Got a pm for a pic of the oil passage for the balance shaft so instead I thought id go ahead and post it up. Im sure there is a diy somplace on the subject but I know it can be hell to find stuff at times.



note: when plugged oil pressure will rise 5-10psi. Idle oil pressure tends to be in the 10's when engine is fully warm and taking pressure readings from the head. With the oil passage plugged I viewed 15-17psi oil pressure at idle, thats of course taking the reading from the head and using an aem oil pressure gauge.

 

If ever there is a thread that should be stickied it's this one.

Thanks again for the info.

Members like Crush are great minds for this forum.

 

I try...lol

 

They are also SUPER easy to take out. Crush did you delete yours and replace your crank pulley with the ATI Dampener. Also to tap the oil passage I used a M6x1 tap with a M6x1 12mm long set screw. The set screws can be found at Home Depot.

 

I did take mine out but my engine was balanced by scroogins machine shop here in Houston (even though they have a funky name I trust their work...lol). I did not add a dampener though I dont think its a bad idea to have one. Thats one of those things I wished I could have done (still can if I can manage to save some molla) but my build was kinda rushed along (I hate my HOA).