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Jim is correct on this. I was a automotive machinist @ a race shop. There are spec's for all engines and their parts, + or - something size, weight, etc.. In race engines (water-cooled) you typically made things on the Loose side (less friction) but this is not what you want on a daily driver. Balancing would IMHO would be the best of the 2. Balancing is usually the cheaper. We used to charge $125.00 for balancing a V8 (1984).. Blueprinting can be expensive depending on what a shop does. It may involve pistons, rods, crank, block, heads, .... on and on and on... Some of it goes along with other work which is done at the same time like head work balancing, ect. so it is not always a big cost. That's one of the reasons they want Big BUCKS for those Big CC and HighPo engines... My first SqBak had the engine Balanced. Richard Jim Adney wrote: > On 6 Jun 2001, at 13:01, Steve Friedeck wrote: > > > Just bought Bill Fischers book. Wish I'd have bought it prior t > > rebuilding my 1600 DP. It runs great but I cant help but feel humbled > > after reading the book, especially the blueprinting chapter. > > Now I'm giving thought to blueprinting a couple of my other engines > > that I plan to rebuild this summer. > > I suspect that there's little to be gained by just trying to get > EVERYTHING exactly on. It's probably more important to get all > your parts to match. Like the rods should all be the SAME length, > whatever that happens to be. The trick is to understand which > things are important and which are less so. Balance is important, > oil pump is important, clearances are important, combustion > chamber volumes are important. > > BTW, I believe it's Bill Fisher, but you're absolutely right that > anyone thinking of doing any kind of rebuild that is not completely > stock should read and study this book first. ;-) > > - > Jim Adney > jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, WI 53711-3054 > USA > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ -- Richard Lost in Texas