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From: jgoss@gaia.torolab.ibm.com (Jeff Goss)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Re: V4 V6 V8 V12 Vx?
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In-Reply-To: joes@telxon.mis.telxon.com's message of Fri, 23 Apr 1993 17:28:24 GMT

In article <1993Apr23.172824.17128@telxon.mis.telxon.com> joes@telxon.mis.telxon.com (Joe Staudt) writes:


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> From: joes@telxon.mis.telxon.com (Joe Staudt)
> Organization: TELXON Corporation
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> In article <1r8ufk$fr7@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. 
> Spencer) writes:
> >
> >In a previous article, finnegan@nrlssc.navy.mil () says:
> >
> >>In article <Apr22.202724.24131@engr.washington.edu>
> >>eliot@stalfos.engr.washington.edu (eliot) writes:
> >>>
> >>>the subarus all use 180 degree vees in their engines..  :-)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>eliot
> >>
> >>Wouldn't that make them an I4?  Or would they 
> >>really be an _4 (henceforth referred to as
> >>"underscore 4")?
> >
> >i think that it is technicaly known as a 180 degree vee configuration.
> >(could be wrong....this is how i've seen them referred to)
> >DREW
> 
> I've always heard them referred to "horizontally opposed"...
> 
> Joe
> 

Kinda dull - I've always liked 'boxer' - Subarus can use this, as does
Porche 911 and BMW twins (that's a motorcycle for you with 2 too many 
wheels).
Jeff Goss
