RE: beginning the 2.0 swap - to balance or not to balance....? (long)

["Scott F. Williams" <sfwilliams@home.com>]

I balanced my Mazda's motor when I had it rebuilt earlier this year. It was
already a smooth runner. However, with a substantially lightened flywheel
and max overbore pistons I saw the potential for unwanted vibes. At idle my
little turbo  motor operates so fluidly that I sometimes forget that it is
running. It never feels thrashy at high rpms, either. Surely, the improved
balance also contributes to greater engine longevity.

Regardless, I would even do it just for comfort, refinement, and general
peace of mind -especially considering the minimal expenditure. Sometimes,
just the *feeling* of a well-built motor is more important than that last
couple of horsepower. You might find both in this case.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of george curl
> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 4:56 PM
> To: Brian Wagner; rabbit16v@prodigy.net; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: beginning the 2.0 swap - to balance or not to balance....?
> (long)
>
>
>
> I had my motor balance 2 years ago when I had all the
> machine work done.  Was it worth it?  For an extra
> $100 bucks, it was to me.  Has it made a difference?
> Hard to tell...old engine was pretty worn.  Really
> it's up to you.  Most people don't bother to do it,
> but then again most people just pull a motor out of
> the junkyard and bolt it in.  With all the time and
> money I dumped into the car, extra insurance that the
> motor wouldn't rattle itself to death was worth it.
>
> George-
>
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