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Originally Posted by wdb
I think that's the point of the scotch yoke. The connecting rods and pistons will not be moving up and down as fast as they would in a conventional piston engine.
With modern materials and manufacturing technologies, hmmm.
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The average piston speed will be the same for a given RPM and what "modern materials" are you talking about?
Connecting rods are often forged for a reason, these are highly stressed components