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Swapping to marine large bowl pistons, need to ballance the rotating assembly????

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Old 05-31-2011, 09:53 AM
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Exclamation Swapping to marine large bowl pistons, need to ballance the rotating assembly????

On a 12v engine, building it with Mahle Marine large bowl pistons, is there much of a weight difference from stock?

Will the rotating assembly need to be ballanced after? The engine will see a max of about 3700rpm.

Engine builders, pullers, racers, please let me know so I build it right the first time.
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what is your expectations ! power!
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Originally Posted by Dieselbuilder
what is your expectations ! power!
600whp with nitrous.
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The balance of the Inline 6 engine is naturally balanced as long as the pistons and rods are within narrow weight specs.

600 hp should be easy even without the laugh gas.
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Originally Posted by Lil Dog
The balance of the Inline 6 engine is naturally balanced as long as the pistons and rods are within narrow weight specs.

600 hp should be easy even without the laugh gas.
I was thinking along the same lines, like with 4 cylinder motors.
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Originally Posted by pwrtripls1
I was thinking along the same lines, like with 4 cylinder motors.
Definitely not as much work as a v-8. And inline 4 would need some counter balance shafts for heavier components though. CAT does that with their 4 cylinder industrial engines.
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