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Old 06-11-2010, 12:32 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Ryland View Post
I'm sure if you look around there is a formula out there as to how heavy you need a flywheel of a given size for an engine of a given size at a given speed, having it hard to drive to me would be a giveaway that it's to light as it's not absorbing and giving back the energy between firings, this was part of the idea behind having multi piston engines and the V8 engine design is that you have the firing of pistons happens often enough that your power output over the rotation is high enough.
someone gets it.
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