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On 1 Mar 2005 at 20:24, Jim Showker wrote: > Did anyone else notice that the little VW motor running in > > http://www.aussieveedubbers.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=35431 > > is wrong? It shows the 2 & 4 pistons going back and forth as if they were > on the same journal, not moving in opposition to each other as they would in > a real engine. > > Jeez, you know your a hopeless gearhead when you notice stuff like that. Yeah, I noticed it, too. ;-p Beautiful little animation: I even copied it for future use and wondered how one could make a type 3 version and correct that error. I noticed also that the valves & rockers move, but the pushrods and lifters don't. It also looks like there is a cam lobe there that should be going around but isn't. Of course the artist could always claim that the two cutaway sides of the engine were cut to different depths (which they have to be anyway) but I would still argue that this animation gives the wrong impression. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~