# Opposed engines **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [March 19, 2010, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/opposed-engines/46296 "2010-03-19T12:23:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![geo1975](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@geo1975](https://community.cartalk.com/u/geo1975)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/opposed-engines/46296/1 "2010-03-19T12:23:48Z")
Manufactures producing opposed engines,especialy in India ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 12:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/opposed-engines/46296/2 "2010-03-19T12:51:40Z")
I had one grunch, but the eggplant over there ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/opposed-engines/46296/3 "2010-03-19T13:41:11Z")
Labor surplus producing cheap textiles, especially in Indonesia ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/opposed-engines/46296/4 "2010-03-19T14:06:14Z")
[b][i]I Am Opposed To The Manufacture Of Almost All Engines, Especially Those Produced In India. As I’ve Always Said, Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue, I Like Peanut Butter. Can You Swim ?[/i][/b] ---
**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/opposed-engines/46296/5 "2010-03-19T14:08:08Z")
Agreed. Engines who oppose one other will never be in my vehicle. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/opposed-engines/46296/6 "2010-03-19T16:57:47Z")
Ferdinand (Porsche) must be rolling over in his grave. Tata folks! ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/opposed-engines/46296/7 "2010-03-19T19:32:16Z")
;-)) Good one, MB. ---
**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/opposed-engines/46296/8 "2010-03-19T22:15:54Z")
Eh ? Opposed engines ? As in tractor pull multi engine machines where they rotate in opposite directions to offset tourque ? English please. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/opposed-engines/46296/9 "2010-03-19T22:23:41Z")
Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![waterboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/waterboy/32/764_2.png) [@waterboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/waterboy)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/opposed-engines/46296/10 "2010-03-19T22:25:49Z")
Maybe opposed cylinders as in a BMW motorcycle? ---
**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/opposed-engines/46296/11 "2010-03-19T22:29:46Z")
It’s a political thing. Partisan politics at its worst. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/opposed-engines/46296/12 "2010-03-19T22:32:23Z")
“Maybe opposed cylinders as in a BMW motorcycle?” Gee! Ya think? Now why didn’t that possibility occur to everyone else? ;-)) ---
**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/opposed-engines/46296/13 "2010-03-19T22:33:24Z")
After eight hours do ya think the o.p. could return just once ? HEY GEO1975, YA OUT THERE SOMEWHERE ? ( knuckles knocking on my monitor screen, hand over eyebrows scanning the horizon. ) ---
**Author:** ![waterboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/waterboy/32/764_2.png) [@waterboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/waterboy)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/opposed-engines/46296/14 "2010-03-19T22:35:17Z")
Ya think? I think so but every time I think I do thinking gets me into trouble. I’m kinda new to this slam the poster thing. ---
**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/opposed-engines/46296/15 "2010-03-19T22:53:48Z")
Well yes but, Lycoming, Volkswagon, Corvair. Been there, done that. What could the o.p. possibly mean, and what point is attempted ? ---
**Author:** ![waterboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/waterboy/32/764_2.png) [@waterboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/waterboy)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/opposed-engines/46296/16 "2010-03-19T23:00:47Z")
I could ask how you feel about the 7th planet from the sun, as a whole, but oops never mind. ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/opposed-engines/46296/17 "2010-03-19T23:01:40Z")
[b][i] I Knew A Guy Once Who Replaced The Engine In His Car. The Car Was Not Only Opposed To It, But It Flat-Out Rejected It And Died Right There On The Side Of The Road In Indiana. Goes To Show Ya. . . No Matter Where You Go . . . There You Are ![/i][/b] ---
**Author:** ![waterboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/waterboy/32/764_2.png) [@waterboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/waterboy)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 11:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/opposed-engines/46296/18 "2010-03-19T23:04:07Z")
All roads lead to somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/opposed-engines/46296/19 "2010-03-19T23:43:42Z")
Can I quote you? ---
**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/opposed-engines/46296/20 "2010-03-20T00:08:56Z")
I am not opposed to opposed engines as much as I am opposed to opposed engine problems.