Balance and Smoothness
The inline-four engine is much smoother than one-, two-, and three-cylinder engines, and this has resulted in it becoming the engine of choice for most economy cars, although it can be found in some sports cars as well. However, the inline-four is not a fully balanced configuration.
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Famous quotes containing the words balance and, balance and/or smoothness:
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—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Genius has infused itself into nature. It indicates itself by a small excess of good, a small balance in brute facts always favorable to the side of reason.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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That turns earth’s smoothness rough,
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—Robert Browning (1812–1889)