On Thursday 05 April 2001 9:20 pm, you wrote:
> Balancing only means that the pistons, con rods and crankshaft will
> be checked to see if they are within 1-2 grams of one another. The
> crank gets spun and checked for harmonic imbalance.
> All this is to help when she spins up to high rpms. At lower, like
> 3K and below, the forces aren't all that great to necessitate the
> effort.
This is true,
However (you knew this was coming, didn't you :), when you want to
accelerate, a balanced engine will pick up quicker, and settle down
quicker.
It will also tick-over more smoothly (and quietly)
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