Engine Question
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Re: Engine Question (davanca24)
Its basically how your engine is rebuilt.
Balancing
When they balance it, they basically weigh each part, usually the pistons first, then the rods. They make sure that they are all equal weight. Then they assemble the pistons and the rods and reweigh them. The take any extra material to make sure that each piston/rod assembly are all equal weight. Then then the weigh it with the crank and do the same.
blueprinting
Blue printing is basically puting your engine together and making sure each individual part is to factory specifications, and making sure is every bolt and screw is torqued to factory spec.
Its all a long and tedious (not to mention expensive process)...I'm sure that there is more involved but this is all I know personally.
Balancing
When they balance it, they basically weigh each part, usually the pistons first, then the rods. They make sure that they are all equal weight. Then they assemble the pistons and the rods and reweigh them. The take any extra material to make sure that each piston/rod assembly are all equal weight. Then then the weigh it with the crank and do the same.
blueprinting
Blue printing is basically puting your engine together and making sure each individual part is to factory specifications, and making sure is every bolt and screw is torqued to factory spec.
Its all a long and tedious (not to mention expensive process)...I'm sure that there is more involved but this is all I know personally.
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Re: Engine Question (davanca24)
actually,....all it has to do with is the reciprocating assembly....crank, rods, and pistons.
You can have your engine blueprinted without it being assembled. The rods and pistons are weighed together, not individually either. The lightest piston/rod assembly is then recorded...and materiel is taken usually from underneath the piston so that they all weigh the same.
Basically what blueprinting is, is just recording all the numbers and figures. I could go upstairs and take a picture of a blueprint card from a couple years ago if you want to see what one looks like
You can have your engine blueprinted without it being assembled. The rods and pistons are weighed together, not individually either. The lightest piston/rod assembly is then recorded...and materiel is taken usually from underneath the piston so that they all weigh the same.
Basically what blueprinting is, is just recording all the numbers and figures. I could go upstairs and take a picture of a blueprint card from a couple years ago if you want to see what one looks like
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Re: Engine Question (Emerika)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Emerika »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You can have your engine blueprinted without it being assembled. The rods and pistons are weighed together, not individually either. The lightest piston/rod assembly is then recorded...and materiel is taken usually from underneath the piston so that they all weigh the same.
Basically what blueprinting is, is just recording all the numbers and figures. I could go upstairs and take a picture of a blueprint card from a couple years ago if you want to see what one looks like </TD></TR></TABLE>
Actually, MiraiZ's definition of blueprinting was much closer to being accurate.
http://www.hastingsmfg.com/Ser...g.htm
http://yarchive.net/car/blueprinting.html
Basically what blueprinting is, is just recording all the numbers and figures. I could go upstairs and take a picture of a blueprint card from a couple years ago if you want to see what one looks like
</TD></TR></TABLE>Actually, MiraiZ's definition of blueprinting was much closer to being accurate.
http://www.hastingsmfg.com/Ser...g.htm
http://yarchive.net/car/blueprinting.html
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