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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

The 30 cylinder engine was designed to produce the torque they needed at the speed they wanted.

It was designed with sufficient horsepower so that gears could select a torque necessary to maintain a speed. Horsepower (not torque) is always the relevant parameter.

As usual, due to too much emotion and insufficient knowledge, you again got it wrong.

4 cylinder engine can produce that same torque. But insufficient speed - due to insufficient horsepower. You also got that wrong.

Anyone not educated by hearsay (who can do simple multiplication) would know that. Only motors with sufficient horsepower can produce a torque at required speeds. Somehow that multiplication is just too hard - the routine expression from another lesser educated man called George Jr.

Meanwhile, that engine apparently had a very short life span due to its low performance numbers.