[AT] Rationale for firing orders

[BetCleve321 at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/22/2004 10:37:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
gwill at toast.net writes:
Don't the Harley cylinders have separate connecting rods?  Radial aircraft
engines have (usually) one master rod on the crank throw and all the others
fasten to it.

George Willer

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas O. Mehrkam" <tomehrkam at houston.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 8:53 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Rationale for firing orders


> The Harley is actually a two cylinder radial engine. Like an airplane
> engine with several pistons missing.
>
> BetCleve321 at aol.com wrote:
You absolutely correct George. That response above above was to a blurb I put 
on about HD cylinder spacing.

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