At 03:01 PM 2/15/99 PST, you wrote: >Darrell, > >Before I took my case apart I was planning the engine. I talked with >Demello and others about counterweighting. One said to do it another said >not to... But, when I took my case apart I saw that my center journal had >been moving around some and the case had some fretting. I then talked to >Bob from Demello again and agreed that counter-weighting was necessary to >keep the crank from flexing. > >It balances the mass from the pistons rotating. Smooths out the engine. > >Plus, Why do High Performance engines have counterweight cranks? > > >Robert
At the risk of sounding like a real dummy; A) I look at the Bentley (13.52 & .53) & I sure see counterweights - not wedge shaped like a V-8, but still there!?!? B) how in heck would one counterweight the crank - add strips of steel by welding or drilling/tapping/screwing 'em on? (& balancing?) Austin |
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