A V-4?
giggle.
When I first read about these cars I was saying to myself, why in the heck would anyone try making a V-4 again?
It's inherently a bad design. Lots of strange harmonics and forces that can't be completely balanced out and can only be partially dampened.
Kinda like strapping two harley motors together and see which one shakes the other apart first.
I wondered how they could keep an engine like that alive for 24 hours.
A 90 degree V8 is inherently flawed but can work well if balanced and dampened well.
A 90 degree V6 is worse.
An inline six is sooooo much better from a balance and force and vibration standpoint, and a flat 6 is better than that.
An inline 4 is OK, a flat 4 is better, a V-4 just flat out sux from a vibration dynamics standpoint.
Can it be done? Sure can. Can it work? Yep, to a certain extent. Are there better designs out out there? Hundreds of them.
(I've got level 1 and level 2 vibration analysis certifications from Emerson/CSI. Level 1 and level 2 vibration analysis certifications from Entek/Rockwell Automation/IRD. Level 1, 2, and level 3 vibration analysis certifications from the Vibration Institute).
Unfortunately I doan have no certs in photography.
