Anyone know why one should balance pistons separate from pins??
If the set I have are within .8g, could I not simply remove some of the piston and pin material and make the one piston/pin set within .5g to the others?
This has me curious...
Anyone know why one should balance pistons separate from pins??
If the set I have are within .8g, could I not simply remove some of the piston and pin material and make the one piston/pin set within .5g to the others?
This has me curious...
Balancing an engine is extremely crucial for maximum efficiency and smoothness. A half a gram doesn't seem like much but sling it back and forth 7000 times in a minute and it ends up becoming LOTS of weight. http://www.hotrod.com/how-to/engine/...ine-balancing/
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never heard the need for this. If you were to weigh each pin and determine they are all dead equal, you could just mix and match to balanced pistons.
Otherwise:
keep the pin/piston/rings & retainer clips together per bore installed, and remove material from the piston skirts/meatey area under the pins of the heavier ones to achieve within .5g each.
Same with the rods/bearings.
Try not to attach the furthest out of pistons and rods - use a paper to write down results, and combine rod weights with piston weights to get the best stacked weight combination.
Time spent on this makes the difference of a good engine and an awesome freaky good one
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