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- From: kokerj@vccnw07.its.rpi.edu (James Matthew Kokernak)
- Subject: Re: Freewheeling engines, Eclipse timing belts (was: ... Timing Belts after 60K miles??)
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 13:30:16 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan27.124555.19462@linus.mitre.org>, rll@frieda.mitre.org (Roberto L. Landrau) writes:
- |> In rec.autos.tech kokerj@rpi.edu wrote:
- |> >In article <1993Jan26.074048.23365@news.unomaha.edu>, mgolden@cwis.unomaha.edu (Brian Golden) writes:
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- |> >Is this engine freewheeling?
- |>
- |> No. It is not freewheeling, just like the majority of the 4v/cyl
- |> engines out there today. The valves WILL hit the pistons. By the
- |> way... why are most 2v/cyl engines freewheeling and most 4v not? The
- |> Eclipse Turbo has a low compression (7.5:1). It seems to me
- |> compression ratio would be more of a factor than the number of valves.
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- |> > I assume that is a 16v and probably not, especially
- |> >since it is made in Japan.
- |>
- |> Oh really? You mean the few 4v/cyl engines made in the US and Europe
- |> are freewheeling? I know VW's are not. What about the Daytona IROC,
- |> Northstar V8, ZR-1 engine and the new Mark VIII engines? Are all of
- |> those freewheeling. (Oops! forgot the Quad 4 and the 3.5 on the LH).
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- No, I didn't say that at all. In fact, I didn't even mention US made
- cars. I based my above statement on a previous thread that
- mentioned that most Japanese cars are not freewheeling. Honda's
- especially. This statement has since been challenged by another
- poster. I'm sure that there are more qualified people to resolve
- this discussion than I. You're quite right about the vw 16v. But the
- belt is pretty easy to change on those.
-
- |> The opinions stated above are not necessarily my employer's.
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- |> Roberto L. Landrau KC1YP landrau@mitre.org rll@linus.mitre.org
- |> The MITRE Corporation Bedford, MA 01730 rll@linus.UUCP
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