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Old 12-17-2015, 05:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Phill Pollard View Post
But I'll bet you've heard the term "odd-fire", right?

It's the same thing. Flat plane just sounds so much better than odd-fire. That and those that know odd-fires hate 'em because they are so unbalanced they'll shake your teeth out.

Odd-fire V-6's were real popular in GM cars. The 3.8L Buick engines were odd-fire engines. Although IIRC, they also made a even fire 3.8L.


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An odd fire V6 is not the same as a flat plane crank if that is what you are stating. An odd fire resulted from basically removing 2 of the cylinders off a V8 giving the engine an unbalanced firing order in regards to crank timing. In the Buick V6, they used a split crank to break up the crank timing by 15 degrees.
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