Engine assembly including crankshaft for V8 arrangement

An engine assembly comprising:

• an engine structure including an engine block defining a first bank of cylinders including four cylinders and a second bank of cylinders including four cylinders forming a V8 arrangement;
• and
• a crankshaft rotationally supported on the engine structure and including a first crank pin, a second crank pin rotationally offset from the first crank pin, a third crank pin rotationally offset from the first and second crank pins, a fourth crank pin rotationally offset from the first, second and third crank pins, a fifth crank pin rotationally offset from the first, second, third and fourth crank pins, a sixth crank pin rotationally offset from the first, second, third, fourth and fifth crank pins, a seventh crank pin rotationally aligned with the first crank pin, and an eighth crank pin rotationally aligned with the second crank pin.