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Originally Posted by CanAutM3
However with that many cylinders, way more than one cylinder is pushing on the crank at any given time (250000 of them actually).
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In all modern automobile combustion engines only one cylinder fires at a time. So I was assuming the same for my hypothetical engine examples.
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Further, to evaluate torque, I don't think it is representative to measure instantaneous torque.
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Agree. But like I said, peak torque is still ultimately bounded by torque at any given instant, which in turn is a function of the force at that instant.
It's just like my last example. Sure you can get a lot more finger taps in than hammer swings over a given period of time. But you still never make any significant dents in the sheet metal.