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Old 09-13-2010, 10:16 AM   #19 (permalink)
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When you take out the pistons you could cut the conrods off near the big-end bearings, them bolt then back around the crank. That would plug up the oil holes in the crank so you don't have to weld it and put some of the mass back on the journals so that it wouldn't be so unbalanced.

Last edited by Patrick; 09-13-2010 at 07:15 PM.. Reason: Typo
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