Why would anyone want a Classic car?

"stylishly"

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They didn't differ greatly, mostly in details, and it still didn't alter the fundamental problems of a V4.

What *are* the fundamental problems of a V4? - think carefully about this as I have a vehicle with one.

They are unbalanced by nature, the design needs to take that into account, something that Ford failed to do.

Are you suggesting that the German Ford V4 was of a completely different design the British version - just like the V6 I suppose....

Crap balance.

Bike or Fulvia ?

Your bike still has much of the same inherent balance problem. However they spend a lot more time and effort in dealing with this. It's also revving far more highly than a Trannie, so the remaining vibrations are more easily damped by good mounts, and less noticeable to the rider.

A Fulvia (or a VR6) isn't a V4, it's a badly mis-aligned inline. The balance is much less troublesome.

Well he's talking about a 32 valve V8.

And the 16 valve Stag engine has how many cams?

Or a biker ?

Also came across this one whilst searching

I take it you are referring to some of the multiple engined (sort of star formation totalling 48 cylinders plus, of half a dozen or so - one in the land war museum at Duxford, but I can't find any piccies) creations used in tanks

Lancia made a lot of V engines from 1919 on, though their first V4 was in

I reckon you can blame the V6 on Lancia, as before they made one none of the books reckoned it was possible balance-wise.

Ron Robinson

Bike.

Could be something to do with the 'big bang' firing configuration.

Dave Plowman (News) ( snipped-for-privacy@davenoise.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Can you IMAGINE the pushrod chaos of a 32 valve single-cam OHV v8?

I'm getting a nasty image of a V12 derived from the BMW/Bristol cross-pushrod straight-6. Or a Riley-derived V8, for that matter.

You'd be suprised at what you'll get for a grand.

I think you'll find the kicker is "insurable for a 19yo"...

much

Why, think about it, half the valves are doing the same thing at any moment in time...

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Dave Plowman (News)" saying something like:

From the Taunus, iirc, and reputedly a better lump. I suppose it bore the same relationship to the Cologne V6 as our V4 lump did to the Essex.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Andy Dingley saying something like:

The York was indeed a truly horrible engine. Looked good on paper, but needed a total rebuild every 80,000 miles.

And the difference were what between the Cologne V6 and the Essex V6 ?...