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

["Brian Wagner" <scirocco_88_16v@hotmail.com>]

Unless it is a 10,000 rpm motor what is the point of balancing and blue 
printing. Ya it is a good idea for a Ford, GM and Chrysler V motors where 
craftsman ship sucked and they didn't specify tolerances. But in VW's the 
engines are designed with tighter tolerances and built to with stand more 
rpms. My question is why f*** with a good thing and pay good money for such 
a small amount of work.

Any way you can weight match your own rods and piston pretty easy. Just 
watch were you remove the material from, and take your time.


Brian

87 16v
86 8v (parts car)



>From: "Dave Ewing" <rabbit16v@prodigy.net>
>To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: beginning the 2.0 swap - to balance or not to balance....? 
>(long)
>Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 12:53:55 -0700
>
>The factory specs for all VW engines are very close (I believe within a few
>grams) and I have had nothing but problems with places that want to balance
>your motor.  Not only do they take your money for a very small amount of
>work but they will reccomend you to buy new parts when you can use your
>current parts.  A friend of mine doing a 2.0L 16v in his Rabbit truck took
>his parts to a reputable shop here and they told him that he needed new
>pistons when the motor had fairly low miles.  The reason why was that he 
>had
>a scuff on the side of a couple pistons!?!?!  Anyway, he got the pistons 
>and
>the balance and everything else they reccomended and in a few weeks we'll
>see when I blow him away with my 2.0L 16v non-balanced with stock
>rods/pistons/etc.  if the work was worth it!!  I haven't had any problems
>with my motor and it has been in my car for 2 years now.  Anyway, sorry if
>this doesn't make your decision easier but I have a real hard time 
>investing
>gobs of money into something that has marginal if any improvement in
>performance.  Kinda like that centrifigal timing advance cam pulley
>thing--$400 for 1/2 to 1 hp!  My car still needs paint but have still not
>been beat on the street!! (right on Chris!!).
>
>Dave
>
>
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