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I'm sick of balancing this engine...

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Old 02-13-2013, 09:30 AM
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Call Coast and ask to speak to Mr. O'neil.
Only speak to him.
PM me for more info.............
he's the one who shafted my customer
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Old 02-13-2013, 10:47 PM
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Duncan I've been away for awhile but last I remember you had your motor on the rotisserie putting the harmonic dampener on. What have you gotten yourself into now?
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Old 02-13-2013, 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by 89fiveeight
Duncan I've been away for awhile but last I remember you had your motor on the rotisserie putting the harmonic dampener on. What have you gotten yourself into now?
Lawlz. This is what happens when you start to second guess yourself at the end of your build. When I originally bought my rotating assembly, they told me it was already balanced to 28oz. Very long story short, it wasn't balanced, and I'll be damned if I know still don't know what balance its supposed to have. I'm pretty sure they sent me an unbalanced crank that was supposed to be internally balanced.

Anyways, switching up the build before I get it all put back together. Gotta squeeze a little bit more potential out

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Old 02-14-2013, 07:17 AM
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Haha sounds like fun. Better safe than sorry though! Woulda sucked to fire that thing up and then realize she's unbalanced
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Old 02-14-2013, 07:18 PM
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Key point dont order anything balanced its too iffy! hit n miss!
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Old 02-15-2013, 12:39 AM
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Originally Posted by 89fiveeight
Haha sounds like fun. Better safe than sorry though! Woulda sucked to fire that thing up and then realize she's unbalanced
I would have had a bad day. Lol. Oh well, live and learn, gives me a reason to spend more money
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Old 02-15-2013, 01:36 AM
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I would think that a good balance shop would be able to tell what the balance on everything is.
If the first shop don't know how to tell just find another one......
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Old 02-15-2013, 06:49 AM
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I would have had a bad day. Lol. Oh well, live and learn, gives me a reason to spend more money
which is one of the reasons why you spend time checking and rechecking things on a build/assembly
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Old 02-15-2013, 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by tinman
I would think that a good balance shop would be able to tell what the balance on everything is.
If the first shop don't know how to tell just find another one......
Their machinery made it look like the crank needed to be a 50oz. He said he spun it all up without the flywheel/damper and it was a hell of a lot better. He said its best to go internal with it but it'll require mallory
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I'd internal if I were to do it over agian on my 352......
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