"Steve Grauman" > wrote in message
...
> >Smoothness is all down to the movement of the pistons relative to each
> >other. They need to fire in a sequence such that their momentum
> >relative to each other balances out.
>
> I'm having a fit of dumb**** and not following. I'm well aware of how the
> standard combustion driven engine operates but I'm not sure as to how a
> 4-cylinder with a 1-2-3-4 firing order could be any more or less smooth
than
> one with a 1-3-4-2 firing order, or any other variation. Beyond that, I've
> ridden in a W12 Pheaton and found it to be quite smooth, so I find Ghee's
> claims (as usual) to be obnoxious.

why are my claims obnoxious because you disagree with them??