Aidan's loose oily bunghole actually runs a track lap
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Fuckit. I'm running ebay rods. Line boring is for pussies.
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Annnd scope is creeping. We're quickly approaching and passing the $5k budget.
Is the crank pulley needed for balancing? I'm really not sure about the balancing. I personally think its a waste of money.
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Don't really care about cool. As of know I'll plan to skip it. This is still supposed to be a budget build.
Knock that and the damper off for now.
Damper can be added later when I turn up the boost on track.
Brings the budget back down to where I wanted to be.
Knock that and the damper off for now.
Damper can be added later when I turn up the boost on track.
Brings the budget back down to where I wanted to be.
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I'd do the balancing, I did it on my current motor, one of the best things I did while it was apart. I'll never skip balancing a I4 again. Installing not-stock rods and pistons will mess up the balance so it's going to vibrate if you don't do it. Granted I did that many times and it worked, but it is wayyyy smoother now that it's balanced. That means less loading on the bottom end as well, which would be good for a motor you plan to track. I'd skip powder coating and do balancing.
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Lol I totally forgot I had powdercoating on there. I can do that later for sure.
Ok, this is looking good. Leaves me a couple hundred to dyno, and the usual couple hundred in bits and pieces.
Ok, this is looking good. Leaves me a couple hundred to dyno, and the usual couple hundred in bits and pieces.
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I'd do the balancing, I did it on my current motor, one of the best things I did while it was apart. I'll never skip balancing a I4 again. Installing not-stock rods and pistons will mess up the balance so it's going to vibrate if you don't do it. Granted I did that many times and it worked, but it is wayyyy smoother now that it's balanced. That means less loading on the bottom end as well, which would be good for a motor you plan to track. I'd skip powder coating and do balancing.
Best part of balancing is no more hardware backing out/loosening constantly, and less potential for cracks on the manifold. But, I assume you might have already paid $100 for 4 exhaust studs per everyone's doing. Maybe not as beneficial to you.