Date:         Mon, 15 Feb 1999 20:50:29 -0800
Reply-To:     Austin <austins@IX.NETCOM.COM>
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From:         Austin <austins@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Subject:      Re: 2.1L Wasserboxer Power Rebuild
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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