440 Source Balance Job

RustyRatRod said
Mallory metal is EXPENSIVE. If yall are paying the same for a balance CHECK as to have it balanced, you're gettin ripped off. I can get a balance CHECK for $175. What's an extra $175 or a little more even to check to make SURE a $3000 plus reciprocating assembly is balanced right? Kinda like having anybody's cylinder heads checked out. I don't see the issue, really. IF I could afford a balanced rotating assembly, I sure wouldn't gripe about having it checked out.

The shop I used recently charges $250 for a balance job, so that's not far off from your balance CHECK price. From what the machinist was telling me, modern assemblies don't usually require mallory because pistons are on the lighter side. Of course any mallory used would increase cost.

It takes about the same amount of time to recheck as it would to do an initial balance, so why would the cost differ much?

Ricks70Duster340 said
I bought their 512 kit last Fall and it came with a balance sheet.

Awesome, good to know. Thank you. Did you recheck the balance, or install it as-is?