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#21835 08/27/2002 1:50 AM | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 78 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 78 | I am rebuilding my first motor and was wondering if I needed to have it balanced after I got the bottom end back together.I'm not going to be racing it but it is going to be a daily driver in a 66 chevy pickup. | | |
#21836 08/27/2002 4:55 AM | Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 23 Member | | Member Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 23 | Brady, find a local speed shop and have them do it
BEFORE you start putting it back together.... Part of the balancing process is weighing all of the individual parts and getting the individual parts weights the same (i.e. all the rods, all the pistons, etc.) | | |
#21837 08/28/2002 12:27 PM | Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 506 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 506 | Don't waste your money for a street daily driver. Save the money you would have spent balancing and buy some Fentons and Smithys. Think of all the years the engine ran without balancing.
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#21838 08/28/2002 10:07 PM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 12 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 12 | If you have it balanced the engine will last longer.
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