8 cycling 4 stroke?

[Shannen Durphey]

bruce plecan wrote:

> In the new Sport Compact Car (Apr 98) they memtion, big
> cammed V-8 engines, only firing every other compression
> stroke, at idle !!.
>   Can any one comfirm this?.
>   I've had some big cammed motors, on various scopes
> but I've never seen a cylinder fire every other time.  May
> be I missed something here.  I've seen short burn times,
> and erratic firing voltages, but firing every other compression
> stroke, that doesn't seem likely.
>   Bruce

  I've seen pictures of V8 race cranks with the rod journals on the
same plane.  I think they call these 180 degree cranks.   Depending
on the cam, these engines could fire the cylinders on every other
stroke.  It would be something like an eight piston, 4cylinder
Harley Davidson.

Shannen