<VV> VV Boxer definitions

[JVHRoberts@aol.com]

The Corvair is a boxer as much as a Porsche flat six is a boxer. The Corvair 
engine definitely fits the generally accepted definition of a boxer engine.


In a message dated 3/7/2004 10:42:05 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
wilk@cellbio.wustl.edu writes:
>The real boxer has one crank pin per piston while in the V-at-180?ne two 
>pistons
>share the same crank pin.

I believe that the Corvair is not considered a boxer because opposing 
pistons do not "box," but reciprocate.  More like the Mohammed Ali style, 
perhaps, but not a true boxer, in which the center of mass of each opposing 
piston pair doesn't move.  Thus the requirement of a separate crank throw 
for each piston in a real boxer.

Bob Wilkinson
63 Convertible