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Nov 26, 2018 | 12:43 AM

Jmudweiser

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Balancing..

Is balancing recommended when rebuilding a 7.3?
its .20 over w all OEM parts. Stock forged rods have been cryotreated, and I’m installing a main girdle. Building for over 600hp, but plan on just having 4-450 hp. with 205/30 injectors.

Nov 26, 2018 | 01:45 AM

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Any engine worth rebuilding is worth balancing. I would not even hesitate balancing any engine that has any new components.

Nov 26, 2018 | 10:58 AM

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Ok cool. Thank you!

Nov 26, 2018 | 11:33 AM

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Normally I'd say the same thing, but with a big diesel that barely turns 3k RPM's I might weigh the costs vs the benefit.

Nov 26, 2018 | 12:17 PM

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And part of the issue I found was finding a balancing shop that had the weight required to do it.

Nov 26, 2018 | 12:49 PM

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Those are concerns my machine shop pointed out, low rpm, and they needed to make weights.

Nov 26, 2018 | 12:51 PM

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And part of the issue I found was finding a balancing shop that had the weight required to do it.

I couldn't even find one to do a simple align hone of the block's crank journals in my neck of the woods. Ended up shipping the whole ****show to Swamps in TN. Once there, it got about all the machining one can do on a 7.3 and balanced

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Nov 26, 2018 | 06:09 PM

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Depending on how crafty you are, you could get a scale and grind material off each piston and rod until it's as light as the lightest one. That's the cheap out.

I borrowed a scale and that's the "out" I took.