Engine Balancing – balancing pistons, rods and crank.

[obi_waynne]

The main areas for engine balancing. "A balanced article." We all know what happens when a wheel is fitted to a car without being balanced. At low speeds you do not notice it but at higher speeds noticeable vibrations start to appear. Inside an engine the rotational speeds typically reach 6-7000 rpm and, the higher […]

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[lostviking]

I knew an old guy (when I wasn't) who owned a Union gas station, and ran the Aliese (spell?) Race Team. Off road racing using VW's.

He rebuilt, stock components, a 1600. Blue printed it to the drawings and it would pull the front end off the ground in second gear.

Blue printing gives you the most you can get from a combination. Do it.

 

[HDi fun]

We should not assume that stock engines are not balanced.

 

[lostviking]

Nobody did, in fact I'm pretty sure they all are.

 

[TCJBOLDIE]

IMO all engines are balanced to some degree but you can have the rotating assembly dynamically balanced to much finer tolerances than a motor in a daily drive type car motor.