HEY ALL,
I'M GOING TO CHECK MY 292 CRANKSHAFT MAIN AND ROD JOURNALS TOMORROW AT WORK AND I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT I SHOULD DO IF IT NEEDS TO BE GROUND. I WOULD LIKE TO SEND THIS CRANKSHAFT OUT AND HAVE IT GROUND AND BALANCED. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT I CAN BUY ONE ALREADY GROUND, BUT NOT BALANCED. SEEINGS HOW I WANT TO MAKE THIS A PERFOMANCE ENGINE(WITHIN REASON THAT IS)I THINK ANYTHING THAT HAS METAL GROUND FROM IT SHOULD BE BALANCED AFTERWARDS. AM I BEING TOO PARTICULAR FOR THIS APPLICATION?
ANOTHER QUESION: IF IT TURNS OUT THAT MY CRANKSHAFT IS WITHIN SPECS., IS IT SAFE TO SAY THAT GM DID ITS JOB IN BALANCING IT AT THE FACTORY?
THANKS GUYS,
BO