>if you
>>>want to draw one for me and make it look like somthing offical the 
>journals
>>>would be 144 degrees apart and the firing order would be 1,4,5,3,2,
>>>Chip, Chip, Cheerio!
>>>Adam Schellinck
>>>1973 BRG MGB Roadster in 1 millon pieces and reassembeling!
>>>Btw anyone recived thier New Moss catolauge?
>
>
>
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