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Firing Order

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The Honda Insight order is 1-3-2. (Pretty sure.)

It's notable that the Insight 3-banger lacks a balance shaft, but pulses the concentric electric motor to act like a balance shaft at low RPM. It still shakes like crazy at idle. I don't think the Elio engine has a balance shaft so I wonder what they will do about the 3-cylinder rocking.
 
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You are correct GPA. Except they are smooth, IF the rear rubber motor mount isn't broken . (Weak point)
They use impulses from the IMA system to balance at idle.
 

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Pretty sure it couldn't be anything but 1 - 3 - 2, I think there is a bunch of physics laws and centrifugal force thingymabobs that dictate that.
 

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Henry Ford only built 4 cylinder and 8 cylinder cars as he didn't believe you could equally divide 360 degrees by 6. Ford never built a 6 cylinder engine until after Henry was gone.
 

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He also didn't believe cars should be any color other than black.
Sometimes people believe crazy things.

I believe robots are going to take over the world and kill us all...


Though I might have seen that in a movie.
 
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