Rod Balancing DIY?, end-to end Options

[malcolm2]

Rod Balancing, End-to-end. I also wondered how in the hell do you balance END-TO-END.

I found this 20 minute video (balance at 6 minutes) where he hangs one end on a nail and puts the other end on the scale.... weighs each rod and compares, removes material, repeats....

is that the way to do it? Good way, Bad Way???

This link and the embedded vid starts at 6 minutes.

https://youtu.be/U3IXSywgTnM?t=386


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3IXSywgTnM?t=389

[BK911]

I have not built a flat 4 yet, but have built quite a few flat 6s.

For a street car;
-Weigh all the pistons and put them in order from lightest to heaviest.
-Weigh all the piston pins and put the heaviest pin with the lightest piston, and heaviest pin with the lightest piston.
-Weigh the set and put them in order from lightest to heaviest.
-Weigh the rods and put the heaviest rod with the lightest set, and lightest rod with the heaviest set.

This usually got me within a gram from heaviest combo to lightest combo, and always good enough for a street engine.

[malcolm2]

I have not built a flat 4 yet, but have built quite a few flat 6s.

For a street car;
-Weigh all the pistons and put them in order from lightest to heaviest.
-Weigh all the piston pins and put the heaviest pin with the lightest piston, and heaviest pin with the lightest piston.
-Weigh the set and put them in order from lightest to heaviest.
-Weigh the rods and put the heaviest rod with the lightest set, and lightest rod with the heaviest set.

This usually got me within a gram from heaviest combo to lightest combo, and always good enough for a street engine.

I forgot to say this WILL be a street engine. But funnier thing is it will be in a VW bus (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving-girl.gif)

Thanks for the input. Your way sounds good. I can easily give it a try.