[Shotimes] M3 vs. GSX part 2 (long)

[BJamesjr@aol.com]

I spotted my 97 Helms manual on the bookshelf so I did a bit of looking.  The 
manual clearly shows offset crank journals on the V8 crankshaft.  I can't 
tell if they offset them enough to even out the firing pulses or not.  I 
thought I remembered that GM offset the crank journals on some of their 90 
degree V6's to help with this.

Also I found a diagram of the front of the engine that would lead me to 
believe that the balance shaft turns at crankshaft speed.  The only diagrams 
I can find that show part of the balance shaft basically show a shaft with an 
eccentric weight on it, sort of like a camshaft with a single very long lobe 
on it.