From: snipeco.2@gmail.com   
      
   jojo  wrote:   
      
   > Sn!pe wrote:   
   > > jojo  wrote:   
   > > [...]   
   > >>>>> They're air-cooled flat-four boxer engines.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> boxer is a dog breed.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>> it's also a fighter   
   > >>   
   > >> its a sport, not a fighter.   
   > >   
   > > Have you never heard of the martial arts sport, Boxing?  People who box   
   > > are boxers.  They give their name to the engine because its pistons move   
   > > together like a boxer's gloved hands.  The engine is correctly called   
   > > 'horizontally opposed'.   
   > >   
   >   
   > i know boxing.. the pistons i thought moved up and down and not   
   > sideways.   
   >   
      
   There are many different engine configurations, e.g.: single; twin;   
   four-pot; straight 6; V8; W12; deltic; boxer; rotary; Wankel; etc.   
      
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