On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Vern in Bend<vernmcintosh@eoni.com> wrote:
>> It's an EZ30 or EZ35 from a Legacy or Tribeca. Why Subaru decided on
>> "H" I dunno... Hs usually only have 4 legs. Maybe they got together
>> with VW's spindoctors and suffered from double-V-ision?
>>
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>
> H = Horizontal ?

Good thought, though I doubt it. I think Subaru's just trying to be
clever. What's wrong with "boxer"?

Orientation of the engine shouldn't have anything to do with
engine-layout; an inline engine runs along the axis of the vehicle; a
transverse engine lies across it; a flat engine has horizontal
cylinders (but could be a straight or so-called "inline" engine).

Unfortunately "inline" seems to have become the accepted term for
straight engines, causing confusion with inline engines (orientation).

Straight, vee,  boxer, double-V (what VW cleverly miscalls "W"),
radial... how about a double-boxer like the Napier Sabre used in
Hawker's WW2 aircraft?

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Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
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