balance shaft

[Timmy]

do i need it and if not, how do i get rid of it. what can i expect from removing it?

[slow6]

Re: balance shaft

lance said you dont need it. I want to just remove the chain for now.
I guess you would see a .1 increase in the 1/4 mile, as it weights 10lbs of moving weight, thats powertrain drag.

[Turbo V6 Camaro]

Re: balance shaft

i dont know about .1 of but you will deff notice the motor will rev faster

[NOS2006]

Re: balance shaft

100 lbs = ~.1 sec in the 1/4, not 10 lbs.

[Nachius]

Re: balance shaft

100 lbs = ~.1 sec in the 1/4, not 10 lbs.

That's for dead weight.

10lbs of rotating mass also equals about .1 in the quarter.

As far as needing it if you remove it you will need to fill the oil hole in the block as well as having everything externally balanced to compensate for removing it, but for a hardcore build up it's something most will do!

[NOS2006]

Re: balance shaft

That's for dead weight.

10lbs of rotating mass also equals about .1 in the quarter.

As far as needing it if you remove it you will need to fill the oil hole in the block as well as having everything externally balanced to compensate for removing it, but for a hardcore build up it's something most will do!

Oh, well the way he worded I thought he meant it was 10 lbs of rotating mass, equaling only 1 lb of static weight. That thing seriously weighs 10 lbs?!

[Turbo V6 Camaro]

Re: balance shaft

Oh, well the way he worded I thought he meant it was 10 lbs of rotating mass, equaling only 1 lb of static weight. That thing seriously weighs 10 lbs?!

8-10 lb from what i have read

[NOS2006]

Re: balance shaft

Wow, it definitely doesn't look like it weighs that much...

Anyway, continue on with the topic of this thread..

[Timmy]

Re: balance shaft

That's for dead weight.

10lbs of rotating mass also equals about .1 in the quarter.

As far as needing it if you remove it you will need to fill the oil hole in the block as well as having everything externally balanced to compensate for removing it, but for a hardcore build up it's something most will do!

what do you mean externally balanced?? are you talking about the accesories like air conditioning and power steering? I ripped out all of my air conditioning components and am ripping out my power steering as we speak. i also have poly engine mounts will that make a difference?

[slow6]

Re: balance shaft

Oh, well the way he worded I thought he meant it was 10 lbs of rotating mass, equaling only 1 lb of static weight. That thing seriously weighs 10 lbs?!

i worded it correctly
i did mean 10 lbs of rotating mass, which does not equal 1lb of static weight
its 8-10lbs of static rotating mass

I dont think you even have to worry about balancing. Lance said that he didnt really notice a difference with it on/off.

[Timmy]

Re: balance shaft

thanks for the input guys. one last thing. the hole that im going to have to plug, would i just be able to stick a freeze plug in there or weld something to the block or what? how do i plug it up.

[Turbo V6 Camaro]

Re: balance shaft

thanks for the input guys. one last thing. the hole that im going to have to plug, would i just be able to stick a freeze plug in there or weld something to the block or what? how do i plug it up.

if you REMOVE the balance shaft you have to take out the motor and plug a oil hole...

you can how ever just remove the gear and leave the shaft sit in the motor

[slow6]

Re: balance shaft

i said "remove the chain and leave the shaft"
viper is correct
i meant "remove the gear and leave the shaft"

[NOS2006]

Re: balance shaft

If necessary, how would you take out the balance shaft? I might need to for my block to get cleaned (dipped)..