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Old 08-03-2003, 09:10 PM
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Originally posted by 2strokebloke
SAAB switched from 3-cylinder 2-stroke power, to using 4-stroke V-4 engines in 1967, and kept the V-4 until 1979. German Ford used V-4 engines too.
But a V-4 (like most V engines) suffers from roughness and vibration, though counershafts can be used to solve this, but that makes it more complex than other layouts.
I knew we could rely on you to list the obscure cars with V4 engines
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