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1. [TR] the natural balance of straight six engines - why?? (score: 1): Author: Ted <triumph66@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 19:46:36 -0400; Found the below quote interesting. What makes a straight six or V12 naturally balanced vs. I4s, V6s, and V8s.? TL One car that has intrigued me for a while is the 1968 Triumph TR250 aka the TR5 outsi; /html/triumphs/2006-06/msg00020.html (8,107 bytes)
2. RE: [TR] the natural balance of straight six engines - why?? (score: 1): Author: "Biedermann, Frank (SSABSA)" <frank@ssabsa.sa.gov.au>; Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 09:58:45 +0930; Autozine Technical School has a reasonable write-up of how the number of cylinders and the packaging affects the balance... See: http://www.autozine.org/technical_school/tech_index.html#Engine and f; /html/triumphs/2006-06/msg00025.html (9,123 bytes)
3. Re: [TR] the natural balance of straight six engines - why?? (score: 1): Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@ispwest.com>; Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 06:18:57 -0400; http://www.autozine.org/technical_school/engine/smooth3.htm Pay particular attention to this image: http://www.autozine.org/technical_school/engine/smooth_6cylinder.jpg == This list supported in part; /html/triumphs/2006-06/msg00039.html (8,036 bytes)
4. Re: [TR] the natural balance of straight six engines - why?? (score: 1): Author: Dave1massey@cs.com; Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 14:10:11 EDT; He's blowing smoke. Inline fours have a single plane crank whereas the rest of the ones listed do not. Also, early V6's were V8's with two cylinders lopped off. This resulted in an uneven firing patt; /html/triumphs/2006-06/msg00044.html (8,305 bytes)
5. RE: [TR] the natural balance of straight six engines - why?? (score: 1): Author: "Mark Hooper" <mhooper@digiscreen.ca>; Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 14:30:01 -0400; Perhaps if I show that picture to my rough-idling TR6 it will suddenly become perfectly smooth... Mark 1972 TR6 http://www.autozine.org/technical_school/engine/smooth3.htm Pay particular attention to; /html/triumphs/2006-06/msg00045.html (8,483 bytes)
6. RE: [TR] the natural balance of straight six engines - why?? (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 13:47:25 -0700; I disagree, Dave. The 'unbalance' is not in the firing order, but in the vibration caused by the reciprocating components. The "balance shafts" present in most modern engines not of the in-line 6 va; /html/triumphs/2006-06/msg00048.html (8,423 bytes)
7. Re: [TR] the natural balance of straight six engines - why?? (score: 1): Author: Dave1massey@cs.com; Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 13:37:56 EDT; Then why is the V6 in my Taurus a smoother engine than the inline 6 in my TR6? (and there is no hint of a balance shaft in the OHC engine in a 97 Taurus) Of course the answer is that balancing the ro; /html/triumphs/2006-06/msg00073.html (9,026 bytes)
8. RE: [TR] the natural balance of straight six engines - why?? (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 10:58:17 -0700; I would guess it has more to do with Ford doing a better job of tuning the mounts and so on than Triumph did (especially 30 years later when Triumph motor mounts come from who knows where). Or perha; /html/triumphs/2006-06/msg00075.html (10,038 bytes)
9. Re: [TR] the natural balance of straight six engines - why?? (score: 1): Author: Dave1massey@cs.com; Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 14:11:40 EDT; Back to the original context the comment was made by someone selling a TR6 on Ebay. I agree, all things being equal an inline six will be smoother (if the website is to be believed and I see no reaso; /html/triumphs/2006-06/msg00077.html (9,109 bytes)
10. RE: [TR] the natural balance of straight six engines - why?? (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 14:19:54 -0700; Ok, in that context, I agree it's BS. I find it hard to take anything on eBay seriously, especially after one seller assured me his disc rotors would fit my TR2. Randall == This list supported in pa; /html/triumphs/2006-06/msg00087.html (8,678 bytes)
11. Re: [TR] the natural balance of straight six engines - why?? (score: 1): Author: Dave1massey@cs.com; Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 18:57:52 EDT; I'm sure he meant the rears. Dave == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org; /html/triumphs/2006-06/msg00099.html (8,371 bytes)

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