Quote Originally Posted by claymore View Post
It has been 100% confirmed over and over and over again. Just look at any Jazz/Fit sites starting with the online HONDA manual or any of several sites and Hondas own specs. The "L" series engines are INTERNALLY BALANCED and the pulley and/or flywheel, or flex plate are NOT PART OF THE BALANCE PACKAGE you could run the "L" series engines WITHOUT A PULLEY OR FLYWHEEL if you could fix a snout starter to it. Where did you "confirm it 100%" for your "K" series do the same for the "L" and then maybe you will be convinced.
tsx.acurazine.org and k20a.org, both forums for the K-series. I know about the K, but not the L, that's why I don't dare to make a statement saying that the L does not rely on the pulley to be balanced. You're the L expert, if you say doesn't need the crank pulley, then I personally am inclined to believe that it shouldn't.