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Originally Posted by MikeSid View Post
Alright... try this on for size.

All boxer engines are horizontally opposed, but not all horizontally opposed engines are boxers.

Discuss.
The only other engine configuration that I can think of that could be described as horizontally opposed and isn't a boxer would be an opposed piston engine. It is similar to a boxer but the tops of the pistons face each other and it would have two crankshafts.
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