Re: LRO: New Guy or All about Joe

From: Ian Stuart (Ian.Stuart@ed.ac.uk)
Date: Fri Jun 29 2001 - 04:44:31 EDT

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    On Friday 29 June 2001 09:18, you wrote:
    > Some engineer told me a long time ago that the most inherantly
    > vibration free engine design is a straight six... To do with the
    > period the cylinders reciprocate at.
    I've been told that (Land )Rover used to boast that you could stand a
    coin on it's side on a running 2.6 engine - and it would stay there...

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