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Anybody good and reliable people out there that does crank balancing with the tungsten plugs like Scott Bouchie used to do? I just checked with him and he's not doing it anymore.
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Thanks fellas, connected with Kent and shipping today.
Something did cross my mind however. I have owned quite a few hot rods (back in the Flintstones days) and had a lot of balancing done on cranks, equalizing weights on pistons and rods and so on. SO, how do you balance a crankshaft with only a single lobe? It's always going to be heavier on the lobe side isn't it? It's probably a simple answer but it escapes me
. Seems like you would have to add the weight of the piston, rod and needle bearings and hang on the crank pin to balance?
Something did cross my mind however. I have owned quite a few hot rods (back in the Flintstones days) and had a lot of balancing done on cranks, equalizing weights on pistons and rods and so on. SO, how do you balance a crankshaft with only a single lobe? It's always going to be heavier on the lobe side isn't it? It's probably a simple answer but it escapes me
. Seems like you would have to add the weight of the piston, rod and needle bearings and hang on the crank pin to balance?- Joined
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Mike,
Several years ago, I did the math on balance percentages on cranks that I new ran well. I had several conversations with Scott Bouchie (who was slugging cranks for us) and convinced him on changing what he did. His target was always balancing at 50% on any motor. I saw at this percentage was too much. Some of the larger displacement motors , this was actually twisting the motor cases. Also, found that the 91 VAC's should not be slugged. Saw some of those motors were ruined when slugged.
Stu
Several years ago, I did the math on balance percentages on cranks that I new ran well. I had several conversations with Scott Bouchie (who was slugging cranks for us) and convinced him on changing what he did. His target was always balancing at 50% on any motor. I saw at this percentage was too much. Some of the larger displacement motors , this was actually twisting the motor cases. Also, found that the 91 VAC's should not be slugged. Saw some of those motors were ruined when slugged.
Stu
