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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
I put quite a bit of thought into doing just this, and almost pulled the trigger. However, the car is running well so "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" ruled the day.
I believe it would work but the fuel economy gains would not be as great as hoped/estimated.
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Frank Lee, thanks for the reply. I agree there will be fuel efficiency gains, however it is hard to estimate what the real increase will be. I do expect what you say is reality.. that the gains will not be as great as hoped. I am expecting a positive result overall. Soon we will know hard numbers.
I believe the most significant design aspect for tuning the result is the mass of the flywheel.. I think it is important for averaging out the two power strokes and "smoothing" operation of the engine.
Do you think firing two pistons sequentially and then missing two, essentially like a V-twin motorcycle engine would render greater drivability contrary to the fire-miss-fire-miss pattern I initially proposed?
Any other thoughts on this project, will be happy to hear.