Yep, those balance shafts make the engine as smooth as a sewing machine in the street car version. The nice thing about going to the trouble of doing balance shafts is that you dont have to deal with a balancer out on the end of the crank. We don't care if it shakes a little - even without the shafts its still way smoother than any other Midget engine.

As far as Montpelier goes, we intend for this engine to be fully competitive at ANY short track with ANY club. We already have several top 5's out here with the Stage I engine and we expect to gather wins with Stage II. I'm kind of looking for somebody I can work with out in the midwest so pass the word.