When it is powering a race car--with all the rumbling, vibrations,beating, and banging going on--it can sometimes be easy to forget thatthe engine is a precision piece of equipment. In the hands of ...

What is a balanced engine? Why do you want a balanced engine? An engine has uneven forces from rotational mass, reciprocating mass, and firing intervals. To balance the engine, we need to balance out ...

The topic was vibration—the unseen forces going to town inside any engine spinning deep into the rpm stratosphere, and the devices designed to keep those forces in check. First, it’s a damper ...