Well, I will be doing most of the work (when I say "I", I mean that the work will be done outside of a performance shop, a bunch of friends are willing to help). I have access to some machining tools at school (I'm in the M.E. program)... lol, I'm even trying to convince the one Dr. to give me and a few others credit for co-op w/ his supervision... doesn't hurt, right?
Anyways, my baby brother is a mechanic, so tools aren't a concern. Balancing, well, I hope I know how to read a scale (after all the money I've invested in this G.D. degree). Blueprinting and balancing won't be a concern at all... as long as I know how precise each respective part should be.
Unfortunately, I can spout numbers off and solve equations all day long, but nowhere do they teach "reasonable" tolerances for any given application in school. The closest course they offer is Vibration Synthesis and Analysis and they only offer it every other year
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It seems like the only thing I'll have a concern with is the crank balancing. Don't know if we have any rotational analysis tools in any of the labs... probably would want a "professional" to do that one anyways.
Another thing I was wondering about was Cg for the piston heads. Do we want to offset the Cg to counteract the rotation? (meaning Cg is to the right of the wristpin, while rotating left?)
Perhaps I should start another thread. I've totally threadjacked this one. Sorry OP!
Updated:
New thread:
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123693542
sorry again, MazdaSpeed626!