Quote Originally Posted by JD525IA
Could be wrong.....

the crankshaft on an inline 6 has to be twice as long as a v6, and almost twice as long as a v8, thus people say that the power takes longer to build up in it. however, the power "feature" in an inline 6 is that the power builds up more "linearly", ie more smoothly and that he engine offers much less vibration than the v-configurations.