Production Implementations
Other manufacturers having produced engines with one or two balance shafts include:
- Alfa Romeo 2.0L four-cylinder, as fitted to the Alfa Romeo 156
- BMW K75 motorcycle
- Chrysler - K engine 2.4 L and 2.5 L Neon engine
- Ford Modular engine V10
- Ford Taunus V4 engine
- General Motors
- Buick 3800 V6
- GM Atlas engine four- and five-cylinder engines (two balance shafts)
- GM Quad-4 engine, as used in the 1995 Pontiac Sunfire
- Ecotec Family II
- GM Vortec engine V-6 (single balance shaft)Ecotec
- Medium Gasoline Engine
- Honda 2.2 L (F22) four-cylinder engine
- Honda Honda CBR1100XX motorcycle (1997)
- Honda Honda CRF450 motorcycle
- Kawasaki Kawasaki Z440LTD
- Kawasaki Kawasaki_ZX-14 & Kawasaki_1400GTR (aka Concours 14) motorcycles (same powerplant)
- Mazda's 2.3L MZR engine (two balance shafts)
- Mercedes-Benz M112 and M272 V-6 engines
- Mitsubishi 'Astron' engine
- Nissan 2.5L (QR25DE) four-cylinder engine
- Porsche 2.5L, 2.7L and 3.0L inline four-cylinder engines
- Subaru EF engine
- Tata Nano
- Toyota 2.4L (2AZ-FE), 2.5L (2AR-FE), 2.7L (1AR-FE) 3.0l 7mge 7mgte
- Saab H engine
- Volvo B234F, B204GT and B204FT (four-cylinder, two balance shafts, 16V-head, used in 700 and 900 series)
- VW AG BHW 2.0L turbodiesel (Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda) (4-cyl, W8 engine, two balance shafts, chain or gear drives)
Numerous motorcycle engines, particularly parallel twins and larger single-cylinder engines have employed balance shaft systems as well. Other systems used in place of balance shafts include a "dummy connecting rod" in Ducati Supermono engines and hinged counterweights on the crank as used in BMW F800 motorcycles.
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