On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 9:46 AM, pdooley <psdooley@verizon.net> wrote:
> There is apparently a rigid boxer definition in which the connecting rods
> cannot share crank journals.
> Most "V" engines share crank journals and are therefore not internally
> balanced.
> True boxers have separate journals and therefore paired pistons travel in
> opposite directions and balance forces.
>
> I just learned this myself. �I thought any 180 degree motor was a boxer.

Sounds like nonsense.

I guess then it's really a 180-degree split-inline.

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Andrew Grebneff
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