Engine Balance
09-20-2007, 03:12 PM
#1
1st Gear Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 112
Engine Balance
What should be balanced in the shortblock? I'm assuming pistons, rods, crank, harmonic balencer and the flex plate. Also I was wondering if the rods pistons and crank are new can I reuse my old flexplate and harmonic balancer or do I have to get new ones? The reason I am asking is I'm looking at the summit racing 306 kit and its not balanced but the pistons and rods are weight matched and I wanted to know what I should do before installing this in my block.
09-20-2007, 04:15 PM
#3
6th Gear Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Citrus County, FL
Posts: 8,007
RE: Engine Balance
and if your old balancer looks like its seen better days you should replace it. really, if you have the funds its a good idea to go ahead and buy a new one with your new motor anyways - but as long as the teeth are good on your flywheel you can use that no problem
09-20-2007, 11:38 PM
#4
5th Gear Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Ohio USA
Posts: 4,616
RE: Engine Balance
ORIGINAL: skielk
What should be balanced in the shortblock? I'm assuming pistons, rods, crank, harmonic balencer and the flex plate. Also I was wondering if the rods pistons and crank are new can I reuse my old flexplate and harmonic balancer or do I have to get new ones? The reason I am asking is I'm looking at the summit racing 306 kit and its not balanced but the pistons and rods are weight matched and I wanted to know what I should do before installing this in my block.
What should be balanced in the shortblock? I'm assuming pistons, rods, crank, harmonic balencer and the flex plate. Also I was wondering if the rods pistons and crank are new can I reuse my old flexplate and harmonic balancer or do I have to get new ones? The reason I am asking is I'm looking at the summit racing 306 kit and its not balanced but the pistons and rods are weight matched and I wanted to know what I should do before installing this in my block.
09-21-2007, 08:24 AM
#5
1st Gear Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 112
RE: Engine Balance
My goal is just to have a running car again. The problem right now is my piston rings are gone. Also when I bought the car my rear crankshaft seal and front crankshaft seal started to leak. When I went to change the front seal there was a crack in the harmonic balencer so I don't know what kind of damage that did to the crank shaft. I'm looking into other options but the summit kit was what I was leaning toward.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
AmericanMuscle4.6GT
2005-2014 Mustangs
7
11-10-2015 02:06 PM
tj@steeda
Steeda Autosports
0
09-08-2015 11:50 AM