I would think so. Balancing is just making sure the moving parts are equal in weight. I can't see that being at all difficult in this environment.
Dan who once balanced and blueprinted a 1600cc Beetle engine. On Dec 29, 2013, at 7:46 PM, OK Don wrote: > I wonder if the manufacturing process is good enough to produce a balanced > engine without cherry picking and matching parts? I was told (don't know if > it's true) that MB engines, at least back in the 61x days were dynamically > balanced at the factory. I didn't see any evidence of that in the video, > but there was a lot we didn't see as well. > > > On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > > With today's possible manufacturing tolerances, it is not out of the >>> question to grab a block, grab 8 pistons out of a box and have a perfect >>> fit on the crank and all 8 bores. >>> >> >> Reliability and repeatability of measurement, and of manufacturing is the >> key. >> >> >> > > > -- > OK Don > "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin 1775 > "in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." > - Benjamin Franklin 1789 > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
