[AT] Rationale for firing orders

[Tom]

BetCleve321 at aol.com wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
> Skip

Of course to keep it topical, Listwise, the 30 series 4 cylinder
JD diesels had balance shafts...

Tom