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Re: Engine Balancing

To: Terry Smith <terryrs@adelphia.net>
Subject: Re: Engine Balancing
From: Peter Fullam <pfullam@nycap.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 17:16:10 -0400
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
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Terry

Unless your machine shop charges all outdoors for a balance job, I would 
definitely do it. The engine will be noticeably quieter and smoother. I 
had mine balanced and it made a world of difference. From 3700 to 5000 
rpm it feels like an electric motor.

If not now, when?

Cheers

 Pete Fullam
63 TR4
CT19207LO

Terry Smith wrote:

>Hello, everyone.  Before I begin assembling my engine parts, I have one last
>question.  The machine shop has done my crank, head, block, and piston rods,
>meaning cleaned, decked, installed bearings and bushes, hardened seats, and
>put in the valves, etc.
>
>But I didn't ask them to balance anything.  I never have in the past balanced
>an engine, and they ran seemingly fine.  Is this a must?
>
>Terry Smith
>'59 TR3A (Off the frame and in pieces, but the engine is ready for assembly
>and installation with a rebuilt OD A type on a rebuilt suspension!)





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