Bare Block Weight Contest
02-28-2004, 11:53 PM
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Bare Block Weight Contest
I just put my bare 968 block on my bathroom scale. It is completely stripped -- no head, no piston, no rods, no crank, no girdle, no balance shafts or housings -- just the block (with studs).
I also weighed the 968 crank (stock). And the girdle.
Let's here your guestimates. The weights surprised me a little.
I also weighed the 968 crank (stock). And the girdle.
Let's here your guestimates. The weights surprised me a little.
02-29-2004, 01:02 AM
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Originally posted by adrial
The girdle is 8 lbs?
Mine feels more like 4...I'll weigh it and let you know.
The girdle is 8 lbs?
Mine feels more like 4...I'll weigh it and let you know.
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02-29-2004, 02:22 AM
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wow i hope you brought the scale outside lol and didn't actually do it in yer bathroom. lol just messin i wouldn't have thought the crank weighed as much as the block either.
02-29-2004, 04:25 AM
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I've read that these cranks are heavy; I'm kind of suprised with them as heavy as they are that they needed to add the balance shafts, but I guess there's only so much that can be done with the crank alone to elimanate the inherent vibration in a 4-cyl.
02-29-2004, 08:04 AM
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Originally posted by Tom M'Guinn
Riff, I trust you've done this before. I got the following on my $20 bathroom scale:
Riff, I trust you've done this before. I got the following on my $20 bathroom scale:
Ended up destroying my bathroom scale when the crank fell over and smashed the dial! 
I should have waited for more people to enter before posting.....Going to have to go out today and buy a new scale.
Cheers,
02-29-2004, 10:43 AM
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Originally posted by Porsche-O-Phile
I've read that these cranks are heavy; I'm kind of suprised with them as heavy as they are that they needed to add the balance shafts, but I guess there's only so much that can be done with the crank alone to elimanate the inherent vibration in a 4-cyl.
I've read that these cranks are heavy; I'm kind of suprised with them as heavy as they are that they needed to add the balance shafts, but I guess there's only so much that can be done with the crank alone to elimanate the inherent vibration in a 4-cyl.
true.
Mine are off and there is hardly anyvibration.
Except in the 1000-1900 rpm range.
VERY shaky
02-29-2004, 11:11 AM
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Mine are off in the Quest....so horribly inefficent....and Porsche licensed em from Mitsubishi (Starion/Conquest) but they suck in the quest and acutally do some good in the porsche...