Re: LRO: RE: RE: Engine Balancing

From: Ian Stuart (Ian.Stuart@ed.ac.uk)
Date: Thu Apr 05 2001 - 08:03:19 EDT

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    On Wednesday 04 April 2001 7:28 pm, you wrote:
    > What I am thinking of doing is to go with the ACR manufactured
    > upper end (head, cam)and a 2bbl carb and intake. From ACR's web
    > site this can result in 20-25 extra hp and 30 lbs torque.
    > I have some noise in the lower end, and oil pressure is 35, when
    > hot and driving 30mph down the road....drops down to 32ish at idle.
    > Rear main is leaking (yes I should have just gone and swapped it
    > out when the tranny was rebuilt). So am going to do a total
    > rebuild. Just wonder if getting the thing balanced would be a good
    > idea given the increase in power and to improve longevity.

    It certainly will!

    Roland (the guy from Automotive) does this to all his own engines..

    (He also runs a SII with Parabolic and all the engine tweeks going :)

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