The engine is a standard 90 degree V8:
Engine layout:
-2-4-6-8
1-3-5-7-
My firing order:
1-8-5-4-7-2-3-6
The crank is "balanced" as far as having an opposing throw on the crank for every throw. I understand that the whole rotating assembly is not balanced to the second order and should have...
I am in the middle of designing a single plane V8 crankshaft and am trying to figure out how to determine what mass of a counterweight I need to have as to not wear the main bearings quickly.
Naturally a crankshaft of this type is "balanced" because the opposing side of the crankshaft cancels...
