Hey, that's lateral thinking. I'm pretty sure that all radial engine
configurations have an odd number of cylinders per bank, so that means
that all numbers of cylinders up to and including 10 have been done on
an engine at some time. I can't think of any 11-cylinder radials off
hand, but I'd be happy to hear of one.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Palmer [SMTP:ctp@gbn.org]
> Sent: Wednesday 7 January 1998 12:40
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: 5 cylnder engines
>
> Maybe I'm just being a ninny, but I think there were 5 cyl radial
> airplane
> motors before...
> CTP
>
> At 7:17 AM -0800 1/6/98, John McEwen wrote:
> >Hello Adam:
> >
> >The first 5 cylinder engine - to my knowledge - was used in a racing
> Honda
> >motorcycle in the mid sixties. It was a 125cc engine which made use
> of the
> >components from Honda's 50cc machines. What was really interesting
> was
> >that the center cylinder exhaust pipe was routed back and over the
> engine
> >while the others when off to the sides.
> >
> >Audi has produced a 5 for many years now and Honda introduced one in
> the
> >early '90s. Mercedes has a 5 cylinder diesel. Volvo currently uses a
> 5. I
> >don't remember if there are any others, but I believe that the cycle
> Honda
> >was the first.
> >
> >John McEwen
> >
> >
> >>An stupid assingment from my auto shop teacher was to find if there
> where
> >>any 5 clynder cars around any body know where one might reside. Or
> if you
> >>want to draw one for me and make it look like somthing offical the
> journals
> >>would be 144 degrees apart and the firing order would be 1,4,5,3,2,
> >>Chip, Chip, Cheerio!
> >>Adam Schellinck
> >>1973 BRG MGB Roadster in 1 millon pieces and reassembeling!
> >>Btw anyone recived thier New Moss catolauge?
>
>
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