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Originally Posted by bgd73
I went through a spell of wanting 6 cyls when I was kid (everything was v8- "rice" out of the question). this was the 80s if you didn't guess.
I remember when the lopsided GM 4.3 came out...I do not work with "out of balance" engines, never wanted one. I remember the impalas with it, and even the mustangs. the ford ranger trucks with a 2.9, and the giant 3.8 transverse in grandmas wagon....they all sucked miserably.
I wanted absolutely none of them and still don't. Never bought a car with one, and never will..
The v6 is not correct. The idea is always grand, but never correct. Leave it to an american jackass to put in a mustang and claim big power...
I may get that 3.3 flat six SVX engine in the 2700 pound sube some day....just to reveal my true thoughts on 6 cylinders and success. the flat is the only attempt at normal, if to know any math at all for four stroke and crank.
lucky for america it is a mustang with choices.. go small v8 before that 6...it is good advice.. anybody can follow it.
Don't mind me and my bluntness.
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A straight six isn't practical. It's much too long. Besides, I have one in my Jeep and it's not that great an engine. Very power efficiency, and I don't see any benefit from the supposedly perfect balance because it still vibrates just like any engine.
A flat six isn't perfectly balanced, because the cylinders are offset from one another