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Old 11-18-2012, 04:12 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by serialk11r View Post
All I can say is wow, I wish I had the skills and patience to do that.

Did you balance the reciprocating assembly as well?
I dont understand the vodoo magic used to ballance the rods and pistons and I do not have the equipment to ballance the crank so I had a heavy duty diesel engine shop in virginia beach called "gregorys fleet supply" ballance the front pully, harmonic ballancer, crank, rods, pistons and flex plate for $260 if I remember right.

I also machined the heads for valve guide seals since the original 6.2L and 6.5 did not use any valve guide seals.
So now I have the only 6.5L that does not consume any oil.

I also went with low to very low tension oil rings:
Info: Low tension oil rings - Diesel Place : Chevrolet and GMC Diesel Truck Forums
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