SCAT Crankshafts was recently featured in the April issue of Engine Builder Magazine! Here’s an excerpt from the article, all about balancing rotating assemblies:
Since balancing has become more critical, it is important to know what constitutes a balanced rotating assembly or not. If you look down the nose of a V8 or V6 crank, you’ll notice that the counterweights are like a corkscrew and that’s because they react with each other through the system of the crank itself. If you understand that then you can understand where to remove the metal.
‘When a crank is too heavy in one place, that means it’s too light in another,’ says Tom Lieb, founder of Scat Enterprises. ‘Being able to look at a crankshaft and understand where that weight is and make those decisions – not everybody can do that.’
Read the rest of the article here.
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