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Originally Posted by jcommin
Going back to my college days in the early 70's, I remember learning that the inline six is naturally balanced. 8 cylinder engines , straight or v designed are not - they need external balancers.
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That's true - inline sixes are the only engines that come up all zeros. Used to be about the most common engine made because of that. Packaging has kind of hurt it, though - it's just so darn long. Lots of crank twist in the more powerful ones, too.
Mercedes, however, have developed a new I-6, variants of which will power all of their cars in coming years. Everything old is new again...