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Technical Engine Balancing question

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Budget36, Mar 12, 2020.

  1. Boneyard51
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    The other thing that I can’t wrap my head around , on balancing, is the the weight of the piston and rod have different effects on the crank at different degrees of rotation. What I mean they would have more “ leverage” so to speak, at 90degrees as apposed to straight up 0 degrees. Between 330 degrees and 30 degrees the crank really doesn’t know the piston is there, but at 75 to 105 degrees the piston is very heavy! And then at about 165 degrees to 195 degrees it gets light again , and repeats this senerio again and again! How do you “ balance “ that? I just don’t get it! That and why having a vee shaped engine changes things as opposed to an inline engine!









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  2. ive seen engines that had different sized overbored cyls. Maybe one would be bored .020 and the next .040. And I think Squirrels Hudson had one cyl overbored larger than the remainder? And it wasn't apparent that the engine was most likely out of balance until it was torn down. I agree a high RPM engine not balanced will fly apart.
     
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