Originally Posted by
1967brutus
OK? I had not expected that. Unusual to see even firing inline twins due to balancing problems generally requiring balancing shafts.
Anyway, I stand corrected...
Oh I wasn't correcting you.... I thought it was an odd fire as well until I read the review... well look at it this way... take the FA-300T, rotate both cylinders and crank journals up to 30 degrees of each other, reconfigure the cams and valve timing and voila, you have a 300Ti
Regarding balancing, if the crank, rods, and pistons are in balance, then you just have the dynamic in-balance from the power stroke ( rocking coupling ).... balance shafts on the 200Ti would have been quite something if they took it to that level... That would have been a true marvel in model engine engineering..
The Mitsubishi mighty max with the 2.6 4 cylinder had balance shafts, that was a nice little engine,