V6 vs Inline 6

Corvair flat sixes are inherently balanced as well as the Porsche flat sixes.
Any engine with opposing cylinders will run smoother than any inline or V type engine.

So is a subaru H4 smoother than an i6?

 

[FlashG]

Originally posted by: Roger
Zem, what you are feeling are not secondary shaking forces but the power pulses from the combustion events 😉

That must be why we use cw crankshafts in hipo acvw Type 1's.

Right?

 

They use counter weighted cranks because of the large pistons on high output type one engines, remember that when enlarging the cylinder bores, the larger pistons weigh a lot more, therefor the crank must have larger counter weights to compensate.

 

[Brutuskend]

Originally posted by: Roger

When are you bringing me my Corvair engine there buddy?!?!

Brut, send me some $$$ for packaging and shipping and I will send you one for free, christ, I have nine of them sitting here collecting dust.

I wish I could bud, but shipping coast to coast would bury me I think. 🙁

I thought you said you made it out this way about once a year? <wink wink>

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Roger
As aircooled stated, flat six baby ! 🙂

*drool*

On topic, I6.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: SammySon

Corvair flat sixes are inherently balanced as well as the Porsche flat sixes.
Any engine with opposing cylinders will run smoother than any inline or V type engine.

So is a subaru H4 smoother than an i6?

Should be as smooth. Both engines will have balanced forces.

ZV

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: Roger
Zem, what you are feeling are not secondary shaking forces but the power pulses from the combustion events 😉

The 914 could also use a tune-up. I need to adjust the valves and set the timing when I bring her out of storage this next spring.

ZV