[AT] Rationale for firing orders

[Steve W.]

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

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Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 3:28 PM
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> In a message dated 3/23/2004 11:51:34 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> falcon at telenet.net writes:
> GM tried to do
> something about that with the even fire 231s, using a split throw
crank
> and special damper. It didn't work very well and made the crank weak.
>
>
> Steve Williams
> All production 90 deg. V 6s are done that way now. Even V 10s
>
> Skip
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