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Hi guys,dose anyone know a good place in Yorkshire to get the crank and conrods balanced,im fitting 96mm forge pistons to my vr8 4.6 and need it doing

Thanks in advance andy

Hi Andy,
Chesman engineering in Coventry have a look at The website. Might be a little run for you but quality workmanship and they are doing this work constantly .
Cheers
Mark

I've used Rotherham Engine Supplies in Sheffield for my bike engine and they were very good; fitted new valve seats etc.. Don't know what they are like with engine balancing, but worth a chat as they are in Yorkshire.

0114 256 0056

11 Roman Ridge Road
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S9 1GB

Richard P6 wrote:I've used Rotherham Engine Supplies in Sheffield for my bike engine and they were very good; fitted new valve seats etc.. Don't know what they are like with engine balancing, but worth a chat as they are in Yorkshire.

0114 256 0056

11 Roman Ridge Road
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S9 1GB

Iv phoned them today I can get it bored ut by them but not balancing

Dave at Performance Unlimited just outside York

Basset down balancing in Hungerford for me,top bloke,top job
http://www.bassetdownbalancing.co.uk/en ... lding.html

John Sleath race cars in Doncaster
http://www.john-sleath.com/

Thanks for reply's ill get in touch with them see what they can do......coops iv tried email and phoning john sleath but no answer on both fronts...is he still going?? Didnt know if he'd closed

he balanced my parts two weeks ago been away on holiday,

Right iv just spoke to john sleath he's happy to dyno it when finished but wount work on Brit engines only yanks now....hes got enough on with them to do anything else...soooo anywhere else.
Talked to chessman they want 600 just for balancing
Its starting to get to point in starting to feel is it worth it

If I cant sort this for a good price at the moment can anyone tell me what psi standard 4.6 pistons can cope with using earlier cc heads?
V8 tuner says it'll only good for 5psi,they're the ones that have said I need forged pistons

There is no easy answer to that. A bad tuner can break any pistons, as can a bad build.

But certainly I used standard low compression 4.6 pistons at around 15psi with no issue. The pistons are actually a pretty good design. I eventually blew it up, but it was no fault of the pistons.

capriandyb1 wrote:Right iv just spoke to john sleath he's happy to dyno it when finished but wount work on Brit engines only yanks now....hes got enough on with them to do anything else...soooo anywhere else.
Talked to chessman they want 600 just for balancing
Its starting to get to point in starting to feel is it worth it

Give Basset Down a call,they balanced,built and run mine in on a dyno !
His name is Andy,tell him I sent you (Bryan)he's a dab hand with the Rovers, mines back there at the moment having a little work done

Give John Eales a ring. His brother does all his engine balancing and does it correctly with a proper individual internal balance. He did my TVR 5 ltr which needed a lot of metal removing from the crank and then a fair bit of heavy metal also adding. End result is super smooth. Wasnt expensive either approx £150.

Bill Eales at Midland balancing has done a few of mine. All good