[TR] Fwd: Engine rotation

[Dave Massey]

 I forgot.  It is common practice in dual engined boats to run the engines in
opposite directions.  I guess this cancels out the reaction torque from the
props.  All you need do is to swap out the camshaft, the distributor, the oil
pump and the water pump.



Dave Massey






-----Original Message-----
From: Dave1massey <Dave1massey at cs.com>
To: triumphs <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wed, Jul 3, 2013 7:00 am
Subject: Re: [TR] Engine rotation


If a tree falls in a forest...

I heard told, once, that Renault had an engine they used in both rear engine
and mid engine application.  It rotated in the opposite direction in the two
applications.

I also heard about a boat engine (this was back in the internal combustion
engine was in its infancy) that had a provision of indexing the camshaft so
you can run the engine backwards for reversing the boat.

I rank these up there with other urban myths.

Dave

In a message dated 7/2/2013 8:07:34 PM Central Daylight Time,
mmarr at notwires.com writes:

Haha! But, are there any auto engines that rotate counter-clockwise?

Mike

>
>It rotates the same, no matter where you stand.