24X Neutral balance
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24X Neutral balance Has anyone ever come across a reluctor wheel that's neutral balanced? I'm adapting an 0411 setup to run my 408W and since the engine is already balanced, I need the wheel to be neutral. Wanted to see if anyone knew of a place that can make them already like this, otherwise Ill have to order one and just have my machinist balance it somehow.
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I would think it's made just like a sbf flywheel or flexplate. Those are external balance engines and the balance weight is on the balancer hub and flywheel. You can buy those and replace them without having to re-balance also. If you were to internally balance it, however, you'd have to change these parts with neutral balance ones. I'm assuming the reluctor wheel is also like this.
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I would think it's made just like a sbf flywheel or flexplate. Those are external balance engines and the balance weight is on the balancer hub and flywheel. You can buy those and replace them without having to re-balance also. If you were to internally balance it, however, you'd have to change these parts with neutral balance ones. I'm assuming the reluctor wheel is also like this.
I know that if you remove the wheel from a balanced assembly to go with a front mounted crank trigger assembly, the assembly requires a little Mallory to re-balance. The reluctors are acting like a counterweight in a way. The rings aren’t neutral balanced but are weighted to fit on the crank in a certain spot. Take a look at one. They are lightened on one side with holes.
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I know that if you remove the wheel from a balanced assembly to go with a front mounted crank trigger assembly, the assembly requires a little Mallory to re-balance. The reluctors are acting like a counterweight in a way. The rings aren’t neutral balanced but are weighted to fit on the crank in a certain spot. Take a look at one. They are lightened on one side with holes.
It wouldn’t take much to balance one. Have you considered an external trigger setup? Is this for ignition or something else?
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Look at the torqhead setups they make to use LS computers on LT1 base cars. They add the reluctor behind the balancer on the front of the engine. This may be an option for you. You might could contact them and buy the extension harness for that.
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