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I was wondering about deleting the balance shaft. WICKEDSIX said it wasnt required. All it does is act like a gyro and balance the engine so it doesnt vibrate as bad, I guess???
I was thinking about pulling it while I have the engine all torn down.
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you would have to rebalance the motor. The crank, flexplate/flywheel, and balance shaft work together to balance the motor. removing the balance shaft means you need to rebalance the entire rotating assembly, or else it will not be trustworthy to run hard with.
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Do a search on balance shaft. It's bee discussed many times. There really is no point in deleting it unless you're doing Double roller timing and there's no point in DRT without some heavy mods to your valve train. Theoretically you can pick up about 5hp from the delete. IMO it's not worth your time for the power you'd get.
This link is from back when I was cluless with what i wanted to do with my car. It had to do with removing the balance shaft. http://forum.camarov6.com/showthread.php?t=45543
\" Eat Rice With Pushrods \"<br /><br />My Car and What I Did <a href=\"http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2127313/1\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2127313/1</a>
MANY people have remove there's on stock car and have little to no differance other then the motor reving faster.
the shaft is about 10lb and thats 10lb rotating mass gone..... if you have the motor out of the car you have to tap an plug some back oil feed hole in order to remove it.... or you can just remove the gear and leave the shaft in there
i haven't done mine yet but i will soon
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10lbs rotating mass = .1 reduction in 1/4 times
so in order to do this you HAVE to remove the motor from the car?
Can you elaborate on the back oil feed hole? thanks
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10lbs rotating mass = .1 reduction in 1/4 times
so in order to do this you HAVE to remove the motor from the car?
Can you elaborate on the back oil feed hole? thanks
no you don ahve to remove the motor you can just take the gear off the balance shaft so it dont spin anymore
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just talking here,
so I can remove the chain/belt, so it dont spin
but how do I remove the 10-12 lbs shaft? does it just slide right out?
do you have to do any work to get the back part out? (back of engin)
2k2 camaro, K&N, SLP whisper lid, Konis, AEM, HP Tuners, Angel eyes/Halos, CF SS ram air hood, 4.10s, Zexel Torsen, UMI SFCs, CrossFire, BFGs, Gatorback, Catco, Flows, and TLC! DONT feed the Trolls!
just talking here,
so I can remove the chain/belt, so it dont spin
but how do I remove the 10-12 lbs shaft? does it just slide right out?
do you have to do any work to get the back part out? (back of engin)
if you revmove the chain you cam wont spin anymore
the balance shaft is driven buy a gear you remove the gear......... if you remove the shaft you have to remove the motor and plug some oil feed hole in the back of the motor...... dont ask me what hole cuase i don't know
stock motor
motor with gear removed and/or the shaft it self
look just above and behind the top of the timing chain see the gear that was taken off?
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