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3 cylinder engines are very unbalanced. Wouldn't making the middle cylinder bigger improve the balance of the engine?

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[-] Just_Pizza_Crust@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

While this is largely impractical for most applications, it does bring to mind the GRX-R1000 which uses an uneven firing order.

Basically the idea is that with an engine more powerful than the motorcycle needs, having two cylinders firing close together can cause you to lose grip for just a fraction of a second, before having almost 180° to recover stability. Using this an experienced rider can feel when they're about to lose grip when riding through a corner at top speed, and make tiny adjustments to prevent a loss of control. Whereas with an even firing order, the loss of grip is more likely to continue evenly with the firing of each cylinder.

I think this could have some similar effect, but might offer up to 360° between bangs if it somehow managed to not blow itself up.

this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2023
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