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Guestion about balancing my engine

Old 08-02-2010, 05:28 PM
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Question Guestion about balancing my engine

ive got a 94 z28 just had the engine rebuild. it now has srp 2 valve relief pistons that are 30 over and eagle i beam rods with total seal rings. and the crank turned 20/20. ok heres the question ...the machine shop that done the work dint balace my motor ..they said i dint tell them to ..do i need to be worried about if messing up or should my parts that i used for the rebuild be close to stock balance ? the motor has a cc306 cam and c/r of about 11.5 or more .... its not a race car but i do want to run it hard when i need to take out that mustang thats talkin **** ...lol...it will (maybe if the engines ok) see nitrous...thanks
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Old 08-02-2010, 05:32 PM
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Oh boy...I don't even know where to start.

If you want the motor to last, it needs to be balanced.
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Old 08-02-2010, 05:49 PM
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when you take it back apart to have it balanced you should take it to a different shop that knows what they are doing
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Old 08-02-2010, 06:05 PM
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ya i agree 100 % but its already in and its running very strong for now , its took me almost a year to get this thing going i dont have the time or money to have it redone ....ticking time bomb ...just my luck
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Old 08-02-2010, 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by dangalla
when you take it back apart to have it balanced you should take it to a different shop that knows what they are doing
Please!

I cannot believe that the shop did not inform you that balancing was necessary when changing all those components. Sounds like some cob-it-together hack shop that you should never go back to.
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Old 08-02-2010, 09:48 PM
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trust me i wont be back.im gonna call them tomorro and let them no that they wont get away with doin me like that i will ruin theyre buisness ...just hope it holds together till winter time
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Old 08-03-2010, 08:07 PM
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Well....I wouldn't go so far as to threaten to ruin their business.
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Old 08-04-2010, 05:34 PM
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no just my buisness and all my friends , which is a lot of ppl ....it may be ok for a while im just gonna wait and see what happends
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Old 08-04-2010, 06:19 PM
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might put a good balancer on it, if you havent already..
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Old 08-04-2010, 06:26 PM
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Does it shake or vibrate noticeably?
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Old 08-04-2010, 07:46 PM
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the vibration is noticable but its not that bad , and if i were to try a balancer which one would be best?
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An aftermarket balancer won't really help all that much at this point.
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Old 08-04-2010, 10:37 PM
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if it has a noticeable vibration, a balancer isnt gonna help..

you really need to tear it apart and get the crankshaft balanced..

an unbalanced engine puts a lot of unneeded force on bearings.. not to mention it can prematurely wear about every component in an engine...
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