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Old May 12, 2004 | 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by RB
yeah thats what I was thinking.
It's a vibration thing. If you fire 1,3 and 2,4 the engine will want to rotate as the pistons move up and down, whereas if you fire 1,4 and 2,3 the engine is balanced symmetrically.
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