Originally Posted by air8

Does this add to any side loading of the piston? Like a full size v-6 or v-8. There is some loss on the simple fact that the rod and piston lay inside the bores. But an inline engine has less side loading going straight up and down. The Traxxas Revo always made me question this cause that engine is at a severe angle. Just wondering. But maybe that's just retarded on my part. LOL.