cost of balance?
04-14-2009, 11:22 AM
#11
Senior Member
RACING JUNKIE
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Sugar Hill, GA
Posts: 1,365
Originally Posted by zipper06
The big problem in todays world is that almost no one balances an engine any more, since pistons are within a couple grams and rods are within a couple grams, most of the companys only balance the crank shafts, useing the nominal weights of the rods and pistons, there fore the cheap $100.00/$150.00 balance jobs. A few yrs ago i bought a rotating assy from Shafiroff, and crank and rods came from them and the pistons were drop shipped from JE. Pretty good indication that they only balanced the crank shaft.
JMO
Zip.
JMO
Zip.
Agree with Zip on what the industry is doing. I bought my own scale and fixture and take a sheet of paper to a balancer telling him what the bob weight is. That way I know I am balanced within 1/10 of a gram. It takes time, but it is worth it.
Dave
PS Only $150 to balance the crank to my spec
