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Originally Posted by red 928
n inline engine is easier to balance is is inherently smoother.
The old inline 8s and 12s were so smooth they idled at 450 rpm and you could barely feel any vibration at all as they spooled up.
Silky.
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Yes, for sure.
A friend of mine, Don Carr, owned this Deusenberg J-476. I didn't have a lot to do with the car other than helping him strip the fenders using a heat gun. But, to the point, it idled so low and so quietly that, sitting in the shop idling, it was just background noise, like a window fan or something.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DHJantaJdfu/
Don was quite a character, and he drove the wheels off of his Deusy. He bought my '64 Porsche coupe to drive when the Deusy was down for repairs. Don smoked unfiltered Camels and kept them in a silver cigarette case. It would take him 5 minutes to unpack the cigarettes and load them into the case. Then he would pull one out and tap it against the case 4 or five times before lighting it with a well-worn Zippo. You don't want to know how long it took him to re-fuel the Zippo. His business card had a photo of a toilet and the logo "Honest Carr's Used Johns."