Originally posted by 1stGenCRXer
...The reason that they are usually torquey engines is because they are normally set to operate as two seperate 2 cylinder engines sharing the same crank, that is, about every 180 degrees the engine is experiencing 2 simultaneous power strokes on a much more compact crank, which helps to reduce the amount of power needed to accelerate the engine mass, and allows more power to be used by the gear box...
So two cylinders are firing at the same time?
