CRANK BALANCE SOCKET If your shop has a particular crankshaft design you tend to balance on a regular basis, we recommend using a crankshaft snout socket as a locator on your magnetic attachment for rpm and position on your balancer. This allows you to quickly remove...

CRANK TURNING SOCKET I took a BB Chev crank socket and drilled and taped (3) ¼”-20 holes for set screws, 120 degrees apart. You can now use it on Mopar, Pontiac or just about any crankshaft with a 3/16” keyway. Paul Pionessa Pionessa Automotive Lancaster NY  February,...

OIL STREAM STROKE STOP When resizing connecting rods, I set the oil stream to where I want the stroke to end. That makes it easy and an easy visual reference. Randy Torvinen Torvinen’s Machine Menahga, MN October, 2020

WELDING ROD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES First, find the length of your welding rod that is equal to one gram. On my welding bench I stamped the numbers 1 through 5 for that distance to give me a visual reference of the weight of the welding rod. As shown in the picture if I...

MAKING IT SIMPLE When I build my bobweights a simple piece of PVC for a stand makes it easier. Just zero out the scale and add the weight. Randy Torvinen Torvinen’s Machine Menahga, MN August, 2020

TONING UP AN LS On LS Crankshaft’s we are balancing, I always use a tone ring alignment tool to check that the alignment is correct. Then we place two equally spaced welds to ensure the ring stays aligned. High RPM LS engines have been known to spin the tone ring....