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Old 09-04-2008, 12:40 AM   #23 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Originally Posted by Big Dave View Post
What makes you think they couldn't make a very-fuel efficient engine on the Gold Wing (boxer four or six) architecture?
There's no reason I know of why they couldn't. My point was that they HAVEN'T, and they have put considerable effort into doing it with the Insight 3-cylinder. And since the idea was to take an existing powertrain and put it into a body designed for high mpg...

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A Vee engine is inherently lighter for a given displacement than an inline.
Yeah, but I'm having problems visualizing a V-3 :-)
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