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Old 04-21-2021, 10:04 AM   #86
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Default Re: The new Burtz Mosel A engine

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Originally Posted by JOHNCL View Post
Secondary imbalance forces increase with the square of rpm. Counter-rotating balance shafts are essential in modern I-4 engines with short-stroke, higher-rpm architectures. Less so in a Model A engine's long-stroke, lower rpm world. There, piston speed becomes prodigious before the secondary imbalance forces become intolerable.
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