<VV> Rod caps and balancing

[Louis Armer]

Damn Cliff.................I didn't know your 140 was SUPERCHARGED !!! <GGG>

FrontMan
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At 06:08 PM 6/11/2008, you wrote:
>Eric makes a good point, except he is mistaken about the rods on a Corvair.
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>The big ends do not travel together.  Each connecting rod has its own
>journal on the crankshaft and the paired rods actually travel in opposite
>directions.  When #1 is at TDC for compression, #2 is also at TDC for
>exhaust. #5 and #6 will both be at BDC and #3 and #4 will be somewhere in
>between.
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>My blown 140 is sitting on the bench and I just looked to confirm my
>suspicions.
>......................................................................................
>Cliff Tibbitts
>Lexington, KY
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