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Old 01-30-2010, 12:25 AM   #34 (permalink)
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There are 2cyl boxer conversions on Youtube, but I normally don't save them when I stumble on them.

I've seen a few different iterations of the 2cylinder idea, too, one of which involved heated water injection into the 2 non-functional (still moving) cylinders where exhaust heat would turn it into steam, causing expansion.

The only reason I'm cutting rods is so I don't have to cut/balance the crank. I'm going to cut the big-ends of the rods and just put some sealant in the bearings and over tighten them a bit so they don't swing around. I'm gonna make an attempt to keep both cut rods the same weight, so that there isn't as much variation in the fly weight balance.
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