Hey I know a lot of people do balance shaft deletes on 7 bolts because of the crank issues. Is it also normal to delete the balance shafts on a 6 bolt? If they are removed does it cause issues?

I recently purchased a 96 talon TSI with a blown motor. I bought a motor with 70k on it and it definitely needs to be serviced before I decide to throw it into the car.I don’t plan on making more than 350hp. I bought a sweet blue gates timing/ water pump kit that I plan on timing it with. My...

So I got around to eliminating the balance shafts on my rebuilt 4g. I have the stub shaft installed and the freeze plug in but on the stub shaft hole what threads into that to keep oil from coming out? There's an o ring that sits on top in the groove but they don't give you anything to thread...

Hey guys, I've got a pretty serious oil leak on the timing side of my engine. It looks like the previous owner of my car got rid of the balance shaft and did not plug the hole in the side of the block where the tension pull and the sprocket for the balance shaft were. I'm going to guess that's...

Car runs fine under load, and even when you start it for the first 5 or so seconds when idle is high, When idle settles at around 850 you can really feel the engine vibrations and misfire. The Galant is running and driving but the vibration is extremely worrying, at stop and go traffic the idle...

so my balance shaft sprocket doesnt want to spin freely by hand but it will turn fairly easy when I rotate it with a wrench, my question is what should I do next to fix the problem, and is it indeed a problem? (95 Eagle Talon TSI 7 Bolt)

Okay so i have a 1999 eclipse gs spyder that i bought recently. One morning i started it up and the balance shaft belt completely snapped in half and now i have a massive oil. I was gonna replace the belt then started reading that many people actually drive with it off so if thats true whats...