Balance Shaft Eliminator Kits

[Humphrizzle]

Need more advice from experts.

Bored .2 over to 2.4
H22A4
Zero miles on the rebuild
140,000 miles on the car


What I am worried about is the balance shafts are knocking and was told that all that was needed to be done was install a Balance Shaft Eliminator Kit from Kaizenspeed.com

BALANCE SHAFT ELIMINATORS
Our balance shaft eliminator kit includes ALL necessary parts to cleanly eliminate your balance shafts for ALL H-series and F-series engines! Our full kit includes:



-Billet aluminum blockoff plate
-Billet steel crankshaft spacer
-All necessary plugs to maintain and increase oil pressure by blocking balance shaft bearings (without removing them)
-Billet aluminum plugs for the oil pump
-Step-by-step illustrated instructions

Still sitting here confused wondering about how to and why the balance shafts should be eliminated [blocked].

HELP MY STUPID BRAIN COMPREHEND!!!

Thanks to anyone who can help!

[all-mota]

all the do is decrease vibrations from the engine at idle to make them feel smoother. it has absolutly nothing to do with the performance of the engine

[MSRTom]

Right. If your rotating assembly is properly balanced before assembly, it really shouldn't be too harsh of a vibration anyway.

I'm not too familiar with Honda balance shafts, but the eliminator kit looks like it's necessary if you want to remove the shaft, unlike a 3.8/4.2 Ford where you can just remove it and the cog that turns it via the cam.

If the balance shaft was added as an afterthought (like the Ford motor), it's a safe bet that you can remove it somehow without adding additional hardware.

If you want to same some weight (I assume), go for it.

[EmminoDaGreat]

Those Kaizen speed ones work well, hard to take the shafts out w/ motor in car, but can be done. You are going to have to drop the crank girdle and do some plugging etc.

[allmotoronly]

I would recommend stronger motor mounts if you decide to eliminate the balancer shafts. The engine will vibrate MUCH more at idle without them. It will ruin stock mounts pretty quick.

[xdavidscenex]

I would recommend stronger motor mounts if you decide to eliminate the balancer shafts. The engine will vibrate MUCH more at idle without them. It will ruin stock mounts pretty quick.

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