Can you lighten PM rods w/ no balance pads?
11-09-2003, 04:33 PM
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Can you lighten PM rods w/ no balance pads?
I have a set of these rods and wanted to lighten and balance them, but not sure where to take material from, any suggestions?
11-10-2003, 10:36 PM
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The big ends are really thick on the cap side, seems to be good for strength. I don't want to remove any material that will weaken the rod, so far all I have done is a beam polish. These are nice rods rated at 450HP, I sure hope so because my next 350 is going to make that and maybe a little more. I'm using JE flyweight pistons and trying to make the bottom end as light as possible.
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The rods don't have balance pads because when they went to the PM process it produces a more consistent rod weight, so you shouldn't need to really remove much. when i balanced my Eagle h-beams (no balance pad) they told me to just take a little off the bottom, it didn't take much, wouldn't have had to do it if i wasn't balancing withing 1/2 gram per rod. you should be able to do the same if neccessary.
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