vandor wrote:timinator wrote:Engines are balanced as an assembly. ...
The Guy Croft book states, and what I have seen indicates that on Fiat engines each item is balanced indipendently. This is not true for most cars.
Of course when one takes their parts in to have them balance it is easier to balance them as a unit.
All factories have design weigh tolerances for their rotating assemblies parts.
You don't think that I mean the pistons and rods are hung on the crank and then bolted in the block to be balanced do you?
I personally have never had a manual trans engine balanced without taking in the front pulley or balancer, flywheel, and clutch cover. Or in the case of an auto trans, the flexplate. Haven't found anyone that wanted the converter.
