Subject: LRO: Balanced

From: "A. P. (Sandy) Grice" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 17:03:26 -0400

Steve Mace" <[email-masked]> 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.

That may very well be...the Rover P-5 engine (the 3.0 litre six) used to be
advertised as so smooth running that a 10 shilling piece (I think that was
the coin....) could be balanced on edge on a running engine....

Cheers

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