[AT] Rationale for firing orders

[BetCleve321 at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/23/2004 4:51:11 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
falcon at telenet.net writes:
Yep, But they finally got smart and beefed up the crank. The 225 and odd
fire 231s used common throw cranks, the early even fires were known for
breaking cranks. But they didn't get much smoother till they used the
countershaft.

Steve
The countershaft came later, in late 4.3 liter,262ci., V6 engines. 
Interesting thread.

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