A beginners DIY journey to ITB/Turbo

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01-26-2017, 12:44 AM

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Damn, these are almost perfectly balanced (within .5g) out of the box!

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01-26-2017, 11:07 PM

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You have my admiration sir, but those Saucony's--like walking on angels.

01-27-2017, 12:34 AM

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You have my admiration sir, but those Saucony's--like walking on angels.[/QUOTE]

They are quite nice. I rocked them primarily on maintained trail runs.

01-27-2017, 12:40 AM

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Finished my jig and balanced the rods tonight. Practiced on a few stock rods before getting to the new ones. Seemed to work well, but I will still be testing them against my machinists rod balancer next time I go out there.

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01-27-2017, 12:41 AM

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01-27-2017, 05:28 PM

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Nice DIY setup; expect it to be fairly accurate!

01-29-2017, 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryB

Nice DIY setup; expect it to be fairly accurate!

Brought the rods and pistons to the machine shop today. Everything balanced out dead nuts. The machinist was dumbfounded that I achieved such accuracy with some home built jigs and an $11 scale from Harbor Freight. I could tell he was in shock when he disclosed how much his scale system and components cost him.

Felt pretty good about that, thought I would share.