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oldblue

Yes, these engines are common throughout the history.

They are designed with a crankshaft capable of handling the entire power output of course. They are in no sense of the word "Two engines bolted together"

Individual cylinder construction was common years ago also, where each cylinder was independent of actuating gear, cooling etc. of the others. They always share the same crankshaft and that crankshaft is designed to bear the entire power output of all the cylinders.

There is a poster that INSISTS he saw two V-8's bolted together which is of course, an exercise in stupidity...engineering-wise.

They tried it at the dragstrips and blew them sky high...lol...lol

Back yard engineers come up with a lot of goofy stuff.

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